Local governments can partner with local nonprofit homeownership organizations or tap into existing local programs to resell the homes to low- and moderate-income residents of the community.
at 1754 Cottonwood Circle on September 21 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM.
Spacious Westwood Rambler located on nearly 1/2 acre landscaped w/mature trees and in ground sprinkler system with a well for watering the lawn. Maintenance free exterior, new interior paint, all new stainless steel kitchen appliances, professionally cleaned and painted, 3 season porch off Kitchen / dining room with a brick fireplace.
I had invited Congresswoman Michele Bachmann to come to St Cloud to have an open discussion about the housing situation with the community and area REALTORS®. I want to let you know that this week, her staff will hold Mobile Office Hours at the following locations. She asks that you "Please bring copies of any paperwork that you might have with you when you visit. Particularly, if you are having a problem with a federal benefit or program and have letters or documents that might help my staff get answers for you quickly."
A tax credit of as much as $7,500 can provide opportunity for many homebuyers due to newly enacted legislation.
Homebuyers who close on a home between April 9, 2008 to July 1, 2009 may be eligible. There are a few requirements:
you must be a buyer who fits the description of a "first time homebuyer" this is defined as as a buyer who has not owned a principal residence during the three-year period prior to the purchase
in order to qualify for the full $7500 a single person may not earn over $75,000 and for married persons the limit is $150,000 per year
The credit works like an interest free loan and must be repaid over a 15 year period
This is a very brief description of the program, for the full details please check out http://federalhousingtaxcredit.com/ or contact your tax professional.
St Joseph City wide open house list - St Cloud area real estate open houses
Here is a full list of the homes and agents who are holding homes for sale open this Saturday June 28, 2008 from 1:00 to 3:00pm. This is a fantastic opportunity to see multiple homes in one trip.
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$159,900 209 GUMTREE ST NE St. Joseph, MN 56374 Active / 81077
159,900
Coldwell Banker Burnet Amye Levin
2
$174,900 9642 MEADOW LN St. Joseph, MN 56374 Active / 82267
174,900
Carrie Hunter Edina Realty St. Cloud
3
$184,900 600 4 AVE NE St. Joseph, MN 56374 Active / 78147
184,900
Kristi Hoeffer Granite City Real Estate
4
$184,900 311 IRIS LN NE St. Joseph, MN 56374 Active / 80206
184,900
Craig Hiltner Edina Realty St. Cloud
5
$189,900 618 GUMTREE ST NE St. Joseph, MN 56374 Active / 78651
189,900
Tina Zapf Showcase Properties, Ltd
6
$219,900 1213 CALLAWAY ST St. Joseph, MN 56374 Active / 79661
219,900
Todd Edstrom Coldwell Banker Burnet
7
$219,900 32755 Pamela LN St. Joseph, MN 56374 Active / 76060
219,900
Tami Deland Coldwell Banker Burnet
8
$229,900 510 FIR ST NE St. Joseph, MN 56374 Active / 81911
$249,900 515 FIR ST E St. Joseph, MN 56374 Active / 82000
249,900
Coldwell Banker Burnet Steve Hansen
10
$249,900 440 E POND VIEW LN St. Joseph, MN 56374 Active / 81370
249,900
Dona Lamphere.com Coldwell Banker Burnet
11
$259,900 32664 MEADOW LN St. Joseph, MN 56374 Active / 81194
259,900
Nick Novak Castle Realty Inc
12
$289,000 32320 MEADOW LN St. Joseph, MN 56374 Active / 79516
289,000
Mary D. Brazys.com Equity Realty
Please sign in and remove your shoes. See you there!
For more information on having a group open, please look thru this blog and check back, we will be adding more information. If you would like more specific information on any of these homes or all of them please contact me and I will happily e-mail out full listing sheets for each home.
The goal in holding an open house is to attract potential buyers to your listing and get interested buyers to the home. We have tried a new method for attracting more buyers in one shot, really this works!
Hold a group open! As a listing agent it only makes sense to attract the most buyers you possibly can to your open house. Here is what I have done. Look thru the local listings and find every listing that is in close proximity to yours, by working with the other listing agents in the immediate area you can create a very attractive situation for the area's active buyers. Reserve a large ad space in the paper, post the opens on all available websites, if time and the location permits flyer the surrounding area and post flyers at local stores, e-mail the entire MLS letting all of the other agents know so that they can inform their buyers, coordinate the ad with the newspaper, proof it and make sure that the billing is handled.
The main reason that this is so successful is that the buyer only needs to park their car once to walk thru every home in the neighborhood and see what is available in the area.
Convenient, yes, gas saving, yes, time and energy saving BIG YES! We have done this several times and had fantastic turn out for these group opens. I have received feedback from other agents who have participated that they had held multiple opens (on their same participating listing) before only to have complete shut outs (no one showing) but thru the multiple open they actually had several buyers attend. Our most successful group open to date was when we held the entire city of Holdingford open, agents reported between 9 and 27 guests at their opens and the following week 3 homes that participated went pending (offer on the home accepted and getting ready for the closing).
This is the ultimate in the "compete together" mentality for real estate agents: advertising costs go down, traffic increases and sellers get their home seen by buyers.
We are right now working on coordinating another group open for this upcoming Sunday June 29 in St Joseph MN from 1-3pm. There will be more information posted about this group open and how it is put together, there is a lot of work on the part of the listing agent who is coordinating it, but this is a great way to get homes SOLD and network with other agents in the area.
Final reply - Invitation to Michele Bachmann of Minnesota's 6th District in the U.S. House of Representatives to come to St Cloud MN - Original invitation sent April 2, 2008
Well we have finally received a reply with the date and the time for the meeting from Michelle Bachmann's staffers (only it actually came from a group of REALTORS® in the twin Cities Metro area) last night only to need to have it clarified today. The meeting is tomorrow. This is the notice that we have been given. I was hoping to have more notice so that carpooling could be figured out and so that we could have a wonderful showing for this event. According to the e-mail that was sent out yesterday, REALTORS® can attend free of charge, I am not sure what this means for non REALTORS®.
I am reiterating my original invite to Michelle to come to St Cloud, MN. There should have been more notice given to those who have requested and been waiting (and who vote) to have this meeting. It should not have been left up to a group of North Metro REALTORS® with almost no notice to give the information to everyone who wanted to attend.
Here is a copy of the notice On Thu, 5/8/08, North Metro REALTORS Association
MN REALTORS® HOUSING FORUM
*This Friday, May 9, 2008*
With Special Guests: U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, MN-6th & Administration Officials
Join us for a discussion of federal programs aimed at helping distressed homeowners and the foreclosure housing market.
May 9, 2008 Refreshments 1:00- 1:30pm Program 1:30-3:00pm At the Schwans Center, Blaine MN
To all our friends - A remarkable opportunity for Anna Marie's: Subway is having a $5 Foot Long special during the month of April. April is also Child Abuse Awareness Month. The owner of Subway at 9th Ave S & 10th Street and the SCSU Atwood locations is donating $1 for every Foot Long sold. If you are in that neighborhood stop in and buy a Foot Long. As of April 15, $10,293 has been raised. Share with your friends. Thank you!
This information was presented by:
Jacque French Director of Development/MIS Central MN Task Force on Battered Women (d.b.a. Anna Marie's Alliance) 320-251-7203 http://www.annamaries.org/
On April 1, 2008 Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced that there will now be expanded foreclosure prevention counseling due to a federal grant of 4.3 Million dollars. Another Grant of $500,000 for foreclosure prevention deferred loans was made by Marquette Financial Companies.
Counseling has been stepped up by the Minnesota Homeownership Center, they are adding to the schedule so check out http://www.hocmn.org/HomeownersEvents.cfm for dates and times near you.
There is a lot of info here, please take the time to read thru and find proper help for your situation. The worst thing you can do when facing a foreclosure is nothing.
Steve Baklaich
at 5255 CENTER ST on September 21 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM.
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