Open Houses Galore Clients often ask if a particular Sunday is a good time to hold an open. I don’t forecast home prices or interest rates, but I’m going to go on record with this prediction: today, April 11, will be the busiest day of the year for open houses (the “retail” kind; broker opens...Read More
Substitute Your Own Caption (Here) That’s my caption for the photo at left (sorry, I’ve been reading too many New Yorker cartoons). The house in the photo — being relocated from Crystal to North Minneapolis, next door to clients of mine — was the subject of another post Thursday (“Now, THAT’S a Roadblock!”). Substitute your...Read More
Missing by a Little — Or a Lot? What does a “non-conforming bedroom” look like? When it comes to real estate listings, it could mean a lot of things. At one extreme, a Realtor might list a bedroom as “non-conforming” because the egress window is smaller than allowed by code, or there’s no closet. At...Read More
