What Does it Take to be a Home Inspector?

What Does it Take to be a Home Inspector?

by | Aug 29, 2022

  Becoming a licensed home inspector in Illinois is a quick process for the mechanically inclined. Becoming a sought after licensed inspector takes a bit more effort.  Here’s some insight in what it takes to get licensed as an inspector in...
Seeing The Equity in Your Home as a Game Changer

Seeing The Equity in Your Home as a Game Changer

by | Jan 4, 2021

SEEING EQUITY IN YOUR HOME AS A GAME CHANGER Erica Crohn Minchella www.ecminchellalaw.com   I spent the greater part of 2008 to 2015 defending foreclosures and working through short sales. It has forever skewed my view of what a mortgage should be. I am sure that...
The Real Estate Market Through the Eyes of an Economist

The Real Estate Market Through the Eyes of an Economist

by | Apr 22, 2020

The other day I was listening to a webinar presented by Alan Nevin, Director of Market Research at Xpera Group and instructor at UC San Diego Extension since 1980. He also holds multiple master’s degrees in statistics, economics and real estate from Stanford. I...
“Working over the seller” is NOT the point!

“Working over the seller” is NOT the point!

by | Nov 26, 2019

Most people who buy a new home have it inspected by a licensed, independent inspector…as well they should!  You would never buy a car without test driving it, why would you ever consider buying a home without an inspection?  We can all agree that a home inspection is...