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Whether you are buying your first home or your tenth you go through the same basic steps when buying a home. 1. Gathering information Most people now start the home buying process by gathering information online. In fact, 92% of Minnesota home buyers used the Internet to search for homes in 2010...
01/31/2011
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Eden Prairie's Staring Lake Park is a wonderful destination for year-round family fun. In winter it turns into a winter wonderland with a 700-foot sledding hill, ski trails, snowboarding, ice skating and snowshoeing. When the snow is gone the cross-country ski area becomes an off-leash dog park....
01/30/2011
A number of cities in the Minneapolis metro area require a Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing or Point-of-Sale inspection when selling a home. See the chart below for cities with this requirement... click here for a chart with live links, including lists of common repairs for many cities compiled by indep...
01/24/2011
Most people know how important it is to prepare your home before you sell, but even before that it is important to do your homework by asking yourself some important questions. 1. Why do you want to sell? Your motivation for selling tells alot about how you will approach the whole process. If you...
01/21/2011
Perhaps we will look back on 2010 as the year we pressed 'reset' in the real estate market. It likely comes as no surprise that the number of real estate closings last year retreated to levels from years back, but how far back? How about nearly 20 years?! Looking at total sales over the last 30...
01/17/2011
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Sharlene Hensrud
Realtor. Listener. Knowledgable. Patient.