NEIGHBORHOOD NICHE VOL 1

01 Welcome!

Happy Sept and welcome to the first edition of Neighborhood Niche! My goal is to provide local information in an educational and entertaining way.

A little bit about me: I am a real estate agent, animal care specialist, Xennial living in the Midwest. Read more about my background here.

There are a ton of local events going on in the Northern IL/Southern WI area it's hard to keep up. Here's a link to my events and shenanigans calendar if you want a quick peek on what's going on the state-line.

02 Local Resources!

Here is my current list of local businesses/organizations. If you would like to be added to my list feel free reach out. Current information includes mortgage lenders, attorneys, home inspectors, radon testers, contractors, cleaning services, painting, landscaping, movers/storage, notary, business resources, photographers/art studios, website design, financial advisors, marketing/networking consultants, insurance/health care/after care, farm/large equipment businesses, local small businesses, and non-profits. This current list does not currently include animal care services (my network for that is quite large and will take some time to put together) but you can reach out to me for information on that.

Contacts.pdf

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03 Neighborhood Niche Spot Light!

About a year or so ago my friend and I made a video for a series I plan to continue. Here's the Neighborhood Niche spot light for

this issue, Eichmans in Seward, IL (Click Here :)

04 Day in the life of...

I'm hoping to create a consistent "blog" that people will actually care about and be entertained by. Random thoughts, toilsome challenges, panegyrical stories, links to videos and other shenanigans is what you can expect in this section.

• Random Thoughts: Organize & Prioritize, Organize & Prioritize, Organize & Prioritize.......

• Toilsome Challenges: Still getting used to working for myself on top of switching to a less physically active career. After 25+ years of doing physically demanding work I will spend from 9 am to 6 pm working on my computer (with breaks for the dogs and me of course) and feel like I did nothing productive because I'm not physically tired.

• Panegyrical Stories: Recently came back from a National Association of Realtors YPN conference. Learned some new things, met some great people but most of all came back freshly motivated for all my projects.

• Links to Shenanigans: Right now TikTok is my main avenue of random video entertainment. Enjoy! (Click Here :)

Query

What real estate or animal related challenges/questions/happy thoughts do you have?