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October 2011

“The Natural Light Test”

Want to know how much natural light a room — or an entire home — gets? Turn off all the lights. As my impressed open house visitors saw for themselves yesterday at 2275 Youngman, there’s practically no difference in how light the Kitchen (above) is with the lights on or off. The explanation? There’s a...
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“Outlook 2003”

You Know What They Say About Hindsight With 2011 winding down, my in-boxes — paper and email — are collecting the usual plugs for continuing ed classes promising insights about what to expect in 2012. So, I had to pause when I saw an upcoming class with the title, “Outlook 2003.” My first thought was that...
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“That Time of Year”

It’s that time of year in Minnesota again. Halloween? Hard to forget that that’s tonight, if you have kids in your household. Shorter days and colder weather? That, too. But I was thinking of deer hunting season. I know when it starts not because I hunt — or even know which end of a gun...
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“How Strong is the Condo Association?” — Cont.

Reassuring Condo Buyers Normally, someone who purchases a condo or townhome has to wait until they’ve signed a Purchase Agreement to find out how financially strong (or not) the building or development is.  See, “Ten Day Review Period . . . 2 Weeks Too Late.” Then, they have ten days to review the related materials...
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“Welcome Aboard, Tom!”

No Longer AWOL on Financial Reform Notwithstanding a very long public record of Wall Street self-dealing, treachery, and greed on a scale never before witnessed in American (world?) history, New York Times columnist (and St. Louis Park native) Tom Friedman has been silent on the need for systemic financial and political reform. Until today.   Our Congress...
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Real Estate Term Du Jour: “Luxury Rental”

Define, “Luxury“ Is everything now a “luxury rental?” Put it this way:  driving around the Twin Cities, I haven’t seen many billboards trumpeting “spartan rentals” lately. So, are they?  (Luxury, that is?) It’s sort of like Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart’s line about pornography (“I can’t define it . .  but I know it when I...
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