Fern Hill Colonial Featured in NY Times Real Estate Section It’s always a shock to read a national publication and see a home you recognize — in this case, one that I’ve shown multiple clients and is literally less than a block from where I live (by Minneapolis’ Cedar Lake). As you’d expect, the home photographs...Read More
Worrying About Snow & Ice When It’s 100º With Twin Cities temps hovering in the mid-to-high 90’s this past week and Labor Day Weekend not even past, it may seem odd to note approaching Fall work deadlines. But it’s true. While many roofers will work through the winter, good ones will stop for the season...Read More
Fringe Benefits of Working With a Realtor in it for the Long Haul I doubt it makes many prospective clients’ list of hiring criteria. But it should. I’m thinking about Realtor longevity — specifically, how much longer the Realtor expects to be in the business. Realtor Attrition Why does that matter? Because something like 90%...Read More
Back-to-School Quotes 2013: That’s a Lower Case “V,” Not Upper Case My three kids are (blissfully) back in school as of this Monday. Which means that they’re coming home with the first volley of homework assignments. Discussing one such assignment with my soon-to-be nine-year old daughter, I imparted the adage, “history is written by the...Read More
Taking Advantage of a 1st-Time Buyer (Or Trying To) First-time Buyers may not know prevailing lender fees — but experienced Realtors do. In that vein, a colleague recently reported that, to his chagrin, he discovered that the lender he referred his client to quoted her lender fees (origination, underwriting, appraisal, etc.) easily double the industry...Read More
Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Redefines Chutzpah* (Again) “I believe that the root cause of every financial crisis, the root cause, is flawed government policies.” — Henry Paulson –Andrew Ross Sorkin, “Five Years After TARP, Misgivings on Bonuses“; The New York Times (8/26/2013) Surprise, surprise, Henry Paulson exonerates himself and the banking industry generally for its role...Read More
