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		<title>Radon and Radon Mitigation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it difficult to sell homes when the radon mitigation system has already been installed? And if it is already installed, what to look for? Air pressure inside your home is usually lower than pressure in the soil around your home’s foundation. Because of this difference in pressure, your home acts like a vacuum, drawing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tomacor.com/2012/05/radon-and-radon-mitigation</link>
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		<title>How do you maintain the upkeep of an old church?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Church buildings play an instrumental role in the social and aesthetic fabric of neighborhoods. In a building that is more than 50 years old, there’s continual maintenance and many people don’t realize what’s involved in the upkeep of an older building. During our site visit on May 7th 2012, we started with a brief meeting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tomacor.com/2012/05/how-do-you-maintain-the-upkeep-of-an-old-church</link>
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		<title>Another Satisfied Customer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I wanted to thank you for your constructive explanation on various details and let you know how much I enjoyed with you today. The time we spent discussing the aspects related to exterior, structure, roof, plumbing, electrical, heat/ac, batch were extremely informative and interesting. I was very impressed with your description of the check list [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tomacor.com/2012/05/another-satisfied-customer</link>
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		<title>Why do people accept bad repairs to their homes?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why do people accept a poorly performed repair service for their home? It is your world away from the world, your private solace, and your most personal space, so why would you accept a subpar repair? Anyone who has owned a home for any length of time has had to deal with home repairs and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tomacor.com/2012/04/why-do-people-accept-bad-repairs-to-their-homes</link>
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		<title>Cheers!  To our loyal clients!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is always good to see your old clients again. When you have a loyal client who sticks with you through thick and thin, that’s a gift! Think about your favorite restaurant; the one to which you always return, where the hosts know you by name and the servers know just how you like your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tomacor.com/2012/04/cheers-to-our-loyal-clients</link>
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		<title>Nice condo, deceivingly deadly!  Carbon Monoxide risk&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most Homeowners are afraid of carbon monoxide. Who isn’t? Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas that can at best make you ill or worse is potentially deadly when found in large concentrations inside your home. Last week I did an inspection for a young lady and her mother. They were looking for a small [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tomacor.com/2012/04/nice-condo-deceivingly-deadly-carbon-monoxide-risk</link>
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		<title>Buyer takes a bath</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most people believe that a newly constructed home is always perfect and safe; is it true? The answer is “No”. In order to save on construction costs, for example, some developers do not adhere strictly to the blueprints when building a home; they cut corners or use poor quality materials. Recently, I inspected a new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tomacor.com/2012/03/buyer-takes-a-bath</link>
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		<title>Rusted Rods</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Look at the welded rode at the bottom. Note they are not rusted and their in no water leakage. Why replace it if it’s not broken. Remember this beauty needs 50 cubic feet of combustion air 1,000 btu of size. Is the basement 50,000 square feet?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tomacor.com/2012/01/rusted-rods</link>
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		<title>Up and Close Real Estate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After having spent the last few days reading articles from around the country that comment on the real estate industry, there is still no answer about where the market is going. Everybody’s talking about the real estate buying process. Articles such as “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Home Inspection?”, “When Home Inspections Go Bad” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tomacor.com/2012/01/up-and-close-real-estate</link>
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		<title>Consumer education limits poor choices.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tomacor has helped create the Illinois Predatory Lending Law while assisting the U.S. Attorney in pursuing predatory criminals. A west side real estate company bought FHA repossessed property, then lent down payment money to unsuspecting consumers who bought these properties at above market prices thinking they were “rehabbed”, when they were only cosmetically altered. As [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tomacor.com/2011/12/consumer-education-limits-poor-choices</link>
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