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July 2010

"Hurry! These Rates Won’t Last!"

Lack of Buyer Urgency I was taking advantage of a welcome — and too brief — lull in my schedule the other day to cull the accumulated detritus on my desk (and on my office floor, and chairs, and . . .), and saw the following postcard: ‘Hurry! These Rates Won’t Last!” The date? October,...
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Dear Neighbor: ‘about those toppled Open House signs . . ‘

(That’s) One Way to Cut Your Property Taxes To: the anonymous neighbor(?) who toppled all my “Open House” signs the other morning From: your friendly neighborhood Realtor (me) Date: 7/30/2010 Re: my Open House signs Dear Neighbor: I’m sure you thought you thought you were striking a blow against obnoxious advertising the other morning when...
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"Realtor Duct Tape"

Or, Real Estate’s “Swiss Army Knife” What’s the Realtor equivalent of duct tape — the (seeming) solution to every household repair problem? My personal candidate is a razor blade (single-sided — very important). In just the last week, I’ve used one to: open a painted-shut window; remove gunk stuck onto (otherwise) gorgeous hardwood floors; remove...
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Edina Country Club Trivia

Where Are All the Garages??Guess which of the following statements about the Country Club district in Edina are true: A. Fruit trees may not be planted on the boulevardsB. Country Club is known for relatively small lotsC. Front-loading garages were originally prohibited (and are still rare).D. Homes in Country Club cost more than $1 million....
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"A Tale of Two Pole Barns"

“Fat” and “Skinny” Comp’s Due to the lack of good Comp’s — an issue I’ve raised repeatedly on this blog — both appraisers and Realtors find themselves digging for more info on the ones that they do have. So, I’ve been fielding more calls than usual from appraisers who want to debrief me on the...
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"Flattering" Spam Posts

Attracting — and Deleting — Spam “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” Actually, when it comes to blogs and spam posts, it’s the other way around: ‘flattery is the sincerest form of imitation.’ By that, I mean that the usual m.o. of people posting b.s. responses on blogs to piggyback on their popularity —...
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