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Endangered Species: Fern Hill Ramblers on .25 Acre (or more) Lots

High Demand Location Close to Lakes, Parks & Downtown Minneapolis Once upon a time — like, 1980 — there were about 50 ramblers on large lots in St. Louis Park’s Fern Hill neighborhood. Today? I’d estimate that there are only about 30 left — make that, 29 after the recent bulldozing of 2512 Inglewood (photo,...
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Fall 2019 Parade of Homes Runs Sept. 7 – 29 in Twin Cities

Practice Tips for Newer ” and Not-So-New ” Twin Cities Buyers’ Agents What does the Fall 2019 Parade of Homes ” underway now ” have to do with passing out Realtor business cards? Just this: if a Buyer you’re working with goes through a Parade home and decides to buy it, you may have a...
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Green Means “Go?” Not by Lake Calhoun During Rush Hour

More People Living ” & Working ” by the Lakes? “You Betcha!” Once upon a time, on an especially nice weekday in Summer, the traffic heading east to Lake Calhoun would back up a couple blocks during rush hour. No more. Now, it’s practically year-round, in both directions ” at least any time the windchill...
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A Diagram is Worth 1,000 Words: “Stale < ???? > Fresh””

Your Adjective Here: “Sort-of-Stale?,” “Pre-Tired?,” “Slightly Dated?” A picture is famously worth 1,000 words. But, so is the right diagram. The one above (“Stale < ??? > Fresh”) perfectly captures my reaction to the two-story, 6,500 square foot home that I just previewed in Edina’s ritzy Parkwood Knolls neighborhood. Listed for $1.85 million, it features...
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Spring 2019 Parade of Homes in Twin Cities

Practice Tips for Newer ” and Not-So-New ” Twin Cities Buyers’ Agents What does the Spring 2019 Parade of Homes ” set to start tomorrow (Saturday, March 2) in the Twin Cities ” have to do with passing out Realtor business cards? Just this: if a Buyer you’re working with goes through a Parade home...
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Quick! Who Pays the State Deed Tax, the Buyer or the Seller?

Bonus Question:  Who SHOULD Pay the State Deed Tax? Like most (all?) veteran Minnesota Realtors, I assumed that home sellers paid the state deed tax at closing — .34% of the sales price**, at least in Hennepin County — because that’s what state law prescribed. Unh-unh. Apparently, that’s merely a custom, albeit a universally observed...
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