Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That . . . (on the contrary) Wanna guess what the phrase, “well-cared home ready for a new owner” invariably means? A. Everything in the house is in working condition. B. The owner’s lived in the home for decades. C. The home is hopelessly dated. Correct answer: all of...Read More
“Wait Till Next Year Weekend” Unlike, say, the new baseball season, there’s no official “Opening Day” for the Twin Cities Spring housing market. Rather, local Realtor convention holds that the annual Spring market kicks off (sorry) the first mild weekend after the Super Bowl. By that measure . . . it’s still Winter (local temps today...Read More
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address: “With Firmness in the Right as God Gives Us to See the Right” “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds,...Read More
“Cold Enough For ‘Ya?,” or “Go West North, Young Man” I’m sure that other people have their own preferred definitions of what constitutes a “true Minnesotan” (growing up knowing how to sheetrock? Ice skating before you could walk?), but here’s mine: “A true Minnesotan is someone who heads north, not south whenever they have vacation...Read More
Calling it a Year (on Feb. 4) Real estate brokers suggest that agents who blog should post regularly, to keep things fresh and visitors returning. Their definition of “frequent?” A minimum of once a week. I don’t happen to agree with that — you either get in the mode of blogging or you don’t — but...Read More
One of the featured ads in Edina Realty’s 2016 marketing campaign (above) recommends that Buyers “visit a house at different hours.” Good advice. I can think of a long list of unpleasant surprises — besides ballpark lights illuminating the home after dark — that can be detected that way. Such as: –Freeway noise that’s audible during...Read More
