[Note to Readers: The views expressed here are solely those of Ross Kaplan, and do not represent Edina Realty, Berkshire Hathaway (“Berkshire”), or any other entity referenced. Edina Realty is a subsidiary of Berkshire.] According to Feedspot’s latest “Top 40” list, the best Twin Cites real estate blog is Nick Leyendecker’s “Twin Cities Real Estate Blog,”...Read More
Challenge: Defining “First Substantive Contact” [Editor’s Note: The views expressed here are solely those of Ross Kaplan, and do not represent Edina Realty, Berkshire Hathaway, or any other entity referenced.] In an online, hyper-connected 24/7 world, when do Minnesota Realtors trip the threshold for delivering a required state disclosure to consumers? Called “Agency Relationships” and...Read More
Bragging Rights Brokers routinely advise their agents contemplating a blog to post original, new material at least once a week, to keep things fresh and readers coming back. If you followed that advice, and started a blog now, when would you have as much content as this blog has, today? By my calculations, sometime in...Read More
“Medical Bling” Even Joe DiMaggio eventually had his streak interrupted. So, after a couple years of posting daily (or more often), I’m going to take a one week break. The reason: I was diagnosed with a blood clot in my lung last Tuesday, and need to take it easy. Like Hillary Clinton, I expect to...Read More
When #2 = #1 If you go to Google, Bing, Yahoo!, or AOL and search on “Twin Cities Real Estate Blog,” you’ll find this blog consistently ranked #2 on all of them. Ranked #1: “Twin Cities Real Estate Blog,” by Edina Realty colleague Aaron Dickinson. Unless Aaron relinquishes that name, there’s no chance that the search engines...Read More
“I’m (Very Close to) #1!” “I’m (Very Close to) #1” What are the top Twin Cities real estate blogs as of mid-March, 2012? It depends which search engine(s) you use. Here’s how the majors tally up the hits: Google: 1. Twin Cities Real Estate Blog 2. City Lakes Real Estate Blog 3. St. Paul Real Estate Blog Bing:...Read More
