It Depends Who’s Talking “Have you ever noticed that their stuff is sh*t and your sh*t is stuff?” —George Carlin Part of real estate sales ” make that a big part ” is handling clients with sensitivity and respect. That’s especially true for elderly clients, who haven’t moved in decades and have strong emotional ties...Read More
To be sure, there are some needle-in-the-haystack properties that truly require Buyer — and Buyer’s agent — patience to find. In the Twin Cities, that includes bigger, updated condo’s near the Lakes (the developers are all building luxury apartments); waterfront estates on Lake Minnetonka; and downtown Minneapolis condo’s with views and over 1,500 square feet...Read More
“Starter home“: a relatively small, economical house or condominium that meets the requirements of young people buying their first home. My association with “starter home” ” and I’m sure many others’ ” is a small house, usually two Bedrooms (or three very small ones), that may (or may not) be in rough condition. Other popular adjectives: “cute,”...Read More
Real Estate Euphemisms 101 It’s purely anecdotal, but I don’t think I’m wrong: something like >95% of the time, when a listing agent touts that a home has a “low maintenance yard” . . . there isn’t a yard (or at least, not much of one). Of course, if there’s only a postage stamp-sized yard...Read More
vs. “Family Home”(?) “Starter home“: a relatively small, economical house or condominium that meets the requirements of young people buying their first home. My association with “starter home” — and I’m sure many others’ — is a small house, usually two Bedrooms (or three very small ones), that may (or may not) be in rough condition....Read More
Back in (snowy) March, I noted the sign (above) heralding a “new construction opportunity” in my post, “Real Estate Euphemisms — New & Improved.” Sure enough, four-plus months later, a new home is going up on the site, just south of Minneapolis’ Lake Calhoun. Or at least the beginnings of one — for now, the builder...Read More
