Planning for retirement is a primary goal for all Americans – and for those in the 36-55 age range, the notion of planning for the future is becoming a fast reality. Bob Mecca, author and principal at Robert A. Mecca & Associates, joins Alex Margulis, Mortgage Advisor with PERL Mortgage, in part two in a series of podcasts about retirement planning. Enjoy! For more podcasts, visit the PERL archives.

We all know that interest rates are at historic lows, and that everyone’s touting “now” as the time to buy or sell a home. But what’s the real deal behind all the hype – and where can the real deals be found in the Chicagoland market? Ken Dooley, real estate agent with Conlon: A Real Estate Company, joins PERL Founder Ken Perlmutter to discuss buzzworthy “trends” — fact vs. fiction. For more podcasts, visit the PERL archives.

By now, everyone’s heard of the secondary market, which provides liquidity to the primary mortgage market when mortgage bankers and investors team-up to sell and buy existing mortgages. But how do mortgage companies actually work with players in the secondary market? I recently sat down with Jeremy Gannon, Secondary Marketing Manager at PERL Mortgage, discusses the concept of the secondary market. For more podcasts, visit the PERL archives.

Our friends at the Strongbox Wine Cellar recently hired us to create and produce an industrial video about their locations, services and — you guessed it — methods of storing wine. We also created a blog for them, where you can learn all about everything involving wine. Seriously. Since it’s inception there’s been a ton of content and a nice increase in traffic. Enjoy!