“Yeah, That’ll Work” Department Quickly perusing an unread, post-Christmas Wall Street Journal (yeah, I’m behind), I came across an article discussing a fight between Dynasty Financial Partners and Bank of America over client information that the former took from the latter. In particular, this excerpt caught my eye: A New York state judge granted a temporary restraining order...Read More
More Tabloid Fodder? “Spider-Woman is Leaving Troubled ‘Spider-Man.” –Headline, The New York Times (12/29/2010) Who even knew that Spider-Man was in a committed relationship? And wasn’t his love interest supposed to be Mary Jane Watson? Next: Spider-Woman holds a press conference where she announces that she’s represented by Gloria Allred. 🙂 P.S.: If you didn’t know,...Read More
Deserving Twin Cities Charities One of the virtues of being in charge of your own ads — as the new version of this blog allows — is being able to decide which organizations to showcase. So, while traffic on this blog ramps up (and the kinks get worked out), please consider giving any extra holiday money in your...Read More
Is There An App For That? Probably. My marketing language on MLS explicitly draws attention to some of the home’s best — and easily missed — features: a glorious, park-like backyard that extends more than 220 feet, and a three-season porch (pictured above) that juts out into same. But the interested agent wasn’t looking at...Read More
Steps to Hiring a Realtor I’m still a huge fan of the sitcom “Modern Family,” but my notion that the show was using a real-life consultant to get its (real estate) facts right was dashed by last night’s episode. Either that, or California Realtors practice way differently than their Minnesota counterparts (always a possibility —...Read More
Sense of Deja Vu Welcome! Again. If you’re a long-time City Lakes reader, hopefully you’ll like all the changes. If you’re visiting for the first time, trust me, the new-and-improved design is a quantum leap forward. Either way, you’ll want to note the new URL, https://rosskaplan.com — and hopefully, bookmark it. Settling-In Process Oddly, moving to...Read More
