Quick Alternative to House Cleaning A thorough housecleaning can involve weeks of sorting, discarding, cleaning, etc. Not that ambitious? I recommend a “key chain cleaning” instead. Orphaned Keys As practiced by yours truly, it can be accomplished in less than 30 minutes, and involves these three steps: 1. Take all the keys off your key...Read More
“Sold, Subject to Inspection” I don’t do it that often, but today I showed clients a home that already sold. With their knowledge and consent. Why waste time showing a home that’s already spoken for? Because this particular home — in East Edina and listed at $300k — sold in multiple offers after all of...Read More
The Not Quite Emptied Out House When you think of housewarming gifts, what usually comes to mind are fruit baskets, wine or even champagne. And then there would be the housewarming gift — literally — that a recent client of mine left for his Buyer last month. Headed to an East coast condo with no wood...Read More
How Accurate is “Average Market Time?” One of the most important statistics in residential real estate — at least to prospective home sellers — is a Realtor’s “Average Market Time.” As defined by MLS, that’s simply the average amount of time it took the Realtor to sell their listings (at 34 days, I ranked second in Edina...Read More
If getting off a plane is “deplaning,” what do you call emptying a home of all the staging furniture and accessories, prior to closing? Answer: ‘destaging.’Read More
Where: 5550 Clinton Ave. in South Minneapolis, just northwest of Diamond Lake. What: renovated 1885 Victorian with 4 BR/4 BA and 4,500 FSF. How much: $1.1 million. When: on market May 9. Who: listed by Edina Realty’s Daren Jensen. You might expect to find a library like the one pictured above in a Lowry Hill mansion,...Read More
