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wmmm WML ** s ?'}• I«1 'mmm Business N H L»Jw Realtor's answer questions on home buying By Yvonne Beer, executive vice-president, McHenry County Board of Realtors The McHenry County Board of Realtors responds to questions about real estate. Q. We want to buy a house, but ECORD the range of prices is bewildering. How can we avoid overpaying? Is there a rule of thumb regarding how much less than asking , price would be acceptable? A. There are no general rules governing what price may be acceptable. If the house is fairly priced, the owner may demand the full asking price. If it is overpriced and the seller needs a quick turnaround, discounts of five to 10 percent are possible. If you've found a home you are particularly interested in, you could contact a realtor to a comparable market sis. Or, you could check public records to learn the sales prices for homes recently sold in the immediate area. You can estimate the value of the home by adding or subtracting for specific features or problems. Q. We're hoping to buy our first home, but can't afford a conventional house in a decent neighborhood. Condominium living doesn't appeal to us nor would a trailer nark. My father has offered to give us a lot in a nice area, but the cost of building even a small home is too much for us. However, a newspaper ad offers pre-fab homes in a price range we could afford.. Are manufactured homes a good investment? A. This depends on a number of factors, one which seems to be your strong preference for a single family home lifestyle. Fortunately, manufactured homes are of much higher quality than they were only a few years ago. One advantage of today's manufactured home is that they are almost indistinguishable from site-built homes. Another is that you can add room modules as your family grows. As an investment, high quality manufactured homes have not been on the market long enough to accumulate much data on resale prices. It is safe to say the outlook for buying manufac­ tured homes would be better than buying a mobile home or renting. PAGE I - PLAIN DEALER HEH ALII, TI ESDA Y. NOVEMBEK 20.1*4 TallBig IJten VALUES • BOTANri* • PALM BEACH® • THE KING-SIZE CO.* RAE Corp. clirector takes part in national conference Building Permits The City of McHenry issued the following building permits in the month of October. Marvin Donarski, 3111 Crescent, sidewalk. Kelly Low, 5413 Abbey Lane, fireplace. John F. and Suzanne T. Smith, 903 N. Green, addition. McHenry State Bank Trust 723,906 N. Allen, atrium. Richard Carey, 613 N. Center, siding. Supercleen Car Wash, 4416 W. Elm St., temporary advertising Dennis and Pam Bialas, 5211 Dartmoor, fireplace. Richard J. Ford, 3802 W. Maple, garage. Dennis and Catherine Storlie, 5203 Shore Drive, garage. Bruce Bartos, 5301 Malibu Court, fence. < McHenry Builders, Inc., 3609 Cornell Court, single family home. Paul Coddington, 1718 High view, fence. John F. Pautz, 1918 Park Lane, fence. Tim Martin, 813 N. Green St., siding. '* - Gary A. and Diane J. Jones, 3300 Pleasantview, siding. Houghton Construction Co., 4510 Willow Lane, single family home. McHenry Builders Inc., 3702 W. Drake Court, single family home. Residential Development Group, 216 N. Huntington, single family home. James F. Bowles, 606 S. Broadway, shed. John L. Sanders, 313 N. Bromley, fence. Marion Halicki, 6606 Chickaloon, single family home. Frank G. Luto, 1404 Glen Drive, shed. Gus and Terri DeBuck, 1404 Riverside Drive, advertising sign. Robert J. Bitterman, 1232 N. Green St., advertising sign. John Sanders, 313 N. Bromley, fireplace. James E. Gibson, 1615 N. Highview, fence. Ed's Rental and Sales, 904 N. Front St., advertising sign. Pauline M. Bedford, 1816 N. Oak Drive, siding. Residential Development Group, 401-07 Thornwood, four-unit coach house. * Residential Development Group, 317-21 Thornwood, four-unit coach house Wm. G. and Patricia W. Buhrman, 4708 W. Shore Drive, Bill Kelly, dba The Ark, 1313 N. Riverside Drive, adv< stroleum Products, 3602 W. Peter J. and Naomie J. Kasper Jr., 4316 Crestwood, 1 garage, ertisuig Sandra Pierce, personnel director at RAE Corp., 5801 W. Route 120, McHenry, was recently invited to a national conference in Washington, D.C. The conference was sponsored by the Department of Labor and tne National Commission for Employment Policy and called on business leaders across the nation for their experience with the Job Training Partnership . Act (JTPA). Those people in­ vited were chairpersons of private industry councils (PICs) which are responsible for planning and directing local Job training programs under JTPA. PICs are comprised of government, business and community leaders. 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