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According to the clock on my dashboard it was 2:43pm – where had my day gone?\u00a0 – I couldn’t help but wonder.\u00a0 I had just wrapped up with my client who proudly unveiled the newly renovated rental units at the building he just purchased on Washington Park – the proposed location of the Olympic Stadium if and when Chicago should land the 2016 Summer Games – best described as an “up and coming” part of Chicago’s south side.\u00a0 He wanted me to see what he had done and wanted my assurance that he could get the units rented at a much higher rent than was usual for the area.\u00a0 From what I saw – he would have no problem renting the units – for how much?\u00a0 that was yet to be seen.<\/p>\n

I was hungry and I hadn’t had anything to eat – with the exception of the venti Red Eye I’d picked up earlier that morning during my walk with my dogs – breakfast.\u00a0 I had to be back on the north side of town for a 4:00pm appointment, so I knew I didn’t have time to eat – and there’s scarcely any place to eat nearby the building – or at least that’s what I thought.<\/p>\n

Okay forget about lunch – I’ll just pick up a diet Pepsi I figured – I can stop at the Shell station before I pull on to the Dan Ryan to head back north.\u00a0 As I began my journey, I turned onto one of the wide boulevards lined with overgrown empty lots and neglected buildings.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t paying attention to the street names – I was simply heading towards the freeway when I noticed a stand alone convenience store – a building at a nondescript corner at the fringe – on the “other side” of the up and coming neighborhood – not sure where the real boundary lay, but I had the distinct impression it wasn’t “up and coming” any time soon.<\/p>\n

I couldn’t help but notice the store – it was the only business operating in several blocks. \u00a0 I’m sure most could identify with seeing Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to the clock on my dashboard it was 2:43pm – where had my day gone?\u00a0 – I couldn’t help but wonder.\u00a0 I had just wrapped up with my client who proudly unveiled the newly renovated rental units at the building he just purchased on Washington Park – the proposed location of the Olympic Stadium […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[532],"class_list":{"0":"post-4822","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-real-estate","7":"tag-real-estate","9":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1553,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1553\/status-quo-real-estate-investors-dont-make-real-money\/","url_meta":{"origin":4822,"position":0},"title":"Status Quo Real Estate Investors Don’t Make Real Money","author":"Cooksquared","date":"June 19, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I have never been a huge fan of the status quo. 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