Category: Plainfield Real Estate Market Updates

Selling a Rental in Illinois: Should You Cash Out or Keep It?

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Is your rental still making you money? It’s the question almost every landlord in the Chicago suburbs asks when selling starts crossing their mind. It’s also the wrong question. A rental can cash flow every single month and still not be the best place for your money. And the landlords who get hurt in this … Continued

What a 55+ Community Actually Costs You Every Month

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Everybody tells you the same thing about downsizing. Smaller house, smaller payment. Less space, less money. It sounds so obvious that most people never actually check it. So here is the part nobody says out loud. Moving into a 55+ community does not automatically lower your monthly cost. Sometimes it lands almost exactly where you … Continued

Short Sale in Illinois: What It Really Is (and Who It’s For)

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Here is something nobody tells you when you fall behind on your mortgage. By the time most people even hear the words “short sale,” they are already too far down the foreclosure road to actually use it. Not because they did not qualify. Because nobody sat them down early enough to explain it while there … Continued

Why Summer Sellers in Illinois Often Outperform Spring Sellers

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If you meant to sell this spring and it just did not happen, you are probably wondering right now whether you missed your window. So let’s answer that directly, because the real math may surprise you. If you wait through summer and list in the fall, you give up some of the most motivated buyers … Continued