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Morning Calumet City. I’ll be doing a series of home buying and selling tips starting today. The series will answer most of the questions you may have as a home buyer or seller.

My goal is to save you time and effort during each of these actions.

Show me the money…

Numeral uno in home buying these days is you’ll need to get pre-approved for your home loan before you go shopping. I know it’s easy to get all excited about looking for a place and you may have even seen one you want to check out closer. In todays world no one really wants to get very deep into a deal without knowing you can actually buy the place…makes sense right?

Also, and this is a biggie…it’s MUCH MUCH more fun to do the shopping already knowing what price range you can shop in. You wont be looking in the window wishing…you’ll know you can get it!

Now if your like me you don’t really want to give every one your financial info either. At McColly we have our own mortgage people that can work with you. You don’t even have to tell me any of your finances, just the loan officer.

A few things you’ll need will be proof of income (tax returns and pay stubs) and bank statements. I’ll write in more detail about these in a future article.

Home buying doesn’t need to be scary and can be really fun if you go in knowing you have the comfort of a pre-approval.

Tim Davids
McColly Real Estate, Illinois

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Like many things, timing is everything. Here’s three reasons to list your Calumet City, Lansing, Lynwood or any Chicago area house for sale soon if you are thinking about it at all.

1. Spring is near and I think most people that live around here get motivated to get out and about as soon as the sun is out and the temps get above the 40′s or 50′s. Car sales go up and house sales too. when there’s snow on the ground you cant walk around the yard or inspect the outside of a house easily.

2. It’s tax time! ahhhh. The lucky ones get a return and a down payment on a house is a great way to use it. For many this is the only time they will have enough cash for a down payment on a home.

3. The $8000 home buyer tax credit will end April 30. Read details here. This home buyer tax credit is a hard to beat deal.

If your are thinking of selling at all within this year I recommend not to wait. Spring really is the time buyers are buying.

Call or email me to talk about listing your home with me at McColly Real Estate. You also get a twofer if you work with me. I will write a full feature article about your home right here on CalumetCity.com where hundreds of people per month visit looking for calumet city homes.

Tim Davids
McColly Real Estate
Tinley Park, Illinois
(219) 916-6680
valpotim@yahoo.com

Well after chomping at the bit for about 6 months I can now reveal I am a Licensed Real Estate agent in the state of Illinois.

In the next few weeks I’ll be changing CalumetCity.com to feature homes and commercial property for sale in Calumet City, Lansing, Lynwood and the South Holland and Chicago Southland areas.

Look for my “CalumetCity.com” car and me out and about town starting next week. One promotion I will be doing is giving selected Calumet City businesses FREE ads on the site as a way to promote the city and to meet the owners in person and introduce myself. If you know of a business that would interested in a free ad drop me a note. I will give up to 20 ads per month and they will rotate on the home page each time a new visitor enters the site.

Also if you are planning to list your home or commercial property for sale soon drop me a note so you  can be among the first to be featured right on the front page of CalumetCity.com.

email me at GeoOwners@gmail.com.

See you all soon!!!

Tim Davids (219) 916-6680
McColly Real Estate
Illinois

If your looking for a home in or around Calumet City you can now search either for good deals on foreclosed homes or any type of Real Estate in the area by using the banner links now on this site. RealtyTrac is one of the biggest real estate portals around.

If your looking to sell “by Owner” I can help you there too…just use the top banner here and you can sell or buy for sale by owner homes.

Happy holidays to all Calumet City residents and visitors!

2009 was a tough year for many so lets all make the holidays safe and joyous.

Be sure to shop at your local stores. River Oaks Mall, Starbucks (my favorite) and the Local restaurants too. If needed use a nearby Hotel for all those out of town visitors.

Sticking together and helping each other will keep Calumet City the great place it is.

Here’s to a great 2010!

So your looking for an apartment or maybe a car or job in Calumet City and you need a place to stay while in town. Maybe your travelling through, into or out of Chicago and your looking for affordable hotels to stop at on your trip.

Holiday Inn Express is a great choice. Right on Torrence avenue and close to I-94.

Located on the Corporate Corridor, the new Chicago South Lansing Hotel is near some of the nation’s top producing companies including BP Aamoco, Ford and Arcelor Mittal Steel and is also in close proximity to Chicago’s main highways, including I-80, I-94 and I-294.

To better serve Calumetcity.com visitors I added pages about almost anything you’ll be looking for. Restaurants, hotels, jobs, homes and apartments.

Although this site will be mainly about places to live and work in Calumet City you will be able to search and find everything you need.

Welcome to CalumetCity.com.

Find anything you want about Calumet City and surrounding communities here. This site will be a real estate info site for  Lansing, South Holland and Lynwood . Homes, Apartments, commercial buildings will all be listed as they come on board.