Passing of Two Twin Cities Icons Twin Citians of a certain age (I qualify) will forever associate Mary Tyler Moore with her iconic ’70’s sitcom. Runner-up associations: the Kenwood home featured in the show’s opening credits; and the photo (above) showing Ms. Moore exuberantly flinging her hat in front of Dayton’s department store in Downtown Minneapolis....Read More
“You Know What They Meant” Department Among the hundreds of “spam” emails intercepted by my email filter each week was one the other day with this subject title: “Contract is singed and we are ready to proceed.” Not recognizing the sender — and having no in-progress deals about to go up in smoke — I...Read More
The Check’s in the Mail Mailbox (for 4 Days) If you want to be timely paying your Q4 2016 estimated taxes — due Tuesday, Jan. 17 this year — yet still hold on to your hard-earned cash as long as possible, you could mail your payments on the deadline. Or . . . if you...Read More
Buyer’s Walk-Thru Inspection Multiple Choice Which of the following is an acceptable reason for the Seller to leave their home in (much) less than pristine condition for the new owner: A. Their Seller left the home a mess for them when they bought (call it, “the anti-Golden Rule”). B. They ran out of time. C....Read More
Doing Carpeting “Due Diligence”: Better Than Google If you know next to nothing about carpeting, you probably think there are two kinds: cheap and expensive. If you know a little more — say, because you’re a Realtor — you may be aware that there’s low pile (berber) and high pile (shag would be very high pile); that the former...Read More
“Thank God It’s Monday”: What Workaholics (and Busy Realtors) Say If you are a busy Realtor in the middle of a deal over New Year’s (I qualify), it’s a genuine conundrum: when are you intruding on your client’s downtime, and when is contacting them fair game? Judging by the activity in the Edina Realty –...Read More
