One of the highlights of my new listing at 5116 29th Ave. South in Minneapolis is the terrific location: just two blocks to Lake Nokomis, 3 to Minnehaha Parkway, and close to light rail, the airport, and Highland Park. Even closer: Nokomis Beach Coffee (pictured above), in between the home and the lake. Although it looks...Read More
Would That Be Product Un-Placement? It’s disconcerting enough to see the (all too) realistic depiction of social breakdown, martial law, etc. that follow in the wake of a nightmarish global health epidemic. However, when the one of the cities so portrayed is Minneapolis . . . it’s almost literally a little too close to home. Story...Read More
“Buy By the Acre Ton, Sell By the Square Foot Ounce” No, I’m not calling the housing bottom. But, I’m willing to predict that Yogurt Lab, the new self-serve yogurt shop on Excelsior Blvd. near Uptown, is going to be a hit. How do I know? It was mobbed — on a recent weeknight! —...Read More
Taking $50k, $75k — or More(!) Off the Last Asking Price Overpriced listings have a way of coming down to earth, and Buyers who can afford to be patient can often pick up the property at a (much) better price once the Seller has become more realistic. Of course, Buyers who wait risk that the Seller...Read More
Want to Be Ready for Spring, 2012? Start Now One of the questions that can come up when you list a home that needs significant updating is, “If we buy this home and put $50k — or $250k — into it, will we overshoot values on the block?” Fortunately, when a $1 million-plus new...Read More
No, I didn’t catch Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke when he was in town Thursday. But I’m pretty sure I just passed Thomas L. Friedman walking around the south end of Lake Calhoun about an hour ago. A St. Louis Park native, Friedman must have known that the terrific weather this weekend made it an opportune...Read More
