I don’t know if Realtors suffer disproportionately from Attention Deficit Disorder.** But, I did just hear a story at a continuing ed class, about an agent who got this t-shirt from his spouse for his birthday: My wife thinks I have ADHD. I don’t think so. Hey, look! A chicken! **Getting emails, texts, and phone calls what seems...Read More
10¢ x 2 x 20 Gallons = Real Money When gas hit $4 a gallon (and kept going) in 2013, it was hard to get excited about coupons offering 5¢ off a gallon. Sorry, not worth the time or effort. Fast forward to this Fall, when regular unleaded in the Twin Cities is approaching $2...Read More
Mixing Apples and Oranges Are real estate prices in rural South Dakota and Mississippi really twice as much as in Dallas? That’s the takeaway, at least superficially, from a NYT piece profiling homes in South Dakota, Mississippi, and Dallas that are all now on the market for around $800k. Prices Per Square Foot; “A Creek...Read More
Witch’s Hat & Mini Witch’s Hat Minneapolis’ Prospect Park neighborhood is famously home to “the Witch’s Hat,” an iconic water tower that evokes, well . . . you know. So, what’s the “mini witch’s hat?” A private residence immediately east of The Birchwood Cafe (about 1 mile southwest in Minneapolis’ Seward neighborhood) with a distinctly...Read More
“Three Bedrooms NOT on One Level” Every once in awhile, you see a single family home being touted by the listing agent as a “townhome alternative.” What do they mean? Features At least to this Twin Cities Realtor, it’s shorthand for a detached home with many of the following attributes: –Around 2,000 to 2,500 square...Read More
1 Picture = 1,000 Words Just in case there’s any doubt, the wide-angle shot (above) of this Lake Nokomis home definitively answers the question: “is it a corner lot?” Realtor conventional wisdom is that some Buyers prefer them, because of the extra light (and one less neighbor). Meanwhile, others avoid corner lots, because of the...Read More
