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Coldwell Banker Burnet

Actor-Lawyer-Economist — and Keynote Speaker — Ben Stein

Rent-a-Joke: [Fill in Name of Chief Rival Here] One gets the feeling that Ben Stein, who gave the keynote address at Edina Realty’s annual meeting today, is an old hand at “riding” the corporate meeting circuit. The clues? –The crowd-pleasing shots he took at Edina Realty’s senior “pooh-bah’s” and their corporate jet (do they have...
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"Cedar Lake Specialist" . . . Really?

Inflated Realtor Claims Does one sale make you an “area specialist”? That’s the claim being made by a Coldwell Banker Burnet agent who just sold a home about a block from where I live near Cedar Lake in Minneapolis. The agent’s flyer, which was just left on my door, trumpets “Just Sold” above a photo...
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Home Showcase: 53XX Xerxes Ave. South (Minneapolis)

Where: Minneapolis’ Fulton neighborhood in SW Minneapolis (one block north of the Minnehaha Creek) What: 2 BR/1 BA; 1,080 FSF. Year built: 1924 When: on market yesterday (June 8) How much: $124,900 Who: listed with Coldwell Banker Burnet It’s never a good sign for prospective Buyers when you arrive at a showing to find several...
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Down Time/Catch-Up

Hot Search Term(s): “Realogy Bankruptcy”; “Firing Your Realtor”Note to Readers: no, it’s not your imagination — I’ve been off-line for a few days. Family trip to Chicago; taxing foreclosure deal (that came to naught); and ramping up a new blog design (details to come). Question: What do parents (combined age: 95) of 3 kids (combined...
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Taking Trulia for a Spin

Trulia.com Hits — and (Mostly) Misses Like Zillow.com, Trulia.com promises to arm prospective home buyers with reams of data about homes for sale. Buyers can search by property type, price, square footage, zip code, etc.; get information about schools and other community info; and even pose questions to the Trulia. com “community” that generate email...
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Realogy Bankruptcy Filing Imminent?

Who’s Searching for Realogy Info — and Why? Judging by all the hits on this blog for anything Realogy-related the last few days, you’d guess that something is up. For those who don’t know, Realogy is the heavily-leveraged parent company of several national real estate companies, including Coldwell Banker Burnet. In August, I posted an...
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