Chuck Capan's (chuckcapan) Blog

Sure signs of Spring are popping up. We will have more cold but the sun is shining brighter and longer.  I'm giving a special shout out to my real estate buds across the land. New England friends have endured a fairly strong winter. Other East Coasters have perhaps seen a winter like no other, a ...

 I was sent this two Christmas' ago by an old buddy. I laughed so hard I couldn't get rid of it so I saved it to share every Christmas Season with everyone! Enjoy! Diary of a snow shoveler, probable location - North East December 8 - 6:00 PMIt started to snow.The first snow of the season and the ...

The 8th Annual Oakwood Putt Putt Classic will be March 5th & 6th 2010 at Oakwood Country Club, Coal Valley Il.  Join Iowa Hawkeye coach and Big Ten Coach of the Year, Kirk Ferentz. Tudi's Tribe Foundation raises money to support The University of Iowa's Children's Hospital. Also benefiting from A...

What another year gone by? Already?  Oh, the years are starting to fly by...seem to be going faster and faster.  Well buckle down and buckle up the Holiday Season is in full swing.    

Great advice from Australia...it all rings true here too!  Thanks for the tips, Donna!Home staging (or property styling as it's commonly known as on the Australian property scene) is really an art, not a science. One of the many things a professional home stager understands is that it's the house...

Red flags went up at first when I opened this morning's email.>>Hi there,>>I am interested in viewing one of your properties, could you please call me on my foreign mobile +882 135 502 99 to setup a time. As I am travelling at the moment I am unable to pickup emails regularly so please call.>>Kin...

It is not totally official, yet.  It looks like my broker will be coming up with the policy asking us to stay away during the whole house inspection.  The wording will be something along the lines of "Go to the home, make sure everyone is there, make any necessary introductions, leave. This is on...

This is from my friend Jennifer Allan, REALTOR®, author, coach, speaker and all around good person. This is yet another follow-up to the topic of "Is Price Always the Best Answer to a Non-Selling Listing?" that I started last week. You can read more HERE and HERE. Real estate agents are quite fon...

I'm really proud to be working for Number 1!  This market share graph is for all properties.