Avery Fisher Hall David Geffen Hall I have no idea who Lincoln Center namesake Avery Fisher was. Twenty years from now, it’s a good bet that no one else will, either. That’s because, in exchange for a ginormous gift from entertainment mega-mogul David Geffen, New York’s Lincoln Center recently agreed to rename its Avery Fisher...Read More
“Whole” vs. “Fractional” Floors Homes have half-Baths; why not half-floors? Or multiple half-floors? Functionally, that’s exactly what a Split-Level is. Ramblers & Two-Stories Of course, the easier cases are ramblers and two-stories. Digitally, a rambler with a finished basement would be expressed as “+1.0; -1.0” for the first floor and lower level, respectively. A two-story with...Read More
With fresh snow in the Twin Cities scarcely two days ago — and up to half a foot(!) further south — casual observers might think that the 2016 Spring housing market has yet to formally kick off. In fact, it’s closer to the mid-point. Spring Market Intermission Many years, depending on when it falls, Easter Sunday...Read More
What it Means For Competing Homes As Realtors if not the general public know, the MLS status “TNAS” — short for “Temporarily Not Available For Showing” — has a catch-all status, covering everything from an unexpected home repair, to the Seller having out-of-town company, to someone in the household being sick. Which is why it...Read More
One of the ways you can tell that a product is dated or out-of-fashion — or people think it is — is that it acquires an adjective. So, for awhile, “Coke” became “New Coke.” In the wake of Watergate in the 1970’s, Minnesota’s Republican party became the “Independent – Republican” party (at least until Ronald Reagan...Read More
Realtor vs. Non-Realtor Definitions To a non-Realtor, the idiom, “I’m not buying it” roughly translates to, “I don’t believe your [obviously bogus] explanation.” To Realtors, however, the phrase means something much more literal. Namely — at least when uttered by a Buyer’s agent — “I’m not buying it” translates as, “I’m not buying the home . ....Read More
