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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.tomtanton.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title type="html">Tom Tanton Realtor GRI, SRES - "The Right Realtor; The Right Results"</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>http://www.tomtanton.com/blogs/tom_tanton/atom.aspx</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tomtanton.com/blogs/tom_tanton/default.aspx" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.tomtanton.com/blogs/tom_tanton/atom.aspx" /><generator uri="http://communityserver.org" version="2.1.61019.2">Community Server</generator><updated>2008-10-08T12:05:00Z</updated><entry><title>3715 Delaney, Joliet, Illinois 60435</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tomtanton.com/blogs/tom_tanton/archive/2008/12/08/3715-delaney-joliet-illinois-60435.aspx" /><id>http://www.tomtanton.com/blogs/tom_tanton/archive/2008/12/08/3715-delaney-joliet-illinois-60435.aspx</id><published>2008-12-08T21:38:00Z</published><updated>2008-12-08T21:38:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Great property located just minutes from Louis Joliet Mall, and I55.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This property is a duplex located in the Country Homes of Lakewood Falls in Incorporated Joliet, with Plainfield Schools,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This home was built in 2005, and is 3 years YOUNG.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Carpet looks great, and the space is abundant.&amp;nbsp; The 2 plus car garage has a nice work area, or it could be extra storage.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This home is worth the look, as it&amp;#39;s initial offering price was $189,000.00&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Client says bring an offer.&amp;nbsp; Don&amp;#39;t miss your chance at a great deal today!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tomtanton.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=395704" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>206503</name><uri>http://www.tomtanton.com/members/206503.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Duplex For Sale in Country Homes of Lakewood Falls</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tomtanton.com/blogs/tom_tanton/archive/2008/12/08/b3614bd683264fd9881860e22fc3e11c.aspx" /><id>http://www.tomtanton.com/blogs/tom_tanton/archive/2008/12/08/b3614bd683264fd9881860e22fc3e11c.aspx</id><published>2008-12-08T21:30:00Z</published><updated>2008-12-08T21:30:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p align="center" style="float:right;margin-left:10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tomtanton.com/Joliet/Illinois/Other/07088761/Country_Homes_of_Lakewood_Falls/Agent/Listing_2131590.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.point2.com/p2a/listing/23ea/555e/4932/2eabe8b9077c2e2e347b/w475h356.jpg" class="Photo ListingPhoto" alt="Front Winter" border="0" style="border:black 1px solid;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="cutline"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Close to everything!&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="summary" style="margin-top:0px;"&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;2 bath, 2 bdrm duplex&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;img border="0" height="20" id="Price_mi" src="http://www.tomtanton.com/Office/PortalOfficeShared/images/1x1.gif" style="position:absolute;" title="MLS&amp;reg; #07088761" width="34" /&gt; &lt;span id="Price_r"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;MLS&amp;reg;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id="Price_pl"&gt;$159,000&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;- Lowest Price in Neighborh&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="dateline" id="LeadIn"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Country Homes of Lakewood Falls, Joliet&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; LOWEST PRICED HOME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD! SPACIOUS 2 BEDROOM 2 1/2 BATH HOME. VERY CLEAN AND WELL KEPT.(ONLY NEEDS PAINT) MASTER W/ WIC CLOSET &amp;amp; PRIVATE BATH. NICE SIZED KITCHEN. DINING AREA OVERLOOKS BACKYARD. LOCATED NEAR PARK, AND SHOPPING IS ONLY MINUTES AWAY! OVERSIZED GARAGE WITH WORK AREA. PLAINFIELD SCHOOLS. SHORT DRIVE TO EXPRESSWAY MAKES THIS A PERFECT PLACE TO CALL HOME. SEE IT SOON! ALL OFFERS CONSIDERED. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tomtanton.com/Joliet/Illinois/Other/07088761/Country_Homes_of_Lakewood_Falls/Agent/Listing_2131590.html"&gt;Property information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tomtanton.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=395699" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>206503</name><uri>http://www.tomtanton.com/members/206503.aspx</uri></author><category term="Real Estate" scheme="http://www.tomtanton.com/blogs/tom_tanton/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx" /><category term="For Sale" scheme="http://www.tomtanton.com/blogs/tom_tanton/archive/tags/For+Sale/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>3-Level Split For Sale in Autumn Lakes</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tomtanton.com/blogs/tom_tanton/archive/2008/11/03/d39621f0ec87451b971870806699b6f8.aspx" /><id>http://www.tomtanton.com/blogs/tom_tanton/archive/2008/11/03/d39621f0ec87451b971870806699b6f8.aspx</id><published>2008-11-03T16:26:00Z</published><updated>2008-11-03T16:26:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p align="center" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tomtanton.com/Joliet/Illinois/Homes/06885694/Autumn_Lakes/Agent/Listing_1710477.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.point2.com/p2a/listing/c689/654e/8a3c/019f5f968bb70dfd9f24/w475h356.jpg" class="Photo ListingPhoto" alt="Front Right Angle" border="0" style="border:black 1px solid;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="cutline"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Great property for Sale or Lease&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="summary" style="margin-top:0px;"&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;2 bath, 4 bdrm 3-level split &amp;quot;WITH A SUB BASEMENT&amp;quot;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;img border="0" height="20" id="Price_mi" src="http://www.tomtanton.com/Office/PortalOfficeShared/images/1x1.gif" style="position:absolute;" title="MLS&amp;reg; #06885694" width="34" /&gt; &lt;span id="Price_r"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;MLS&amp;reg;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span id="Price_pl"&gt;$229,000&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;- For Sale Or Lease&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="dateline" id="LeadIn"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Autumn Lakes, Joliet&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; Very Nice Home on the LAKE in Autumn Lake Estates. Just like being on vacation when you sit on the deck overlooking the paddleboats, or Ice Skaters&amp;nbsp;on the lake. This home has its own beach, waterfront deck, and a very large kid friendly yard. The views are SPECTACULAR from your master bedroom balcony! This home features a large Newly re-carpeted family room, a huge eat in kitchen, seperate dining room, and a finished basement with recreation room, home office, and a 4th bedroom. All rooms have been recently re-painted in neutral colors. &lt;strong&gt;Just updated&lt;/strong&gt; with new carpet in Family Room and living room, and ceramic Tile in Kitchen and Entryway!!!&lt;br /&gt;The garage has recently been finished and painted. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tomtanton.com/Joliet/Illinois/Homes/06885694/Autumn_Lakes/Agent/Listing_1710477.html"&gt;Property information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tomtanton.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=380976" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>206503</name><uri>http://www.tomtanton.com/members/206503.aspx</uri></author><category term="Real Estate" scheme="http://www.tomtanton.com/blogs/tom_tanton/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx" /><category term="For Sale" scheme="http://www.tomtanton.com/blogs/tom_tanton/archive/tags/For+Sale/default.aspx" /><category term="Autumn Lake" scheme="http://www.tomtanton.com/blogs/tom_tanton/archive/tags/Autumn+Lake/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>So Your Property Listing Has Expired</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.tomtanton.com/blogs/tom_tanton/archive/2008/10/08/so-your-property-listing-has-expired.aspx" /><id>http://www.tomtanton.com/blogs/tom_tanton/archive/2008/10/08/so-your-property-listing-has-expired.aspx</id><published>2008-10-08T18:05:00Z</published><updated>2008-10-08T18:05:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;In today&amp;#39;s market it is not unheard of that a listing agreement between a Seller and his/her Agent has expired.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As a Seller, you are frustrated that your home didn&amp;#39;t sell, and if during the marketing period you did receive an offer it was a lowball offer that wasn&amp;#39;t close enough to your asking price.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As a Seller you are thinking .........&amp;quot;What do I do now?&amp;nbsp; Do I stay the course with my agent?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Do I look for a new agent, and a fresh approach? &amp;nbsp;Do I chalk it up to the economic situation facing all Americans?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Do I lower my price?&amp;nbsp; Do I re-stage, re-set, re-paint or do the repairs that are needed in hopes of getting a better&amp;nbsp;offer?&amp;nbsp; Or, do I simply take the home off the market until the market improves?&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wow, that&amp;#39;s a LOT to think about!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this market, and every market it all comes down to a couple of reasons why your property didn&amp;#39;t sell.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Price, Condition, Inventory, and Exposure to the market.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please remember that at the present time we have one of the largest inventories of homes for sale&amp;nbsp;in the history of the Multiple listing service, People looking for a home have&amp;nbsp;many homes&amp;nbsp;to look at in their price range, and believe it or not, &lt;u&gt;they are&lt;/u&gt; looking at more homes before they make their decision to buy.&amp;nbsp; Is the condition of your home&amp;nbsp;at its best?&amp;nbsp; Do you know your competition?&amp;nbsp; Has your agent given you all the details of&amp;nbsp;what else is for sale in your price range?&amp;nbsp; Is your home priced right?&amp;nbsp; Ask for a Current&amp;nbsp;Market Analysis.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In conclusion, is your home getting the proper exposure in the market place?&amp;nbsp; The Web,(&lt;em&gt;More than 88% of home Buyers start their home search on the Web&lt;/em&gt;)&amp;nbsp;The MLS, Agent property tours? Open Houses?&amp;nbsp; You see what I mean.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Before you make a decision on what your next&amp;nbsp;step is, answer the questions I have posted above, and make a sound, well thought out decision.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I wish you the best of luck in your quest to sell your home.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tomtanton.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=369176" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>206503</name><uri>http://www.tomtanton.com/members/206503.aspx</uri></author><category term="Real Estate" scheme="http://www.tomtanton.com/blogs/tom_tanton/archive/tags/Real+Estate/default.aspx" /><category term="Market Conditions" scheme="http://www.tomtanton.com/blogs/tom_tanton/archive/tags/Market+Conditions/default.aspx" /><category term="Seller Information" scheme="http://www.tomtanton.com/blogs/tom_tanton/archive/tags/Seller+Information/default.aspx" /></entry></feed>