February 2008 
There are 4 blog entries for February 2008.
Introducing Susan O'Halloran
Monday, February 25th, 2008 at 2:18pm. 579 Views, 0 Comments.
You've recently met Matt Orr, my unlicensed assistant. Now I'd like to introduce Susan O'Halloran, who has been a REALTOR for around 14 years. She has been with Coldwell Banker of Tinley Park and I've been trying to get her to join me at Classic Realty Group since I started there.
Sue and I met in 6th grade and have been friends ever since. Sue took some time off of selling real estate when she was part-owner of a popular downtown restaurant/lounge called T. J. Costello's (named after her Dad). She then purchased a long-standing restaurant lounge in Orland Park called Paddy B's and sold the business last year.
She finally teamed up with me, Judy Orr, at Classic Realty Group and I'm very excited with our partnership. We have already put
…Valentine's Day at The Batory Buffet
Friday, February 15th, 2008 at 10:50am. 610 Views, 0 Comments.
I wouldn't have remembered, but last Valentine's Day was also snowy and cold. I looked up my last Valentine's Day in Chicago Suburbs post to see what I wrote about. Can't remember what I did, though.
My husband asked me to think about where I wanted to go on Valentine's Day. Not one regular restaurant popped up in my mind (only visions of waiting an hour to get seated no matter where we went). I hate waiting in restaurants.
Then I thought about the places I really love. Places my friends would not accompany me to (well, they did once for my birthday and complained loud and clear). I love Polish buffets. My first choice was Bobaks in Chicago but I gave a second choice of The Batory Buffet, a Chicago Ridge restaurant located at 10135 S.
…The Greatest Real Estate Agent in the World Contest
Thursday, February 14th, 2008 at 9:17am. 362 Views, 0 Comments.
This is not the usual kind of post I make as it really is an inside the industry post that is not of interest to the general public. But I know I get some real estate agents reading here that are web savvy so I thought I'd mention this fun little contest.
My main website, which this blog is part of (you can find my website link in the menu at the right titled "Back to Cook County Home") was created by Real Estate Webmasters (REW). They also host a forum for everything real estate, which is for buyers, sellers, real estate brokers and agents and even website designers or search engine optimization (seo) gurus. I actually am a moderator for the forum.
One of our forum members came up with a contest about trying to optimize for a particular
…Introducing Matt Orr
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 at 3:30pm. 628 Views, 0 Comments.
As I mentioned in the post about 2008 Chicago Suburbs Real Estate market predictions, I had my best year ever in 2007. For years I've been toying with the idea of hiring an assistant to help me with day-to-day chores and paperwork. However, I have a bad time delegating.
I wasn't sure how to work it out as I work mainly from my home office. Do I hire someone to work at their home or would they go into my Orland Park office? There were so many decisions.
I have asked two of my children to work for me but they never committed to it. Finally, I got my 24 year old son Matt to be my unlicensed assistant. He's working mainly on mailings right now and hopefully he'll help with appointments and more.
The funny thing is, I was 8 1/2
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