Dana Lewis, Realtor at Live Laugh Illinois Real Estate Group

Dana Lewis, Realtor at Live Laugh Illinois Real Estate Group A little about me... Born and raised in Southern Illinois, I had the advantage of growing up in a small community and building strong relationships.

As a young adult, I ventured out and lived in multiple states and larger cities, from Orlando FL, Kansas City KS, Chicago IL, Fort Wayne IN, and St Louis MO. I have lived in tiny spaces, great neighborhoods, thriving communities, as well as rural. I have owned 2 homes all by myself. My first home was in a great neighborhood in O'Fallon, IL where I lived for 8 years, and my next was a loft on the 11th floor of a 12 story building right in the heart of downtown St Louis, MO. Most of my career has been spent in the Beauty industry working for a national retailer/salon company in management, training, & education. I have owned my own salon business for over 10 years, and I am also very involved in health & wellness, specifically yoga. I love working with people & helping find solutions to their wants, needs, and goals, which is ultimately what lead me into Real Estate. Whether you are new to the area, looking for a change, a first-time home buyer/seller, or a seasoned buyer/seller I would love to connect! Feel free to reach out!

Today the day and the night split even, and everything tilts toward cozy.The equinox is nature's version of a fresh page...
09/22/2026

Today the day and the night split even, and everything tilts toward cozy.
The equinox is nature's version of a fresh page. The light goes soft, and the whole house starts pulling everyone back inside where the good stuff happens.

However you mark the shift, whether it's the first candle of the season or soup on the stove, we hope your home feels like the best place to land this fall. 🍂

Here's a number school never mentioned. The median homeowner in America is worth about $396,000. The median renter? Arou...
09/21/2026

Here's a number school never mentioned. The median homeowner in America is worth about $396,000. The median renter? Around $10,000.

That gap comes from the Federal Reserve's most recent Survey of Consumer Finances, and it works out to nearly 40 to 1. Often similar paychecks, wildly different balance sheets.

Most of that difference isn't luck or income. It's equity, built one payment at a time, while renters hand their housing money to someone else's mortgage.

That's the kind of power this month is about. If you've been wondering whether buying is worth it, this is worth knowing before you decide. No pressure and no pitch, we're glad to walk you through your real numbers.

Source: Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances, 2022

Starting fresh somewhere new? A new job, or a new chapter in a zip code you've never driven through?We've spent years bu...
09/17/2026

Starting fresh somewhere new? A new job, or a new chapter in a zip code you've never driven through?

We've spent years building relationships with agents across North America, so wherever you land, you've got someone you can trust before you even arrive. Someone we know personally. Someone we'd send our own family to.

Tell us where you're headed. We'll make the introduction. 🤝

A lot of homeowners assume they're years away from having ""real"" equity. The numbers say otherwise.According to ATTOM'...
09/14/2026

A lot of homeowners assume they're years away from having ""real"" equity. The numbers say otherwise.

According to ATTOM's latest U.S. Home Equity Report, more than 4 in 10 mortgaged homes in the country are equity-rich. That means the owner owes less than half of what the home is worth. Not paid off, not decades in. Just past the halfway mark, often sooner than people expect.

If you've written off selling because you figure you haven't built up enough, that's an assumption worth testing. You might be standing on more than you think.

We can show you where you really stand. No spreadsheet homework required. 🏡

Source: ATTOM U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report, Q1 2026

Today we remember the lives lost on September 11th, and the families who have carried that loss every day since. We reme...
09/11/2026

Today we remember the lives lost on September 11th, and the families who have carried that loss every day since. We remember the first responders who ran toward the danger the rest of the world was running from.

We're a company built around the idea of home. On a day like today, we hold a little tighter to the people who make ours feel that way.

Here's a question worth sitting with: where did you learn how real estate works?Most of us never got a real answer. We p...
09/10/2026

Here's a question worth sitting with: where did you learn how real estate works?

Most of us never got a real answer. We picked it up in fragments, a little from family and a little from the internet at midnight, and somehow we're expected to make the biggest financial decision of our lives with that.

Our newest blog is about closing that gap. The power sitting in your home, and why this conversation should start way earlier than it usually does.
No jargon. No sales trap. Just the stuff we wish someone had explained to us.

🔗 Read the full blog at livelaughillinois.com

There's a version of fall that shows up before the leaves do. It arrives in your utility bill.Here's the did-you-know: y...
09/08/2026

There's a version of fall that shows up before the leaves do. It arrives in your utility bill.

Here's the did-you-know: your heating system has been sitting untouched all summer, and the first cold snap is the worst possible time to find out something's wrong. A furnace filter swap and a quick test run now, while it's still warm out, beats scrambling for a repair when it's 40 degrees and every technician in town is booked.

🏡 Thrive at Home keeps the seasonal rhythm handled, one month at a time.

🚨JUST IN!! Market stats for AUGUST🚨Check out this data from Maris MLS for St. Clair, Madison & Monroe counties. 📊Whether...
09/08/2026

🚨JUST IN!! Market stats for AUGUST🚨

Check out this data from Maris MLS for St. Clair, Madison & Monroe counties.
📊Whether you are thinking of buying, selling, or just want to chat real estate, reach out!

[email protected]
https://livelaughillinois.com/

Every August feels like a reset.New routines. New intentions. The sense that whatever you didn't get to in the first hal...
08/31/2026

Every August feels like a reset.

New routines. New intentions. The sense that whatever you didn't get to in the first half of the year, you've still got a shot at.

For a lot of people, that feeling circles back to home. Whether the space still fits. Whether the neighborhood still makes sense. Whether this is still where they want to be building their life.

We think about home the same way. Not just as a transaction, but as the place where everything else gets to happen.

If this is the season you start thinking about what's next, we're a good place to start that conversation. 🏡

Back-to-school energy hits different when you work for yourself.No new classroom. No new teacher. No one handing you a s...
08/27/2026

Back-to-school energy hits different when you work for yourself.
No new classroom. No new teacher. No one handing you a syllabus and telling you what this year looks like.

But if your brokerage leaves you to figure everything out on your own, that independence can start feeling a lot more like starting over every single year.
We built the ecosystem we wished we’d had from day one. The training. The marketing. The systems. The collaboration. The people who actually pick up the phone.

So you can stop reinventing the wheel and start building something that actually compounds.

Because this time of year isn’t just “back to school.” It’s your chance to reset, finish the year strong, and start building momentum for 2027 now, not in January.

New year energy is real. Come see what we’re building. 🏡✨

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