Millennials Become Acquainted With “The Golden Rule” It makes sense to me that 20-something’s are unfamiliar with such technological relics as VHS tapes, MP3 files, and analog watches (what everyone used to just call “watches” — you know, the ones with a minute hand and hour hand). But, I have to confess that I didn’t...Read More
(Adult) Kids Who Recommend Their Realtor to Their Parents As Millennials become more active in the housing market (yay!), their Realtors (myself included) are enjoying a fringe benefit: a leg up marketing to their Baby Boomer parents. I see two reasons why “the kids’ Realtor” has the inside track landing their parents’ business — often,...Read More
“Mamas, Don’t Let Your Boys Grow Up to Be Cowboys Congressmen” “Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys. Don’t let ’em pick guitars or drive them old trucks. Let ’em be doctors and lawyers and such. Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys. ‘Cos they’ll never stay home and...Read More
Beleaguered Shareholders: “Stop the Merry Go Round, I Want to Get Off!” Are gyrating, crashing stocks good or bad for the housing market? Both. In fact, I see three positives and negatives apiece emerging from the recent market carnage. Positives Here are the pluses (yes, pluses): Weak equity markets forestall the Federal Reserve’s plan to...Read More
Newspaper Headline: “Motivated Buyers Sparked Twin Cities Home Sales to a Record Pace in June” Once again, Twin Cities Realtors are going to have to explain to their clients brandishing the latest housing news headlines why all is not as it may seem. Specifically, even in a Seller’s market — which continues to characterize the...Read More
“Why Should I Help Pay the Buyer’s Closing Costs??” To the “Greatest Generation,” Millennials (roughly ages 18 to 30) can seem spoiled and irresponsible. To Millennials, the “Greatest Generation” — those who were alive during World War II — can appear stubborn and unreasonable. How does that generation gap play out in residential real estate deals?...Read More
