Real Estate Re-Listing!
We caught a few minutes of ABC News’ Nightline last night:
Buyer Beware: Unsold Homes Are Often ‘Re-listed’
It’s a story on Real Estate agents and sellers who ‘list’ and later ‘re-list’ their house on services such as the MLS. Real Estate agents and the MLS are in business to help buyers and sellers navigate often complicated property transactions. It makes you question who is in business to serve whom if you can’t trust the ‘listing date’ provided by someone who is in business to help buyers access information.
Tomacor is The Industry Training Leader
Come to one of our “Open House” trainings and learn the secrets of pre-purchase inspecting; held on the first Saturday of the month on most months. “Come on down” and learn to pre-qualify a home before your offer.
Real Estate Agent Challenge.
Tomacor has decided to lay down the gauntlet for the real estate community: represent your clients professionally or give up the profession. Tomacor wants responses from consumers, agents, attorneys, bankers and home buyers in rating the quality of their agent’s service. Don’t give us your agents name just the following rating:
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Tomacor is the Top Rated Home Inspection Company in the Chicagoland Area!
Of the more than 100 home inspection companies reviewed on Angie’s list, Tomacor is far and away the highest rated. Users grade our services:
* Overall: A
* Price: A
* Quality: A
* Responsiveness: A
* Punctuality: A
* Professionalism: A
* Total Reports: 42
* POH Nominations: 9
POH stands for Page Of Happiness. From Angie’s List: Every so often, a member lets us know that they’ve been absolutely wowed by an experience with a service provider. When we hear these great reports, we give the member an opportunity to nominate the company for the Page of Happiness in our monthly magazine. This is a unique honor.
Thanks to our clients for taking the time to get the word out about the company! Please let us know if there is anything we can do to provide better service.
Angie’s List Super Service Award!
Tomacor won the Angie’s List Super Service Award again in 2006! 
What does the Super Service Award mean?
From Angie’s List:
If a company has the Super Service Award logo on their company record, then they have won the Angie’s List Super Service Award® for the year indicated. Each year Angie’s List awards this honor to companies that have given outstanding service according to the members for the previous year. The most recent award given is for 2006. In 2006, the criteria for the award included receiving a minimum number of reports from our members, maintaining an A average on both the reports for 2006 as well as on their overall reports and not being in poor standing with the Better Business Bureau. Less than 5% of the companies on Angie’s List received the award in 2006.
Common Problems in New Construction Projects
Here are just a sampling of the common problems that we discover in new home construction. These are not the limits by any means, but these should provide a glimpse of common issues that arise during new construction projects.
1. Poor heating and air conditioning distribution in multilevel units.
2. Over 80% of new construction projects fail to meet deadline, forcing buyers to move in before work is completed.
3. Poor drywall taping and paint jobs.
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Tomacor Has Been Exploring New Training Possibilities
Tomacor Has Been Exploring New Training Possibilities through state agencies. www.iliinois.com
What Tools Would Help You?
Please leave some comments and let us know what types of online tools we could provide that would help you.
Tom Corbett is now a Real Estate Columnist at the Chicago Sun Times!
A New Column in the Sun Times to be authored by Tomacor’s President, Tom Corbett!! The column “Your Chicago Home” will be published on Friday April 6th, 2007 in the Real Estate section.
Steps to The Lowest Price When Buying a Home
When buying a home, probably the most crucial aspect to the home purchase is the buyer’s realization that it’s a solitary pursuit. The least amount of time you spend with your agent in defining what you want, the better off you are.
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