What Sellers Need: Patience . . . and Price Cuts Not every home on the 2700 block of Ewing Ave. South in Minneapolis is currently for sale. It just seems that way. In fact, on the west side of the street, there is now a stretch of eight homes where four are currently on the...Read More
Jewelry, Prescription Meds, Valuables . . . $1,500 Vases In the “hindsight is 20/20 department,” I’m sure that the Plymouth home Seller — and their agent! — certainly wish that that $1,500 Living Room vase had safely been put in storage before prospective Buyers showed up.* Instead, the listing agent got the unenviable task of...Read More
“Shadow Listings” “Don’t be an undercover agent.” –Advice routinely given to new Realtors (i.e., let people know you sell homes) Here’s another explanation for the scarcity of local (Twin Cities) housing inventory, in what should be the busiest time of the year for new listings: stuff’s for sale — but it’s non-MLS. See also, “The...Read More
One Set of Pipes or Two? First, a caveat: for the record, I’m never in favor of winterizing a home, even one that’s vacant, even in Minnesota in the winter. In my experience, it’s almost always more cost-effective to empty such a home, move any to-be-disposed-of personal effects into storage, and expeditiously get the home on...Read More
Fern Hill Colonial Featured in NY Times Real Estate Section It’s always a shock to read a national publication and see a home you recognize — in this case, one that I’ve shown multiple clients and is literally less than a block from where I live (by Minneapolis’ Cedar Lake). As you’d expect, the home photographs...Read More
The way I usually pick a Sunday open house time is by consulting with my Seller, to see if they have a preference. Next, in the football-crazy Midwest this time of year, I’ll check the Vikings schedule to make sure I’m not going head-to-head with them — especially a home game. Exceptions to the above: 1) when I need to...Read More
