SECTION 2 - r.UiL \ PL\j*DKAl,KR.HERALl>. FRIDAY . JAM \H\ 11.1985 Business Real estate pros may aid By Yvonne Beer •ncathre vie* preeldeot, McBaary County Board of Realtor* If you've thought about selling your , own home without professional help, you may be in for a hide surprise. Selling a home is a very time- consuming and energy-draining experience. For those who are familiar with the seemingly endless details involved in property transactions, the responsibilities can be over whelming. In addition, you easily can lose a sale without a third party who knows the ins and outs of selling a home. There are many points to consider in handling the sale of your own home. Can you determine its fair market value? Although you may believe you know what value to place on your home, you may ask too high a price and sub sequently have difficulty in finding a buyer. Even worse, you may ask a price below your home'.4chal value. On the other hand, a real estate professional has the i expertise to take into account many of the variables involved, such as market demand, location, selling prices of comparable homes and seasonal aspects. A professional can provide a current and accurate estimate of your home's value in order to help you set a price that's right for the area's market and will result in a quick sale. Are you prepared to help potential buyers with mortgage information? Do you know what kinds of financing are available? A professional works closely with. financial in stitutions and is familiar with their methods ' and requirements. Can you be sure that prospective buyers are finan cially capable of buying your home? With a 'for sale by owner* sign on your front lawn, you will be inviting curiosity seekers and others who have no intention of buying. A professional will screen unqualified lookers from prospective buyers and will arrange appointments for qualified prospects to view your home when its convenient for you. Are you able to market your property effectively? Many professionals . are members of multiple listing services, which help market your property through other area real estate firms. A professional also knows how to draw prospects to your property through advertising. If you are considering the sale of your home, contact a realtor, a ieal estate professional who is a member of the National Association of Realtors and subscribes to its strict code of ethics. You may wish to in terview several realtors, and then work with the one whom you feel most comfortable. Slender Center opens in McHenry, helps those losing war against fatness One of the faster growing and more successful weight loss programs in the country is ^opening Thursday, January 10 at 1309 N. Park Street, McHenry. Slender Center, IK. was founded in 1979 in Madison, Wisconsin. One of its early clients was Jeannie Geurink, a former "professional dieter" who had been overweight most of her life. She found Slender Center's program of individual counseling and nutritionally- balanced, safe and sensible diet program to be so effective that she lost 100 pounds and bought the company. Under Geurink's energetic direction, the cor- TRY BEFORE YOU BUY! RENT A HEARING AID FOR 30 DAYS HARD OF HEARING "My New Canal Hearing Aid is so small, hardly anyone knows it's there." poration has expanded from six centers'in March of 1983 to 45 with the opening in McHenry. According to Geurink, the program has helped ap proximately 9,000 people begin new, thinner lives with a 73 percent success rate. Slender Center is a counseling service for men and women who have found it difficult to lose or maintain their weight by themselves. There are no strenuous exercises and no pre packaged foods. Members follow a diet that includes foods from the basic four groups of proteins, fruits, vegetables and breads approved by Dr. Nancy Johnson who holds a Ph. nutrition. Clients are teed an average weight kos 3 pounds a week, and weight loss is followed by a lengthy main tenance and ; stabilization program. The program is private and confidential, with ho group meetings, tailored to meet an individual's needs and to help each individual develop good healthy eating patterns for life long proper weight main tenance. Hours will be 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. For further information or to make an appointment, call 385- 0500. Building permits: The city of McHenry has issued (he following building permits during the month of December: Dennis Drum], 5207 Greenbrier, fireplace. Boland, 4209 Crestwood, siding. Robert Swartz, 4812 Willow Lane, siding. Mitchell Necek, 4513 Sussex Drive, siding. W. Bill Hecht, 4305 W. Elm St., advertising sign, Richard Wasilewski, 6304 W. Chickaloon, single family home. Michael L. Shanahan, 4213 W. South St., alteration. Wendy's International Inc., 4114 W. Elm St., restaurant. Residential Development Group,307 N. Huntington Drive, single family home. Residential Development Group, 21o N. Huntington Drive, single family home. Chroma Corporation, 3900 Dayton St., sprinkler system. Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers, 4114 W. Elm St., ad vertising sign. Residential Development Group, 5413 Sarasota Drive, single family home. American National Bank Trust 61716,1921N. Eastern Ave.,single family home. Gary Lang Chevrolet, 908 N. Front St.jgarage addition. Midas Realty Corporation, 4110 W. ram St. , muffler shop, advertising sign. 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