buying a mn lakeshore home: Ice Out is Here—Time to Start Shopping for your Minnesota Lakehome!
- 04/23/14 07:56 AM
With today’s April shower, there is no doubt that the ice on lakes throughout the north and east Twin Cities metro will drop. Ice out is when the ice finally drops to the bottom of the lake and in Minnesota that also means, the for sale signs start going up. If you have been dreaming of living on one of Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes, consider the north metro. There are options that will fit almost any budget from fixer-upper cabins to high end executive homes. I took a quick look at the MLS today and there are nearly a hundred options for … (1 comments)
buying a mn lakeshore home: Warm Winter & LOW Prices! Don’t Wait Until Spring—Get BEST Deals on a Minnesota Lake Homes are Available NOW!
- 01/05/12 09:34 AM
A look at today’s temperatures and you would wonder if it was a Minnesota winter after all. We should be knee deep in snow and wrapped head to toe in wool scarves and Snuggies! But today was a sunny 45 degrees in the Twin Cities north and east metro! It was a snowless winter day in Minnesota that had people are heading for the golf course and dreaming of being out on the lakes! In a normal January, any plan to visit a lake would include boots and/or a snowmobile to get to that ice house to fish. But this … (3 comments)
buying a mn lakeshore home: First Time Homebuyer’s Real Estate Word for Today is Deeded Access
- 01/06/11 02:38 AM
The average home buyer only buys a home once every eight years. That said, even a repeat home buyer can forget some of the simple terms used in real estate on a daily basis. It can be hard to remember whether the earnest money or the money escrowed is a down payment and (if it is, on what?) Often buyers are easily confused by similar sounding terms like easement and encroachment as they both deal with property lines and usage but what do they really mean? Whether you are a novice, first time buyer or someone who hasn’t purchased a … (7 comments)
buying a mn lakeshore home: Bargain Shopping? Consider Lakeshore--Foreclosure Priced BARGAINS on Minnesota Lake Homes!
- 12/30/10 02:56 PM
A few weeks ago, we explored why it is difficult to buy a Minnesota lake home in the winter. If you missed the post, The Good, the Bad & the Ugly of Buying a Minnesota Lakehome in the Winter, I explained how difficult it can be to assess lakeshore in the dead of winter when the lakes are frozen over by several feet of ice. But I also noted, if someone knows a lake well and wants to get a good deal, buying a lakeshore home in the winter does yield some tremendous opportunities! Well after the record breaking December snow, … (4 comments)
buying a mn lakeshore home: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly of Buying Lakeshore in a Minnesota Winter!
- 12/22/10 02:20 AM
According to the calendar, winter just started but we all know from the chiropractic visits to tend to our aching, shoveling-afflicted spines that Minnesota’s winter weather blew into town several weeks ago. Unfortunately this means all that picturesque lakeshore that defines our beautiful state is frozen and covered with a thick white blanket of snow. If you’re considering buying a lakeshore home, that just about cuts off any opportunity of buying for the year; that is unless you assess the quality of the lake using an ice auger and depth finder when freezing your backside off fishing on the ice. Right? … (2 comments)
buying a mn lakeshore home: Buying a Minnesota Lakeshore Home? How Safe is the Water?
- 05/23/10 10:49 AM
A lakeshore home is the ideal of many a Minnesotan! And why not? When you live in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, one would be hard pressed not to drive by a lake, pond or river on a daily basis. Whether you are in Anoka, Ramsey, Chisago, Washington, Hennepin or any other county in our great state lakeshore is a plentiful and beautiful.On an almost daily basis there is a news report regarding one of our wonderfully wet natural resources. Unfortunately, some of the news is not always so great: Eurasian milfoil, mercury in the fish and polluted waters are just … (10 comments)
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