What’s better than three enthusiastic references? Five — or ten. Ideally, several of which recently bought or sold the same kind of property, nearby, within the last 6-12 months (I said “ideally”). No, I can’t necessarily marshal all of the above — or have time to! — for every listing presentation/Buyer Rep interview I do...Read More
Looking at the photo above, you’d think the far end of the Living Room was a country mile away. It’s not. According to MLS, the room is 22′ long.Read More
Layout Problem . . . Solved! “One nerd is an island. Two are a club. Three are a clique.” –Ross Kaplan, based on observing my 12 year-old son and his friends. Non-Realtors would have no reason to know this, but photos on MLS are designed to lay out horizontally. So, if you input 17 horizontal...Read More
Some Minnesota fathers teach their sons how to hang dry wall and hunt (or so I’m told). Me? I can explain why the Amusement Park is named “Crackerjax,” not “Crackerjacks” — or at least have a pretty good educated guess. Which is, if they named it “Crackerjacks,” they’d get sued for copyright infringement.Read More
“If I Can’t Rent it for [$] . . . I’m Going to Sell it!” Although I’ve heard it much less often than “the Rental Bluff,” I’d be remiss if I didn’t I didn’t comment on its corollary, “the Sales Bluff.” Namely, a(n unintentional) landlord who’s deadlocked with an existing renter over a rental hike, lease term, etc. —...Read More
Channeling Wayne Gretzky, or “Zen & the Art of Real Estate Sales” It’s hardly a coincidence that just-named Minnesota Realtor of the Year (and Edina Realty City Lakes colleague) Budd Batterson espouses a philosophy remarkably like that of former hockey great Wayne Gretzky. See if you recognize the similarity between the following: “I skate to...Read More
