Real Estate Fees: Flyover Country vs. the Coasts “The cost to register property in the U.S. has nearly quintupled from 2009, from .5% to 2.4%.” –Brett Stephens, “Doomed to Stagnate“; The Wall Street Journal (12/20/16) Given that the total closing costs for the average Minnesota home buyer come to about 2.7%, I can confidently say...Read More
Outsiders Trump, Sanders Take New Hampshire “Justice, justice shall you pursue.” –Deuteronomy 16:20. One of my favorite classes in college was “Criminal Justice,” taught by Stanford Law School Professor John Kaplan (no relation). Kaplan asserted that there were only ever four reasons to imprison lawbreakers: 1) punishment, i.e., to hold them morally accountable; 2) isolation,...Read More
