Mining Taboos (Abortion, Suicide, etc.) for Laughs. Really. Maybe Louis C.K. is saving incest, bestiality, and genocide for his next stand-up special. In this one, titled merely “2017” (it’s a riff on Christianity), he contents himself tackling such taboo subjects as abortion, suicide, beheading, transexuality, and latent homosexuality (if you hadn’t noticed, sex and sexuality loom large...Read More
Comedians & Woodchucks Norm MacDonald: “Is there anything you still want to accomplish?” Jerry Seinfeld: “My entire adult life is just making comedy stuff. For some reason, it’s important to me to make as much of it as I can. I imagine a woodchuck has a similar mindset: ‘I’ve got to chuck wood, as much as...Read More
MLS: “This Beautiful Home Offers 3 Bedrooms on 1 Level, Custom Office with ‘Narnia’-style Closet, Master Suite with Private Bath . . .” Wait a second . . . “Narnia-style closet?!?” After searching MLS for other references to the term — I didn’t find any — and coming up blank personally (I’m not a huge CS...Read More
Location, Location, Location (Again) Normally, when a house has a major foundation issue, standard Realtor advice to Buyers is “run, don’t walk” (to something else). What’s the exception to that? If the home in question is on desirable lot in a hot neighborhood for tear-downs — and the foundation issue translates into a sufficiently hefty discount. Exit...Read More
“Sold, Subject to Inspection” Why would an agent show Buyers a home that’s already under contract? Because the clients are (just) learning the market, and their agent is showing them the home for illustrative purposes only — that is, to educate the Buyer about how much/what kind of house can be had at a specific...Read More
Two Minutes vs. Two Hours to Set Up Showings Here’s how a Buyer’s agent — at least in the Twin Cities — gets their client into an MLS-listed home: step #1: logon to MLS. step #2: enter the home’s address to find listing, then . . . . step #3: use online form to request showing (typically one...Read More
