April (Snow)Showers Bring . . .?? I think — I hope — I just measured my last home foundation in the snow this season. Make that, snow flurries. After a blissful stretch of 60’s, Twin Cities temps today are in the high 30’s, with wind and sleet to boot. At least, there’s no more snow...Read More
Last But Definitely Not Least Important Step The way I would do the check is like this: | 7549 ^ subtract | - 3958 | add | ------ | v 3581 | I just add upward, as if it were 3581 + 3958 ------ 7549? “If you have something to sell and want to find...Read More
“What’s Sauce for the Goose is Sauce for the Gander” I suppose the opposite of that is, “what isn’t sauce for the goose isn’t sauce for the gander.” Huh?!? One of the insights into pricing a “For Sale” home well is recognizing that some properties ARE more difficult to value, due to their uniqueness, location,...Read More
Agent Freudian Slips? I found a Post-it note on the ground in the City Lakes parking lot the other day that read: “Seller checking on Pending Assess.” I’m pretty sure they meant “Assessment” — just not 100% sure . . . 🙂 P.S.: Theory #2: somebody (the listing agent and/or Seller) didn’t like the Buyer.Read More
I’m convinced that a pretty good, workaday attitude for Realtors — or at least one that lots of veteran agents will relate to — is akin to Forrest Gump’s philosophy of life: “life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” Just substitute “deals” for “life”. . . . .Read More
Man Bites Dog — Real Estate Edition; or How Big is Too Big?* First, a stipulation: in my experience selling residential real estate in Minnesota for over a decade, something like 95% of the time a listed property’s square feet on MLS is accurate to within a few percentage points, max, of the actual square feet....Read More
