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When Less is More: How (Some**) Home Sellers Can Avoid Spending Thousands Replacing Old or Ugly Window Treatments

But, Prospective Buyers Have to Be Told So, how does a Seller avoid spending thousands on replacing old, damaged, or simply ugly window treatments? If the home is vacant**, by removing them. Step #2:  on the Minnesota Seller Disclosure, checking the “NA” box where the form asks if the home includes window treatments, and if...
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How to Avoid Rental Vacancies in the Depths of Winter

The Direct Approach No landlord — especially in Minnesota — wants to deal with a vacancy when it’s 10° degrees outside (or -20° below). How do you prevent that? At least one property manager I know explicitly writes that into their rental lease. If the rental begins any time other than December, January, or February, the...
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Southdale: Where’d Everybody Go??

Sizing Up Twin Cities Malls (the Big & Small of Local Malls) [Editor’s note:  my regular gig is residential real estate, not retail or commercial.  However, I do have a solid business background, plus a decades-long familiarity with the Twin Cities and local trends.  Rough estimates of acreage, land value, etc. are exactly that.] It may not...
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