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QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 12:33 PM) Yeah, especially when you consider this is the ex's house... House If your current GF says no to this....jeebus. Just curious, how much would a place like that go for?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 11:42 AM) Another funny story... So my house is going to close around the end of May...if we don't find something by then and close on it, we will have to either live with the gf's parents, or find something to rent. Finding something to rent will be nearly impossible with the dogs I have...so I'm basically screwed... Well, this morning I am perusing facebook, and I see my ex is listing her home...she is moving to LA, and wants to either sell or lease her home....so I ask her if she doesn't sell it right away if she would lease it to us...she said "I would lease it to you!" It's a freaking awesome house...of course, how do we all think the gf reacted to that idea? But honestly, how much do you think I want to live with her family? Yea seriously, ex's house >>>>> living with any parents. Plus you can at least get all your stuff in one place, don't have to worry about storage, etc.

Had our first practice last night, I was glad to see my baseball swing converted well so far to softball.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 10:02 AM) I feel your pain! We're at a standoff on the other house we offered on... There is a house a few blocks down from mine that is absolutely awesome...I've been stalking it through the public assessor's website for awhile...anyways, the deed had been conveyed to the trustee's office because they were delinquent in paying their property taxes, so I was waiting for it to go up for auction...but they just paid back the delinquent taxes. So I found the owner on LinkedIn and asked him if he was interested in selling. He's an investor living in NY...anyways, we are setting up a time to go walk through it and trying to get a ballpark number out of him. I'm trying to think out of the box here because there is just no inventory worth a s*** right now, not for the right price, anyways. This is how I actually found my current home...found someone to sell to me that wasn't even on the market. Maybe this will work. Hopefully that owner comes back with a decent price for you. Also, that's some pretty awesome digging on your part.

Ugh, so the place I really wanted apparently is under contract already. There are just a few other places I would seriously consider buying, but the one place that had it all is now unavailable. Hopefully some new places come onto the market because right now there isn't a whole lot.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 09:41 AM) LOL. Guys transferring when a new coach comes in, that's never happened in the history of college basketball. Only 1 has landed so far as well. I really thought Langford would've been a quick pickup by someone like Alabama, while Ibby would land with a school like Loyola or Depaul fairly easily.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Apr 25, 2013 -> 09:35 PM) I have to think they could have traded down 15 spots and gotten long Maybe, but no one is trading up it seems.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 25, 2013 -> 10:37 AM) They get offered in 8th grade if they are really good. Right, there is a difference between top 10 good and top 50 good. Top 10 good get offers as 8th/9th graders by the blue chippers. Top 50 start garnering attention from BIG type schools as 9th/10th graders, then everyone is on them as juniors/seniors.

We are currently going through a re-org in the IT dept, with bringing in external resources (eventually getting to a 70/30 split in favor of internal employees). Very well could be placed in a job that they want to offshore, I won't know for sure for a couple months but I'm thinking of applying for some openings in the same department that won't be offshored like Risk and Compliance. Not something I really want to do, but it'd pay well and would be a good career move.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 24, 2013 -> 12:21 PM) http://imgur.com/GQI2bWz If someone smarter than me can post this gif that would be great

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Apr 24, 2013 -> 11:03 AM) Any Chicagoans want to give me a list of their favorite bars in the River North area? I'm new to that area and have hit up a few places but would like some recommendations as well. I usually venture over to Kerryman's with my group of friends when we're partying in that area. Of course, I've only been there when extremely drunk and don't know what it's like before 11pm.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 24, 2013 -> 06:57 AM) That is pretty sad company for Purdue and Illinois to be in. Mid Major central. He's already a top 50 player for his class, people have huge expectations for him.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 22, 2013 -> 03:31 PM) He will if he is smart. Because eviction lawsuits are a huge waste of time and money. I just more wanted you to realize that you have extreme leverage in this position. Definitely appreciate it, I have to think that this is a somewhat common occurance for them (it's a rental company that takes care of everything for the actual condo owner).

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 22, 2013 -> 03:24 PM) Give your landlord advance notice. Obviously there is very little chance that your agreement gives you the right to terminate (unless you have cause). Hopefully your landlord is smart and works out a deal with you, where they get their property at a specific time/date and you are released from the contract. Otherwise if its just 1 month, you can stick your landlord by not paying rent. That would mean a 5 day notice, then being served. That is likely 2 weeks. First court date another week, then filing jury demand, discovery, etc, it could be 6 months to trial. Landlord would have to mitigate damages, becomes nonsensical and thus its over. That is if you are in Chicago, another town may allow for attorney fees, in which case best bet is just to cut a deal. Yea I don't think I'd want to do that, besides not feeling good about breaking a contract and not paying at all I wouldn't want to mess with the courts. I'd rather just pay the rent at that point. I'll see if the landlord will cut a deal though.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 22, 2013 -> 02:19 PM) Nice! Good luck!! As a vendor for GE I've been trying to get discounts out of them for years!!! Thanks! Yea I'm curious to see what discounts I can get, he mentioned that his dad is a developer and his bulk discount with GE isn't even close to what he gets so I'm hoping it's pretty great. Also, the realtor I'm speaking with is recommending talking to my landlord to go over options of getting out of my lease early. I have no idea if this is possible without paying a huge fee anyways, anybody have experience with this? The lease ends August 31st, I figured by the time I close and everything it would be around June/July, a 1 month overlap wouldn't kill me but it'd be nice to use that cash towards the condo.

So I officially reached out to a realtor, I'm particularly interested in one condo that just became active again (originally had an offer within 2 weeks of listing). I was showing the listing to some friends of mine this weekend and they pretty much said I'd be crazy not to explore buying the place. Plus, a good friend of mine works at GE and was telling me that I could get some realllly good discounts from them for the fridge and W/D the unit is missing currently (for some odd reason they aren't present, but the unit has every other appliance).

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 22, 2013 -> 10:27 AM) Silence at first. I honestly have another offer out to another place currently though theirs is my first choice. I told my realtor if they want the offer back its going to be at a lower price point. I really respect people who are honest in business. When I negotiate I am very honest and forthcoming and try to put my cards on the table. This agent could have done that and I am sure gotten this done faster. Because they lied and tried to play the game I have no qualms in being a total dick back. I agree with your approach here, they've dug this hole for themselves if they really only have your offer on the table.

GOT!! Another fantastic episode.

Any updates today for you guys?

Are they uncovering like a mini terrorist cell there then?

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 07:05 PM) What about the old guy he seems to be smiling!?!? That chair looks awfully suspicious as armor.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 12:31 PM) It was more to have something to celebrate going undefeated, division title gave them a way to do it within NCAA rules. People dont understand how rare it was to go through the season without a loss (given they didnt have a bowl game). Illinois has only done it 3 times. Anything good is rare in Illinois football history, if anything it diminishes the hardship to go undefeated.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 01:04 PM) Is Duke even in the picture for Cliff? Most people are saying it's between Illinois and MSU at this point. Ugh for some reason I was replacing Duke with MSU. Disregard my post then.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 12:50 PM) Who else does he have coming in next year? Possibly Cliff Alexander, who is likely (but not certain) to be a one and done. Definitely less odds of being one compared to JO.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 18, 2013 -> 11:30 AM) The inspection on my home should be finishing up as I type this...to be honest, I don't even know if I would care if something went drastically wrong at this point in the process... Edit: Well, not drastically wrong! What I mean is I don't know if I would be upset if they found something stupid that made them afraid to buy. So how long do you have to find a new place if the inspection goes ok?