Corporate vs. Individual Homeowner Owner: National Residential Nominee Services Inc, 7500 Dallas Pkwy Ste 100, Plano , TX Taxpayer: National Residential Nominee Services Inc, 7500 Dallas Pkwy Ste 100, Plano , TX —Property tax statement, Hennepin County One of the first questions I try to answer, as a Buyer’s agent checking out a listing is,...Read More
Plenty of Coal . . . But Last Coal Mine “The last deep-pit coal mine in the U.K. plans to shut its doors here next week, heralding the end of a centuries-old industry that helped fuel the industrial revolution and build the British Empire.” –“England Closes Its Last Coal Mine“; The Wall Street Journal (12/11/2015)...Read More
Tonight: Last Episode of “Fargo” Season #2 You have your list, I have mine . . . 1. “Seinfeld” (1998) 2. “The Sopranos” (2007) 3. “M*A*S*H” (1983) 4. “Breaking Bad” (2013) 5. “Cheers” (1993) 6. “Friends” (2004) 7. “Newhart” (1991) 8. “How I Met Your Mother” (2014) 9. “Fargo” — Season #2 (2015) **tonight** 10....Read More
Avoiding Guilt by (Name) Association I can certainly understand why a bank or investment fund would want to have “First” in its name (“First National Bank of [ ______ ]).” The name that’s always puzzled me is “Fifth Third Bancorp,” headquartered in Cincinnati. Given the financial news the last few days, I thought a scorecard...Read More
“EGOT”** Minus the “G” “In “Trumbo,” an ill-conceived take on one of the most famous targets of the Hollywood blacklist, the writer Dalton Trumbo clenches a cigarette holder that juts in the air like a sword . . . Part biopic, part historical gloss, “Trumbo” tells a great-man story with a patchwork of fact and...Read More
The Twin Cities Housing Market in One Number: “12,984” “Warmer weather heats up Minneapolis housing.” —CNBC (12/10/2015) It’s oddly fitting that, as 2015 winds down, many Buyers are saying the same thing now that they did at the beginning of the year. Namely, that there’s nothing for sale. And they’re not imagining: according to the...Read More
