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Revolutionize Your Spring Cleaning

It may be cliché, but spring is when people deep-clean their homes for a reason! Combine warmer weather with that fresh start, new-year-on-the-calendar feeling, and everyone is itching to spruce up their living quarters.

How to Get Email Replies

It's a major downer to spend time crafting an email, send it off into cyberspace, and then watch the days tick by without a response. You're often left guessing about why they didn't reply. To make sure your next email gets a reply, try out these quick tips:

Are You Aiming Your Productivity?

Imagine that you're a runner, and you've perfected the ideal running technique for maximum speed. You have the right shoes, the right breathing method, and a refined dietary plan to make sure you're always running at your best. Now imagine you lose the race anyway, because you didn't run towards the finish line.

Make Any Home Look Spacious with Staging Tricks

Nothing turns off buyers faster than a cramped space. To make it easy for potential buyers to visualize their lives in a new property, it's important that you show them how much space they must work with. Here are five tricks for making a small space appear larger so you don't scare off buyers.

Should You Drive Clients to Showings?

Every real estate agent has their own answer to the question of whether or not they chauffeur buyers around when showing homes. What used to be an expected nicety has become a matter of preference for both buyers and agents.

4 Ways to Reduce Monthly Home Expenses

Home ownership is widely regarded as one of the most reliable ways to build personal wealth — but when you add up all the monthly expenses that come with owning a home, sometimes it doesn’t feel that way! If you want to be able to put more into savings or investments, reducing your monthly expenses can free up flex money. Here are a few ways you could be saving when it comes to your home.

Credit Card Fraud is on the Rise

If you use a credit card, there’s no way to fully protect yourself from credit card fraud. Even worse, fraud has been increasing.

Home Maintenance You Should Be Doing Monthly

According to NerdWallet, nearly half of homeowners cite unexpected home repairs as a source of anxiety. And no wonder — surprise repairs can be costly, and they also seem to pop up at the worst possible time. Fortunately, there’s something you can do to reduce the chances of those kinds of repairs being necessary: Maintenance!

Writing the Perfect Thank-You Note

The thank-you note is a staple tool for the relationship-focused real estate agent! Not only are they great for strengthening your relationship with current clients, but they can make the difference for good testimonials and even referral business.

Create a Welcoming Front Door

You put a lot of work into making sure the inside of your house looks lovely — but what about the outside? A welcoming front porch can set a positive tone for anyone who comes to your door and can serve as a great introduction to your home. Here are a few quick, budget-friendly ways to give your front door a makeover.

Jim Passi
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1121 E. Main Street, Suite 121
St. Charles, IL 60174
Mobile: 847-899-1813
Email: jim.passi@alamedamortgage.com

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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.

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