Bill Wallace's (billwallace) Blog

Yesterday I listed this move in ready townhouse in Savage, MN.  It is very near Highway 13 so there's easy access to I-35W.  The home has 2 features which I think are very hard to find.  First, it's very hard to find a 3 bedroom townhouse at this pricepoint (listed at $150,000).  Secondly, their...

Yesterday I listed this move-in ready home in Lakeville, MN.  The house is near downtown Lakeville, is very well maintained and has a very large, flat, fenced yard that backs up to a paved trail system that goes throughout the city.  Some of the outstanding features of this home include: 3 bedro...

The Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors has released their 2009 Housing Market Analysis entitled the 2009 Residential Real Estate Activity Report.  This report shows real estate market data for the entire 13 county Twin Cities market but also breaks out data for each individual city which a...

As a resident of Rosemount, MN I was sent the latest Rosemount City Newsletter which highlights a number of achievements the city had during 2009 as well as identifying issues for the upcoming year. Highlights From 2009 There were a number of accomplishments to talk about including the new Dakot...

Yesterday I listed this great, move-in ready 4 level split home in West St. Paul.  The house sits near the end of a quiet, dead end street so it would be great for a young family looking for a first home to take advantage of the tax credit.  It has very convenient access to Highway 52 to get to ...

Tomorrow the Players Club Golf Tour will be announced! What is it? The Players Club Golf Tour is an exclusive, member-based Tour for golfers with an established USGA handicap index of 18.0 or less. As a member, you will compete for $250,000 - $560,000 tournament purses without the worry of sandb...

The State of Minnesota has almost $5 Million in rebates available, as a part of the federal government stimulus program, to help people buy energy efficient appliances.  The program kicks off on March 1, 2010 and lasts until the money runs out.  It is expected that the rebates will be used up ve...

Go ahead! Call that phone #, put in code #124 and then select option #1 You are using Virtual Agent - a mobile prospecting tool that allows potential clients to interact with your property through their cell phone.  They can view property information, photos and even virtual tours and more from ...

For the past couple months I've been doing analysis within Dakota County to compare the final selling price of homes sold to their tax assessed value to see if there were some common numbers that could be found to help buyers and sellers to get some rough estimates of home value.  In November I ...