Surprisingly Spacious 6 Bedroom(!) Home with > 4,000 Square Feet Where: 4709 40th Lane, St. Louis Park. What: Modified two-story with 6 Bedrooms and 4 Full Baths; total finished square feet = 4,068. When: scheduled to close next Tuesday, December 4. How much: listed for $689,900. Who: listed by Ross Kaplan, Edina Realty — City Lakes; Buyer...Read More
Where: 3515 Cedar Lake Ave. in Southwest Minneapolis, overlooking Cedar Lake and the downtown skyline. What: 5 Bedroom, 4 Bath Italianate Style, 3-story home with 4,200 finished square feet on a gorgeous double lot. When: closed November 19. How much: listed for $900k. Who: Seller represented by Ross Kaplan of Edina Realty — City Lakes; Buyer represented by...Read More
“An Ounce of Ice Dam Prevention = . . . . “ To an untrained eye, there are simply two spots on the roof that are snow-free. To someone who knows about ice dams, though, there are two “hot spots” on the roof (missing insulation? directly above a Bathroom or shower?) where heat is escaping,...Read More
Standing Out in a Crowd Vacuum On an especially busy Tuesday in March or April, it’s not unusual for the Edina Realty – City Lakes office to have 11 homes on Broker Tour** all by itself. So, you know it’s a slow week when that’s the TOTAL number of Twin Cities homes on tour, excluding St....Read More
“I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did Bought” [Editor’s Note: The views expressed here are solely those of Ross Kaplan, and do not represent Edina Realty, Berkshire Hathaway (“Berkshire”), or any other entity referenced. Edina Realty is a subsidiary of Berkshire.] One of the scariest horror movies of the ’60’s was...Read More
Chances of Selling: “Possibly” vs. “0%, 100% Guaranteed” “In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.” —proverb The real estate corollary to the proverb above? “During a time of year when inventory of good homes is depleted, and lots of “For Sale” homes are temporarily off the market (“TNAS,” or Temporarily Not...Read More
