Sunday

Open House 1856 N Halsted #3S

 Open House this Sunday June 26th, 2011 at 1856 N Halsted #3S from 12 to 2 pm.
Come see this spectacular top floor 2bedroom/2bath, duplex up with huge rooms, great light and gorgeous finishes! This home has inlaid espresso finish wood floors throughout main floor, new trim, doors and lighting. Recently updated white isle kitchen with granite tops, glass subway back splash and Kitchen Aid professional series SS appliances will start your day off right. A large living/dining room with columns, a giant, bay window, Master suite w/ double marble vanity, marble baths, and glass subway surround porcelain flooring and big walk-in closet are just some of the wonderful features included in this home. A new furnace was installed in 2010. Garage parking included!

Saturday

Pet Adoption for June 25, 2011

 Cassie is a gorgeous, healthy, friendly, snuggly and sweet, nine-year-old, Toy Poodle looking for a loving guardian. 

When Cassie turned nine, her family decided to retire her from breeding and have her euthanized. The vet tech at the animal hospital asked if she could find the adorable dog a new home instead.

Cassie seems to enjoy the company of people of all ages. She’s a cute, fun dog who is happy to have you carry her around in your arms all day. In fact, if you hold her close and pet her, she closes her eyes and seems to go into a happy trance. She loves to be loved, and she enjoys sitting or dancing for treats.

Cassie is great with cats and good with most dogs - except for dominant females. She is non-destructive in the house and usually uses pee pee pads. She’s enjoys walks and is fine on leash.

Cassie is healthy, spayed, and up-to-date on vaccines. She walks with a limp due to a luxating patella in her left rear leg. The vet says she’s lived with it for most of her life so it’s okay as is and not causing her pain. To meet and possibly adopt Cassie, please contact her foster mom Alicia at aliciaobando@sbcglobal.net
or 773-430-2812. Her adoption fee of $100 supports rescued pets.

To see other pets for adoption, please visit
http://www.adoptapet.com/shelter72998-pets.html


 Lili is a beautiful, calm, and sometimes crabby, six-year-old, female, front-declawed blue-eyed Himalayan cat looking for a patient and loving guardian. 

This lovely girl was brought to a Chicago shelter when her people could no longer care for her. She was horribly matted, and stopped eating in the stressful shelter environment.

Lili is now living in a wonderful foster home where her foster mom patiently waited for her anxiety to melt away in her new surroundings. She can be a bit tense at times, but can also be affectionate. Lili will do best in a patient cat-loving all-adult home, as the one and only feline resident.

Lili uses her litter box like a good girl. She is healthy, spayed, up-to-date on vaccines, virus-tested, micro-chipped, and de-wormed. Her adoption fee of $50 benefits rescued pets. To meet and possibly adopt Lili, please contact her foster mom Jan at jansdellinthebox@gmail.com or 312-661-1770.

To see other pets for adoption, please visit
http://www.adoptapet.com/shelter72998-pets.html


 Pea and Pod are incredibly gorgeous, friendly and sweet, blue-eyed, 10-week-old, two-pound, lilac point Siamese kittens looking for a loving guardian – as a pair.

These two adorable brother and sister kittens landed at Chicago Animal Care and Control. I’m not sure if they were found as strays or given up by their “human.” But, someone had cut the ends of their tails off. The little boy Pea had the tip of his tail cut off; the little girl Pod’s tail is docked halfway.

Luckily these resilient and lovely kittens harbor no ill-will toward the human race. They love everyone and everything. They are wonderful with other cats, and friendly with people. Pod is shy, sweet, snugly and gentle girl. Brother Pea is a fun, playful, active fellow.

They are both litter box-trained and healthy. They will be spayed and neutered during the first week of July and then ready to go home with some lucky family. Their adoption fee of $75 each benefits the Friends of Chicago Animal Care & Control. To meet and possibly adopt Pea and Pod, please contact their foster mom Julia at
julia0608@comcast.net or 312-375-5227.

To help “Friends” rescue more cats like Pea and Pod from Chicago Animal Care & Control, please consider fostering a cat, rabbit or dog in your home by contacting Kat at kbudrean@hotmail.com or 312-265-0601.
 
To see other pets for adoption, please visit
http://www.adoptapet.com/shelter72998-pets.html


 Willow is an adorable, friendly and sweet, golden-eyed, six-year-old, female, white patch tabby cat looking for a loving home.

Willow landed at Chicago Animal Care and Control through no fault of her own. This nice girl was so stressed in a cage for two months that she started pulling out her hair. Luckily a feline lover brought her home as her foster cat so she can live in a home rather than a cage. Willow gets along with the other cat in her foster home and all her hair has grown back. She is not super active; her real love is people, treats and being pet.

Willow uses her litter box and scratching post like a good girl. She is healthy, spayed, micro-chipped, up-to-date on vaccines, de-wormed, and virus-tested. Her adoption fee of $75 benefits the Friends of Chicago Animal Care & Control. To meet and possibly adopt Willow, please contact her foster mom Anne at at cornchip60608@yahoo.com
or 312-545-6023.

To help “Friends” rescue more cats like Willow from Chicago Animal Care & Control, please consider fostering a cat or dog in your home by contacting Kat at kbudrean@hotmail.com or 312-265-0601.
 
To see other pets for adoption, please visit
http://www.adoptapet.com/shelter72998-pets.html


Finally, if you know of an animal that needs a home please call me at 773.572.6512 and I will do my best to find that animal a home.

Pet Adoption for June 4, 2011

 Chevy is a very handsome, sweet and friendly, two-year-old, 45-pound, male, chocolate and vanilla speckled Lab/Pointer/Terrier-mix looking for a loving guardian. 

Chevy gets along with other dogs, knows the command sit and down, and takes treats gently from your fingers. Chevy was rescued in Gary, Indiana, and was found to have heartworm. He has gone through treatment and is now waiting for a foster home, forever home or a rescue group to take him in.

Chevy is healthy, neutered, heartworm-treated, micro-chipped, and up-to-date on rabies and distemper vaccines. To meet and possibly adopt, foster, or rescue him, please contact Melia at melia88@comcast.net
or 708-224-1900. His adoption fee of $200 benefits rescued pets. He is currently being kenneled in Steger, Illinois, and would love to get out of a kennel and into a home setting.

 Greta is an utterly adorable, friendly, playful and sweet, five-month-old, 25-pound, tan and white female hound/terrier-mix puppy looking for a loving home. 

Greta has a wonderful temperament and is living in a foster home in Chicago where she has quickly mastered the commands sit and down, and takes treats gently from your fingers. She is crate-trained, and doing really well on her housebreaking. Greta is cuddly, and has a gorgeous coat with beautiful markings.

Greta is playful and friendly with other dogs, okay with dog-friendly cats, and great with children. She’d make a wonderful family dog. Greta sleeps in her crate all night, and is quiet after a couple minutes, so she’d even be fine in an apartment or condo.

Greta is extremely healthy, spayed, up-to-date on vaccines, micro-chipped and de-wormed. Her adoption fee of $95 benefits the Friends of Chicago Animal Care and Control Rescue Group. To meet and possibly adopt her, please contact her foster mom Amber at amabre@gmail.com
or 616-826-0783.

To help “Friends” rescue more dogs like Greta from Chicago Animal Care & Control, please consider fostering a cat or dog in your home by contacting Kat at kbudrean@hotmail.com or 312-265-0601.

 Lucy is an affectionate, shy, loving and extremely sweet, golden-eyed, four-year-old, plush grey female cat looking for a loving home.

Lucy landed at Chicago Animal Care and Control through no fault of her own. This lovely girl has a lovely loud purr but spent her time at the shelter sadly staring at the back wall of her cage … she was so depressed. Luckily she was chosen to be a foster cat for Friends of CACC, so she can get out of a cage and live in a home and enjoy having a real family.

Lucy has perfect litter box habits, loves being pet, and even though she has all her claws, she doesn’t scratch anything … not even her scratching post. She chooses one room of the home to hang out in … her favorite room is the bedroom. She loves riding on her foster mom’s shoulder and getting scratches under the chin.

She may be very shy at first, but when she’s comfortable, Lucy loves her toys and treats. She throws her little toy mice in the air, fetches them, and plays with feather toys.

Lucy is healthy, spayed, micro-chipped, up-to-date on vaccines, de-wormed, and virus-tested. Her adoption fee of $75 benefits the Friends of Chicago Animal Care & Control. To meet and possibly adopt her, please contact her foster mom Kathy at kbwilson60612@yahoo.com

To help “Friends” rescue more cats like Lucy from Chicago Animal Care & Control, please consider fostering a cat or dog in your home by contacting Kat at kbudrean@hotmail.com or 312-265-0601.

 Cheeto and Yuppy are affectionate, cuddly, easy-going and extremely sweet, four-paw-declawed, brown tabby cats looking for a loving guardian.

Cheeto is a golden-eyed, seven-year-old, male. Yuppy is a green-eyed, nine-year-old, female.

Yuppy is indifferent to Cheeto. But Cheeto adores Yuppy. It is an imperfect relationship, so they can be split up into two different homes. While they are not related by blood, they have lived together for the past seven years.

They are both healthy, talkative, friendly and have gorgeous glossy coats. Sadly, they need to find a home due to the birth of a child with breathing problems. They are wonderful with the two very young children – aged seven weeks, and 22 months. They are very tolerant and gentle.

They are healthy, completely de-clawed, neutered/spayed, micro-chipped, up-to-date on vaccines, de-wormed, and virus-tested. Their adoption fee of $75 each benefits the Feline Friends Rescue Group. To meet and possibly adopt Yuppy, Cheeto, or both, please contact Lisa at eward@spencerstuart.com or Toni at tonimcn@rcn.com or 312.855.1225.

To see other pets for adoption, please visit
http://www.adoptapet.com/shelter72998-pets.html

Thanks for taking the time to read this post. I want to find every animal a home that needs one. As always, if you need a hand with your real estate needs, whether your are buying, selling or leasing, please don't hesitate to call.

Thomas Reid @773.572.6512 or Treid@rubloff.com



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Open House 906 Hermitage #2

We will be holding an Open house on Sunday June 5th 2011, from 11am to 2pm at 906 Hermitage #2.


Come see this lovely 2 bedroom with parking on one of the prettiest streets in the East Village. You won't be disappointed! 


Asking price $300,000


Friday

Open House 606 W Aldine #2W


 Open House at 606 Aldine #2W this Saturday, June 4th, 2011 from 12 to 2pm.  Asking price $380,000

 2 Bedrooms, Dining room, Fire place, Huge yard, with Parking. Don't miss a chance to see this gem in East Lakeview.


Thursday

Price vs. Cost

I understand what I am saying might be hard to grasp, but when you buy a house the ultimate cost of your new home is more important than the price. The price you pay for a home is only the start. Your mortgage, insurance, maintenance,  taxes and utilities are just some of the additional costs you will incur. The biggest will be your mortgage.

Unless you are buying your home with cash, you are going to a lending institution of some sort to borrow the money you need. The interest you pay on this loan will be the largest cost you will incur. With interest rates at historical lows, your cost for borrowing money will never be lower.

Many people are waiting on the sidelines for home prices to fall, and I agree, prices might go down as much as 5% to 10% in the next year. That $100,000 condo might be available next summer for $95,000 or less. But as the economy recovers, interest rates will rise as much as 1 or 2 percent. Rates will still be very low, but a lot higher than they are today.

In short, even though you might pay less in price, you will pay more in cost. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to buy wonderful properties at rock bottom prices. Act now. Call me, Thomas Reid, @773.572.6512 so you don’t miss the boat.