by Sears Homes | May 27, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Last night, we listed the house so it’s officially for sale. I tried the FSBO route for about 12 minutes, and then my old Realtor training kicked in, and I remembered how much it cost to advertise, and I remembered that the whole process of buying and selling a...
by Sears Homes | May 26, 2011 | Uncategorized |
For personal reasons, we’ve decided to sell our beautiful pink house in Norfolk and move on. We’ve invested more than $45,000 doing a faithful restoration of this grand old manse. As an architectural historian, I’ve gone to great pains to make...
by Sears Homes | May 23, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Update! This article was updated in 2013. To read the latest, click here! I love ghost towns. All ghost towns have a fascinating history, and this one in Schoper, Illinois is no different. It’s the real deal – a boom town that went bust and literally...
by Sears Homes | May 22, 2011 | Uncategorized |
If you could go back in time 100 years, you might find it a little challenging to understand exactly what people were talking about. In the early 1900s, some words had radically different meanings. For instance, there’s the word “slacker.” A slacker...
by Sears Homes | May 21, 2011 | Uncategorized |
The number one question I’m asked again and again – How do you identify a Sears Kit Home? First, begin by eliminating the obvious. Sears sold these homes between 1908-1940. If your home was built outside of that time frame, it can not be a Sears catalog...
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