“Undetectable Pre-Existing Condition” With the first 90º day forecast this season (tomorrow, in fact), Twin Cities homeowners will soon know if their central a/c works. That includes recent home buyers, who purchased earlier this year when chilly local temps (who’da thunk?) prevented testing their units. Fortunately, Buyers who negotiated for their Seller to include a home warranty — or...Read More
New Oven: $500. New Wall: $3,000 One of the stealth issues for prospective home Buyers is the old-but-still functioning wall oven — often times, two of them. The risk, which rises with the oven’s age: that the model has been discontinued, and there’s not a same-size replacement. When that’s the case, the fix isn’t just a new...Read More
Did Someone Say, “Is it Quitting Time?!?” When is a (very) quiet Friday afternoon, approaching Thanksgiving, not reflective of market conditions? When the local MLS is down (true since around 1 p.m.), and it’s not possible for Twin Cities Realtors to search for new listings, request showings, or do most of the things agents normally...Read More
I’ve never tried squeezing toothpaste back into a tube, but I’m pretty sure it’s equally futile trying to re-spool (re-thread? rewind?) a tape measure once it’s . . . in your hands. 😕 Which is what happens when the tape measure is shorter than the distance you’re trying to measure. That only occurs outside, measuring foundations;...Read More
