Category Archives: Personal Experiences

Can Kevin Costner’s Centrifuges Save Minnesota Lakes?

While cleanup in the Gulf is still ongoing, it seems like Kevin Costner & his ...

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8 Predictions for 2010 Twin Cities Housing Market – August Update

Below you will find my predictions from a January 7, 2010 blog post and my comments on each of those predictions as of August 24, 2010:Foreclosures will continue to come on the market and many will be scooped up quickly with multiple offers. Correct!  This has been the case so ...

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Foreclosures: Doing the Right Thing

Today there is an article in the Star Tribune discussing options for homeowners that are underwater.  Today this is a commonly discussed topic and one that shouldn't be ignored.  The first couple in the article talk about their decision to walk away from their home.  The article discusses their reasoning for walking away ...

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2010 Twin Cities Pre-Foreclosure Notices up 20% vs 2009

The Minnesota Home Ownership Center has been tracking pre-foreclosure notices received by foreclosure counseling agencies throughout Minnesota and just posted some updated charts that show 2010 pre-foreclosure notices are consistently higher than the same time frame in 2009.  Through June 2010, notices are up a considerable 20%:

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See Twin Cities Power Outages Online

Don't know how long this has been available but I came across Xcel Enery's online power outage map - you can zoom in and scroll around to see where the damage from this latest storm was.

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