Good Enough to Eat Photograph No, I didn’t actually get one. Instead, I merely — shall we say — gazed at appreciatively while standing in line for a baguette this morning . . . See also, “Jewelry Store? Try, Bakery“; “Top Twin Cities Bakeries.”Read More
Helping Their Client? Or Hurting? For the benefit of every Buyer’s agent in multiple offers during the upcoming Spring market (start: early Feb.), who thinks they’re serving their client by hounding the listing agent . . . the following is for you: Dear fellow agent: As you know, the home your client is interested in buying is...Read More
Holiday Slowdown & the Domino Effect It may not take a village to get a home prepped for market, but there can be a lot of people — and contractors — involved. You don’t realize how many until one or more are missing. “Not Quite There” — x 1,000(?) So, one home I’m about to list is delayed because...Read More
Car-Washing Window Closed for the Rest of the Week “If you don’t like the weather . . . wait a minute.” –Mark Twain The corollary to the above — at least in Minnesota in December — is, “if you do like the weather . . . get out and enjoy it, because it’s not likely...Read More
“Penny $2.50 Wise, Pound Foolish” To raise truly piddling amounts of revenue — I paid $2.50 to park for 90 minutes* or so the other week — downtown Minneapolis merchants are easily foregoing 3x or even 10x times that in sales revenue (my very conservative estimate). So, instead of navigating the maddening system of remote...Read More
Making a Catch — or a Closing “Save” — Look Easy “Paul Blair never made a great catch because he never had to; he was always standing under the ball when it came down.” –Earl Weaver, Baltimore Orioles manager; “Paul Blair, Center for Champions, Dies at 69.” The New York Times (12/27/2013). How are great...Read More
