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What's Wrong In the Cathedral Area Homes? CLEAN AND UPDATE or Lower the price!
I know that this will probably anger some of the residents and real estate agents who have listings in the Cathedral Area, but so be it. Here goes......... I have been watching your listings languishing on the market and wonder why nobody has told you Read More...

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Winter Heating Blues in Historic Homes. USE CAULK
Baby it's cold outside! I'll bet some of you are saying the same thing about the inside too, especially if you live in an older home with old windows. Many people forget to think about the cold weather when they're looking at a vintage home Read More...

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Selling in Joliet's Cathedral Area and What a Seller should do to Reduce the days on the market.
Drive through Joliet's Historic Cathedral area and you can imagine the early days of this neighborhood. While it still remains a very desireable area to live and raise a family, there are some inherant problems with the lack of updating that needs Read More...

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Historic Preservation from a Real Estate Broker's perspective.
I have had the pleasure and pain of renovating an old home. In 1999 my family bought a 1910 Tudor Revival home in Joliet's Upper Bluff Historic District. We spent thousands of hours working on that house and in 6 1/2 years renovated everything from Read More...

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