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December 3, 2014

How to Identify a “Handyman’s Handyman”

Old Furniture vs. New TV’s I like to say that a true Minnesotan is someone who heads north (typically, to their cabin) when they get a long holiday weekend or a few days off in January (“Head North, Young Man??”). So, what’s my definition of a “handyman’s handyman?” Someone (it could be a woman) who insists...
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When the Inspection is a Showing and a Showing is an Inspection

Getting to Deal Breakers (Like Projected Remodeling Costs), Faster Eighteen months ago, when Wall Street-backed Buyers were vacuuming up Twin Cities homes, the first showing was effectively the inspection. That’s because such corporate Buyers purchased sight unseen (for cash!), and used the inspection to decide if they really wanted the home.  See, “Cash Buyers, Sight...
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