Highway 100 Between 394 and 62 on Weekends Even with all the advance notice about pending construction, it’s still a bit eerie to see six or so miles of what’s ordinarily heavily trafficked Twin Cities freeway . . . completely empty. You know it’s a major hassle when the “Detour” signs direct drivers to Highway...Read More
Real Estate “How-To” Articles Unlike the general public, I don’t read articles like “How to Stay on Top of Your Home Closing” (Angie’s List) to learn anything new (or, at least I hope I don’t). Rather, I read the articles to see how sound their advice to consumers is. On that score, the Angie’s List piece...Read More
“But, I Thought You Said My Child Was Doing Well!” It took me a second to square the positive feedback my wife and I heard about our daughter from her teacher at conferences earlier this week, and the “3/20” marked in bright red at the top of her latest quiz. Thankfully, the reference wasn’t to...Read More
Balancing Home Search “False Negatives” vs. “False Positives” When setting up searches for prospective Buyers, the goal is to find “the Goldilocks” happy medium: sufficiently narrow criteria that the resulting list is manageable . . . but not so narrow that the search returns only a handful of listings. Or none. In practice, for most Buyers, the...Read More
Work in Progress in Fern Hill How long does it take to put up a 2nd story on what had been a rambler? Not long, judging by the progress on this home just west of Cedar Lake, in St. Louis Park’s Fern Hill neighborhood. The photo above was taken today; the one below is from eight(!) days ago (and...Read More
“What’s Sauce for the Goose is Sauce for the Gander” I suppose the opposite of that is, “what isn’t sauce for the goose isn’t sauce for the gander.” Huh?!? One of the insights into pricing a “For Sale” home well is recognizing that some properties ARE more difficult to value, due to their uniqueness, location,...Read More
