MLS: “Seller Requests Minimum of 24 Hours Notice for All Showings” Aren’t unusual showing instructions a pain? That’s especially the case when a busy prospective Buyer — or two of them, if it’s a couple — and their Realtor are trying to see not just 1 home, but 6-8 in a row, perhaps in different...Read More
Multiple Offer Photo Finish If you’re a home seller trying to decide among four virtually identical offers for your home (Yay!!), which one do you choose? At least for one recent Twin Cities seller, the tiebreaker was the Inspection Contingency. Specifically, one of the four offers included a $500 cap on any inspection requests. Painless...Read More
Putting Starbucks to Shame “Starbucks is Expanding Its ‘Reserve’ Brand Amid Super-Premium Coffee War.” –Fortune magazine Starbucks has nothing on Linden Hills’ Coffee & Tea Ltd. While the ubiquitous Seattle-based company plans to roll out a new chain of high-end coffee bars, Coffee & Tea Ltd. has long sold an exotic type of coffee bean,...Read More
Q: How Seriously Did the Buyer’s Agent Take the Feedback Form? Answer: ‘No Response’ I call the following feedback form, received by the listing agent from the buyer’s agent after a showing, the “my-client-didn’t-like-it stop-bugging-me” feedback: Interior — General Condition? Fair Exterior — General Condition? Fair Curb appeal (lot/landscaping)? Fair Staging (cosmetics, updating)? No Response Appropriately Priced? No Reponse...Read More
Let’s Hear it For Hoigaard’s! “Everyone should live in California, but leave before they get soft. Everyone should live in Manhattan, but leave before they get hard.” –anonymous I’ve got nothing against Manhattan: I’ve lived there, got married there, and enjoy visiting family and friends there. But, I’d rather live (and raise my kids) in...Read More
“Thank God It’s Monday”: What Workaholics (and Busy Realtors) Say If you are a busy Realtor in the middle of a deal over New Year’s (I qualify), it’s a genuine conundrum: when are you intruding on your client’s downtime, and when is contacting them fair game? Judging by the activity in the Edina Realty –...Read More
