If getting off a plane is “deplaning,” what do you call emptying a home of all the staging furniture and accessories, prior to closing? Answer: ‘destaging.’Read More
Here’s one more from the “I can’t define it, but I know it when I see it” department: staging. Specifically, how do you know when a home has been optimally staged? Unfortunately, there’s no objective test that I’m aware of (like putting a toothpick into a cake to see whether it comes out clean). Rather,...Read More
Translation: ‘Are You Too Busy For Me?’ One of the questions that often comes up in a listing presentation — basically, a Realtor job interview — is some variation of, “how many other clients do you have right now?” The subtext — at least for a veteran agent — is, “do you have time for me?”...Read More
One Successful Real Estate Transaction Begets Another OK, so what I do is not nearly as memorable as what Meg Ryan does (or imitates doing) in her rather dramatic delicatessen scene opposite Billy Crystal in “When Harry Met Sally” (the title of this post is what Ryan’s neighbor tells the waiter she wants after Ryan concludes). ...Read More
Where: 5229 Chowen Ave. South in Southwest Minneapolis. What: 4 BR/2 BA stucco bungalow with 2,100 square feet in mint condition. When: came on the market April 4; under contract April 10. How much: listed for $395,000 Who: listed by Ross Kaplan, Edina Realty City Lakes; sold by Andrew Olive, Edina Realty 50th & France....Read More
April Showers Bring . . . May Price Cuts(?) With the snow barely gone and the trees still November-bare, it will certainly strike some as odd to say this, but it’s true: the Minnesota Spring housing market is already getting long in the tooth. So, if your home hit the market in February, and is unsold...Read More
