That speculation is based on what’s trending on this blog at the moment. Specifically, the most popular post the last month is “Statutory Cancellation for Beginners.” If you’re in a deal that progresses smoothly and closes on time . . . you don’t need to know about “statutory cancellation.”Read More
“Zillow-Pulsenomics What?!?” I’ve certainly taken my share of potshots on these pages at housing predictions by so-called industry experts. See, “Housing Market Predictions 2013;” “Barrons: ‘Home Prices Headed Up 7%“; “Predicting Home Prices in . . . 2022?!?” So, who do I find more credible? Try Robert Shiller, professor of economics and finance at Yale...Read More
Why is There a Changing Room Inside the Front Door?? What does a cozy restaurant in a smallish space do to keep its patrons from being blasted by cold gusts every time someone opens the front door? In the case of Linden Hills eatery “Tilia,” you create a “vestibule inside the vestibule,” complete with a...Read More
Splattered Spaghetti As much as I’ve enjoyed other Quentin Tarantino films — “Pulp Fiction” immediately springs to mind — it’s hard to relax, let alone enjoy watching a film when you don’t know which man, woman, child, or horse(!) is going to get its head blown off next. Yes, horses: there are so many equine...Read More
Realtor version of “Ready . . . Fire . . . Aim“ With Realtors starving for inventory in many U.S. housing markets at the moment — the Twin Cities very much included — it’s a logical, next step: Realtors so eager to land listings that they “jump the gun,” and start marketing homes they haven’t...Read More
An App Acronym That Captures the Zeitgeist OK, so the term is easily confused — at least by someone with dyslexia — for another, not-so-nice acronym (“MOFO” — look it up). And the new app designed to exploit “FOMO” (Fear of Missing Out) targets insecure, 20-something social climbers (called “CouchCache,” it lets users give others...Read More
