If you’re lucky (we are), you have beautiful mums like these blooming in your yard. If you’re not, head down to the Minneapolis Farmer’s Market and pick up a gorgeous bouquet (like the ones pictured below) for $6(!). Gorgeous . . . P.S.: Maybe a botanist can explain why tulips, peonies, and mums — all...Read More
Also Wrong: EE-Deen′-ah Realty “All Politics is Local.” –House Speaker Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill Like politics, all real estate advertising is local, too (at least for individual agents if not brokers). In other words, there’s not much reason for a Twin Cities Realtor to market their services to consumers in Denver or Atlanta or Boston (note: Realtors do...Read More
Closing Checklist . . . for Listing Agents I actually like 8 a.m. closings for a lot of reasons, especially when title companies are swamped (like now). If there’s a hitch with wired funds, there’s plenty of time to correct it; there’s no chance of a glitch in the closing(s) before delaying yours; clients are...Read More
Enabling(?) Non-Committal Buyers (aka “Fence-Sitters”) One of the things that invariably happens in the course of representing a Seller is the Listing agent gets a request from a Buyer’s agent to “be kept in the loop.” Translation: ‘let me know if someone else is about to buy the home, so my client at least knows...Read More
Nine Straight Years! Examples of bad emails would be ones informing you that your client came up short in multiple offers, or showing feedback trashing finding fault with one of your listings. Good emails? From Mpls — St. Paul Magazine (today, in fact) informing you that you’re on the list of Minnesota Realtors they selected...Read More
Gutter Extension Camouflage I usually associate “staging” with the inside of a home. But, when it comes to selling a house, few things matter more than curb appeal, and a key ingredient of curb appeal is landscaping — specifically, in front of the home. Ergo, the advice my stager gave to a Southwest Minneapolis client...Read More
