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Real Estate Broker/Owner - Wayzata Lakes Realty: Eric Kodner Sells Twin Cities Homes
Minnesota & Wisconsin real estate broker, real estate educator and real estate specialist Eric Kodner, serving Minneapolis and Saint Paul metro area buyers and sellers. Homes for sale in Hennepin, Ramsey, Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Scott, Washington, Wright, Chisago, Sherburne, McLeod and Rice counties. Houses for sale on Lake Minnetonka and in Wayzata, Deephaven, Orono, Excelsior, Long Lake, Minnetrista, Edina, Eden Prairie, Bloomington, Burnsville, Apple Valley, Stillwater, Eagan, Maple Grove, Plymouth and Golden Valley. Properties for sale in western Wisconsin, including Saint Croix, Pierce, Burnett, Polk, Douglas, Bayfield and Ashland counties.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
Smart Idea for a Smart Buyer - North Shore Heights Lots 9 and 10 - Madeline Island Deeded Lake Access to Dock & Beach on Lake Superior These listings represent two of our "best buys" in Madeline Island real estate.  A smart buyer can purchase both lots and enjoy almost eleven densely-wooded acres...
11/29/2011
Madeline Island Makes Yahoo Travel List of "10 Dreamy Islands Unknown to the Average U.S. Traveler"   Word travels fast in the world of travel. The Yahoo Travel website has picked up the news story about Madeline Island (part of the Apostle Islands of Northwest Wisconsin) making the "World's Mos...
11/28/2011
  Madeline Island Praised Again by the Chicago Tribune   The Chicago Tribune Travel Section has again lavished praise on Madeline Island, in a "Top Ten" online article entitled "Most Secret Islands on the Globe". I'm not at all certain that Madeline Island is a secret anymore, at least not to Min...
11/27/2011
  Looking for a Way to Donate Your Time and Make a Difference During the Holidays?   For those who wish to donate time and give of themselves during the Holiday season, there's a websites I'd strongly recommend viewing. HandsOn Twin Cities is a Minneapolis - Saint Paul volunteer resource that off...
11/27/2011
  Ten Fun Facts About Madeline Island, Lake Superior and the Apostle Islands Area of Northwest Wisconsin   Ordinarily, I'd post this on my Madeline Island Real Estate Blog, but since so many of my Madeline Island real estate clients (and our tourist visitors) come from the greater Minneapolis - S...
11/27/2011
  Who's Selling What and For How Much?   Statistics from RealTrends (compiled mostly from NAR data) show that twenty-six per cent of real estate agents closed zero sales in 2010.  And if you look at agents closing five or fewer transactions in 2010, the number jumps to 62%. The RealTrends study d...
11/20/2011
  Whoever Told You Your House is Worth Half a Million Dollars is Giving You Bad Advice   About two weeks ago, I received a phone call from a homeowner who wanted to list her house for sale.  But here's the catch.  She wanted her home listed for what she had determined it to be worth.  She wanted ...
11/20/2011
I chose to re-blog Ed Silva's post because it documents an incident of anti-Semitism in the course of showing residential real estate.  Mr. Silva reports, "The main wall of the house, which was around the front door and been painted in black spray paint with anti-Semitic phrases, racist phrases a...
11/15/2011
  Do Women Who Work in the Real Estate Industry Face a Glass Ceiling?   There's a rumor that the National Association of Realtors is taking a long look at this issue.  The issue was discussed in some detail on Friday afternoon, at the NAR Equal Opportunity - Cultural Diversity Committee meeting. ...
11/13/2011
  National Association of Realtors Convention in Anaheim - NAR Equal Opportunity - Cultural Diversity Committee Meeting November 11, 2011   Today's meeting of the National Association of Realtors Equal Opportunity - Cultural Diversity Committee took place at the Convention Center Mariott Hotel in...
11/13/2011