Sizing Up — Quickly — Restaurant Real Estate (the Inside Kind) OK, so I can’t prove that Realtors get better tables at restaurants. But, I’ve got a hunch that they/we at least know where they are first. Casing the Room, or “Location, Location, Location” That’s because the ability to quickly size up the key spaces in...Read More
“Ross A. Justsold” I’ve never investigated ” and am not about to ” but I’ve always wondered if a few (too?) felicitous real estate names are the Realtor’s real name, or legally changed. So, in the Twin Cities you’ll find Realtors with surnames such as “Sell,” “Sells,” “Sellnow,” etc. If I ever go that route,...Read More
All in a Day (and Night’s) Work Ok, so there are plenty of times I wouldn’t have taken the call. Or, would have unplugged my phone, and not known about it until the next morning. But, since I’d left the other agent a voicemail regarding my client’s question around dinner time, I felt it was...Read More
Hitting Too Close to Home When you discover 1″ of standing water in much of your basement (as I did this morning), your first impulse — after uttering the obligatory “#$!%@!” — is to shut off the water to the house, then look for whatever pipe burst overnight. Nada. I then checked the main sewer...Read More
Playing Spoiler?? What if there was a way to regularly spend 20-30 minutes of quality time with your increasingly independent, now-6′ tall(!), just turned 17 year-old son, without texts or phone calls interrupting? That had the added the virtue of saving said teenager an hour on (and waiting for) two city buses,** in weather that...Read More
Thanks for (Almost) Nothing No, that’s not actually what the email from my cell phone carrier (rhymes with “Schmerizon”) said earlier this week. That would be this: “It’s time to celebrate! Thank you for another year. In honor of your account anniversary, we’ve added 2,000 Smart Rewards points to your balance. Now, that’s a sweet...Read More
