Meanwhile, Back in Minnesota, We Just Sold Another Condo Unit in Edina
In winter, the bulk of our business tends to shift between our Madeline Island office and our office in the Minneapolis & Saint Paul metropolitan area. Although business has been strong throughout November, December and January on the Island, we're seeing a considerable volume of real estate sales activity in the Twin Cities as well.
We just participated in the sale of another unit at "The Yorker" Condominiums in Edina, Minnesota, our second sale at The Yorker in just over six weeks (and our fourth sale at that address in the past fifteen months). In the past two years, Broker Eric Kodner of Wayzata Lakes Realty has been involved in more successfully closed transactions at The Yorker Condominiums in Edina than any other real estate agent in the Twin Cities metro area.
Wayzata Lakes Realty procured the buyer for this most recent sale of this two-bedroom unit at 6400 York Avenue South, Unit 411, Edina MN 55435. And in December of 2013, we sold a large sixth floor unit at the Yorker (Unit 606) at a near-record high price for a Yorker condo.
Some of my Madeline Island clients ask me why we keep selling during the winter months in Minneapolis and Saint Paul (and suburbs), instead of taking a few months off. I like the idea of working and selling twelve months a year, rather than trying to be a seasonal agent.
From my perspective, "seasonal" means part-time. Selling real estate full-time means staying current on market trends, mortgage interest rates and lending regulations. I'd rather be in the real estate business with both feet, instead of dabbling at it. My clients benefit from working with an agent who is immersed in the industry and who is aware of the many regulatory and legal changes to real estate that seem to take place from one month to the next.
I know there are some fine seasonal and part-time agents out there. And I also know there are bright, ambitious, eager newbies who hold a real estate license, and whatever they lack in experience is offset to some extent by their enthusiasm and knowledge.
But ask yourself if your first choice would be to choose a real estate agent who works part time. Is it wise to put your trust (and your finances) in the hands of someone who is a relative novice to the practice of residential real estate?
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