Business Management Course for Building Professionals
Learn-Build is a new organization that is trying to increase industry knowledge for members of the Homebuilding Associations in the Chicago area. It is truly beneficial for anyone involved in the Chicago real estate industry, and we are thankful for its creation. Obviously in order to increase knowledge, they are going to be offering various education courses that will directly affect how you do business and your success. An example of these courses is the Business Management for Building Professionals, which is currently available for registration and is on Wednesday, May 21 from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. This is the opportunity for you to learn the management skills that will give you an edge in the industry. After completing this course you will be able to:
- Explain the three basic functional areas within a company
- Apply key measures of business perfromance to your own business
- Discuss common business challenges
- Lear practical tips to overcoming the common challenges (Continued…)
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Two-Story Home With Basement
This 1,680 square foot home is an exceptional value. Priced at $159,500, the two-story home has a full basement and plenty of living space. It also provides a tremendous amount of character since the home is 100 years old. I know that you may be thinking, old means run down and broken, but you would be mistaken because this piece of Chicago real estate history was just completely remodeled. This means the home has a new roof, electrical, furnace, plumbing, flooring, doors and more. This is your opportunity to live in a unique, vintage home with architecture and floorplans that are no longer in development. With a convenient location in Roseland and a charming exterior, this five bedroom home has so much to offer homebuyers. If it sounds like the home you have been looking for, then don’t hesitate because with a price point like this one, the home will not be available long.Bookmark this post:CAPS Courses at HBA of Greater Fox Valley a Huge Success!!
The HBA of Greater Fox Valley hosted the NAHB’s University of Housing Sponsored designation courses CAPS I & CAPS II this week with much success. Thanks to instructor Doug Sutton for his efforts to ensure the students received maximum benefit from these informative classes. And, special thanks to Parksite, in Batavia, for hosting our group in their spacious, state-of-the-art conference center.
For information about this course, and all future courses offered by Learn-Build.Com and the Illinois Regional Education Board (IREB), please visit our website http://www.Learn-Build.Com
Bookmark this post:Chicago Agent Magazine Hosts Dealmaker Summit
Next Wednesday, April 23, Chicago Agent Magazine is hosting a “Deal Maker Sales” Summit, and we strongly encourage real estate agents to attend as this is a great way to learn from some of the industry’s top trainers and improve your selling skills. Begin the day at 9:00 a.m. with a session with Nicki Joy, a renowned sales trainer. The rest of the day is filled with other session topics teaching you how to convert objections into closing opportunities and introduce you to new closing techniques that you can use today. The seminar is even going to include a working luncheon with a panel of experts discussing the opportunities in the current Chicago real estate market. Anyone involved in the real estate industry knows that the market is local, not national, (Continued…)Bookmark this post:Fantastic Townhome in Great Location
This attractive three-story townhome has a superb East Village location and is priced at $464,900. The three bedroom/two and one-half bath townhome offers an open floorplan and numerous upgraded features. The kitchen is equipped with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and hardwood floors. The family room is extremely spacious and has a cozy fireplace. The home has many windows to allow natural light as well as sky-lights, a deck, patio and balcony. The townhome is ready for immediate move-in and is in a fantastic location only a mile from downtown, resulting in great views of Downtown Chicago. This also means that numerous parks, shopping, dining and entertainment venues are located within walking distance. A (Continued…)Bookmark this post:New Education Resource Website
Five of the Chicagoland area’s Homebuilders Associations have teamed together to offer an array of educational courses under the newly formed Illinois Regional Education Board (IREB.) IREB consolidates the educational efforts of the builder, remodelor, and associate members in each of these five HBAs. A Web site was recently created to give members a centralized location to learn about upcoming NAHB sanctioned courses and designations offered through the IREB program.
All information on IREB, which is comprised of The Homebuilders Association of Greater Chicago, The Homebuilders Association of Greater Fox Valley, The Southwest Suburban Homebuilders Association, The Northern Illinois Homebuilders Association and The Homebuilders Association of Will-Grundy Counties, can now be found online at www.learn-build.com.
This is the perfect place for builders and remodelors to see the complete list of courses offered, which includes everything from Building Codes and Estimating to Standards and Customer Service. The Web site is easy to use and includes options for contacting IREB by email, registering for classes and paying for these courses online. Additionally, the website includes a full calendar of events for upcoming classes. We’re all so busy these days, now registering for these classes is only the click of a mouse away. (Continued…)Bookmark this post:Five Tips for Buying a Home in a Down Market
Bankaholic.com submitted these home buying tips to Chicagoland Real Estate Forum. If you are looking an new homes or resale properties, we hope you will find this useful.
The subprime mortgage bust has scared a lot of people away from the housing market. The nightly news is filled with images and stories of everyday Americans who are losing their homes because they made greedy and uninformed decisions, they were taken advantage of by predatory brokers, or a combination of these situations. However, the news isn’t all bad. This decline in the market has dropped prices and made housing affordable to many fiscally responsible renters who never considered home ownership to be an option.
If you find yourself house-hunting, make sure that you follow these five simple steps to take advantage of this downturn in the market; if you don’t, you could be the next sad story on your local news.
1. Accounting for Extraneous Expenses
As with almost any major purchase, there can be a number of fees associated with buying a home. Costs associated with property taxes, homeowner’s insurance, standard maintenance, and utilities should not be overlooked. In addition, if you buy a home that is part of a complex or attached to a homeowner’s association, you will have to pay annual fees as well. Make sure that you take these additional expenses into account when you are determining how much home you can afford.2. Acknowledging Special Assessments
Many homes require a number of regularly scheduled special assessments to be performed in order to satisfy local regulations and ordinances. These are fees that are required in addition to standard property taxes. In order to make sure that these costs don’t take you by surprise, (Continued…)Bookmark this post:
