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Aug 21 2024

Essential Hacks | August 2024

BUSINESS TIPS       3 STEPS TO GET BUSINESS IN ANY MARKET   Have you ever noticed there are some people in our industry who do relatively well every year, despite what the market conditions are? Some top producers even perform at a similar level regardless of what’s happening with the economy or with […]

Aug 16 2024

Home & Wealth | August 2024

RENT VS. BUY—DON’T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD EQUITY     You may have seen reports that now it’s more affordable to rent than to buy a home. This can be true if you only look at the typical monthly payments in each case. But that comparison does not take into account the home equity […]

Aug 5 2024

Inside Lending | Market Snapshot for the Week of August 5, 2024

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well.”—Robert Benchley, American humorist   NATIONAL MARKET UPDATE Pending Home Sales surprised to the upside in June, moving ahead nearly 5% over May. This measure of signed contracts on existing homes gained for the […]

Jul 24 2024

Essential Hacks | July 2024

BUSINESS TIPS       HOW TO PUT TOGETHER A BUSINESS PLAN   You may think of yourself as an individual professional, but you’re also the head of your own business. And if you want that business to achieve all the success it can, you need a business plan, just like every successful business operates […]

Jul 24 2024

Power Tools | July 2024

 HOW TO BE AT YOUR BEST IN ONLINE MEETINGS Online meetings now play a central role in business communications. Zoom and other online meeting platforms continue to be used regularly in a wide range of businesses. People have come to realize that many face-to-face meetings aren’t really necessary, as technology now makes it possible to […]

Jul 22 2024

#MotivationMonday

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Jul 15 2024

Chicago Housing Video | June 2024

Here’s your monthly Chicago Housing Stats video, courtesy of The Jim Passi Team at Alameda Mortgage Corp. For all of your home financing needs in Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Georgia, Tennessee, or Florida, call The Jim Passi Team today at 847-899-1813! Visit our social media pages for more informational tools!

Jul 15 2024

#MotivationMonday

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Jul 12 2024

Home & Wealth | July 2024

EMOTIONAL BENEFITS TO OWNING A HOME     When people think about buying a home, they’re often attracted to the possible financial benefits. These include tax deductions they may be able to take, as well as the potential to build their net worth, as they pay off their mortgage while the property could increase in […]

Jul 1 2024

Inside Lending | Market Snapshot for the Week of July 01, 2024

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.”—George Washington, American Founding Father, military officer, and first president of the United States   NATIONAL MARKET UPDATE Following back-to-back monthly gains, New Home Sales declined in May. But good news for buyers, total new home inventories hit a […]
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Andrea L. Testimonial

I want to thank you for making the process of establishing a loan so easy for us. As a real estate agent in Denver, I have the opportunity to work with a lot of lenders – I know the good ones from the bad ones. And YOU are definitely one of the “good ones”. For my own home purchase, you can imagine how selective I was in working with a lender on our mortgage. I am so glad that we worked with you and CityWide. It’s no secret that the process of procuring a mortgage is extremely stressful, but you made this process as smooth of a transaction that it could have been and given the fact that we lived in Denver, and Marcus was in the middle of a very hectic travel schedule, you met and EXCEEDED our expectations.

Your attention to detail, your personal attention to us and our needs, and your overall professionalism made the biggest difference and the best possible experience for our family. I will recommend you not only to my friends and family but to my clients who are looking for the highest level of service for their mortgage.

Thanks again Jim for everything you did for us. We are so happy to be back home in Naperville, and in our house, that very much feels like home.

Andrea L.