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MLS Agent Remarks: “Update the Upstairs Owner’s Suite to Realize This Home’s Full Potential!”

Recognize This House Today? Me, Neither When the listing agent (OK, me) wrote the marketing verbiage above a year ago, I was contemplating a standard overhaul. You know, gutting the dated Owner’s Suite upstairs, opening up the almost 400 square foot space, and putting in a new, larger Master Bath. So much for my crystal ball....
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Calhoun Towers** in Southwest Minneapolis Gets a Makeover — and a New Neighbor (in 2018)

No More Penthouse Storage If ever there was an overlooked (if not long-neglected) commercial property in the Twin Cities, it was Calhoun Towers just northwest of Lake Calhoun in Southwest Minneapolis (note: the street address is 3430 List Place, but the locals commonly refer to it as “the high-rise behind Whole Foods”). Twenty-one stories tall with 360° views...
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“The Case of the AWOL New Owner”

Neighbors:  ‘Somebody Mow the %#$!#& Grass Already’ “The king is dead.  Long live the king.” Usually after a home sale closes, the new owner gets the keys, the moving truck shows up a few days (or hours) later, and life in the neighborhood quickly resumes, albeit a little differently than before. And then there’s what...
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