Wenzel Select Properties Newsletter-Vol 2 Issue 4 |
April 2012 |
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Easter time is upon us and here are some easter egg decorating techniques that you and your family can try together!
Fun & easy techniques kids will be dyeing to try. For more Easter fun, check out our tasty Easter recipes , easy Easter crafts, and fun Easter games and egg hunts.
Wenzel Select Properties
wishes you a very Happy
Easter!
Traditionally, April Fool's Day is an opportunity for playing jokes or tricks on one another. The stranger and the more absurd the better. The challenge is to carry out a trick that is believable, if only for a little while. Tricks are most successful if played earlier in the day before a person is wise to what is going on. Younger children are also more gullible. For your enjoyment here are the Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes....
Top 100 April
Fool's Day Hoaxes of All
Time!
101 Ways to Celebrate National Garden Month
Here are some ways to spread the spirit of gardening in your community.
Chicagoland Family Activities-April 2012
Here is a sampling of some of Chicago's best April events
Looking for a report that provides you with today's Housing Trends from Realtors accross the nation! Check out the monthly Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance Housing Trends Update for March 2012.
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Five Reasons to Buy a Home Now
We all want to be wise investors, but our brains get in the way. Behavioral scientists tell us we are hard-wired to assume the future will be like the past. These tendencies can cause us to miss bargains in real estate. Here are five reasons why buying a house now is a good investment:
1. It's becoming more expensive to rent than to own. Yes, renting is convenient, but living in a rental also comes with restrictions on what renters... Read More |
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Home Renovations: Where to Spend and Where to Save
Some home improvements are smart investments, and some will only cut into your profits when it comes time to sell your home. To help you distinguish the good renovations from the bad, The Remodeling Cost Vs. Value Report 2011-2012 ranked home improvement projects based on how much of the initial investment they recoup at resale. When it comes to renovations, it seems the bigger the budget, the smaller the payoff... Read More |
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Tips to Halt Spring Termite Infestations Courtesy of ARA Content While you're trying to find every available reason to be outside this spring, termites are doing the exact opposite—trying to worm their way indoors and devour your walls and floors. And they certainly aren't feasting for free.
"Termites have an insatiable appetite for cellulose found in wood, eating 24-hours a day, seven days a week. They cause serious and costly damage and can compromise the structural stability of a home," said Missy Henriksen... Read More |
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Contingency Sales Contracts
You want to buy a house, but first you need to sell your house. You'd like to sell your house, but don't want to be left without any house at all. Or, maybe you want to sell your house and don't want to get stuck with the first offer that comes along. These are seemingly catch-22 scenarios, but there's a special tool to help you out of such struggles: the contingency sales contract.
What Are Contingency Sales Contracts? "Contingent" simply means that one thing will happen dependent upon another event taking place first. A home inspection is an example of a contingency contract, in that a buyers' completion of a home purchase is contingent... Read More |
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A Spring Cleaning Checklist
Spring cleaning sounds like an annual event, but these once-a-year tasks can be scheduled throughout the calendar year. These are the chores you think of when your mother-in-law is coming to visit, or when you put your home on the market and strangers are about to view it very closely. Keep this checklist handy any time you are ready to tackle a whole-house scrub down.
Banish the Dust Bunnies Dust holds odor, feeds dust mites, and provides breeding ground for mold in dark, damp places. Get rid of dust bunnies on all the forgotten surfaces of your home: inside closets, under furniture, light bulbs (unscrew first!), under and behind all major appliances, and on top of the refrigerator... Read More
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Broker: Lisa Wenzel - 630 430-4797
Agent: Christine Leonchik - 312 303-0094 |
Agent: Freddy Wenzel - 630 430-4790
Agent: Danny Reed - 708 703-4653 |
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