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2012
Busy Road Factor Selling a Minnesota Home As a REALTOR®, people across the north and east Minneapolis/St Paul metro area contact me to provide comparative market analyses on their homes. I work hard to get the price right whether it is for a single family home, a townhome, an acreage estate or a...
02/28/2012
Home Selling Tips Sponge/Textured Painting A decade ago, both SpongeBob and sponge painting were very cool but are now out of style. Of course there are those who will debate this statement because SpongeBob is still a young nephew's favorite Nick TV show, And, some there are those who still...
02/27/2012
First Time Homebuyer Question What is Immediate Possession? Today people want everything NOW! There are drive thru windows for quick meals. We communicate with instant messaging and texts. Americans are trained for immediate gratification in our daily lives. As a Minnesota REALTOR® I try my best ...
02/26/2012
First Time Homebuyer Real Estate Stillwater MN Stillwater, Minnesota and surrounding communities like Oak Grove Heights and Bayport do have opportunities for the first time homebuyer. Well priced single family homes and townhomes can be found throughout the area. With home prices averaging $...
02/26/2012
Looking for an Anoka County foreclosure, bank-owned or short sale but need to be able to live in the home immediately after closing? Good news is that foreclosures are not always destroyed homes requiring major rehab. Some of today's foreclosures can be MOVE IN READY! This economy has forced buil...
02/25/2012
First Time Homebuyer Real Estate Maplewood MN Maplewood Minnesota has many affordable opportunities for the first time homebuyer. A first home could be a single family 1950’s bungalow or rambler or a newer townhome. Affordable homes are located in the north section of the city near Maplewood Ma...
02/25/2012
First Time Homebuyer Word of the Day Short Sale As a Minnesota REALTOR®, I have received many calls in recent weeks from excited first time homebuyers and/or their parents as they assist their children looking for a first house. A lot has changed since dad and mom bought their first home a deca...
02/24/2012
First Time Homebuyer Real Estate Shoreview MN Shoreview, Minnesota is an attractive community for first time homebuyers to consider in 2012. Its central location to both downtown St. Paul and Minneapolis combined with abundant parks, lakes and community activities make it a great community to c...
02/22/2012
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Even in a cage, a wild animal can be beautiful. Como Park is one of our favorite family places to visit and take photos. I have done this since I was 17 and a freshman at Hamline University. For fun, I would ride my bike a few miles over to Como Park Zoo and take photos of the animals. There ...
02/22/2012
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About a decade ago now, some close friends built a new home in an Oakdale development. Our own home was just on the other side of Silver Lake in North St. Paul so we drove through the development several times during the construction. We monitored the new community as the first dozen or so homes...
02/21/2012