Twin Cities Real Estate Blog

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This Twitter post last night sums up what many people in the real [...]

I try to behave myself, I try to keep my emotions tempered so that my opinions can be read and understood without coming off so harsh that people click away before they finish reading.  Well today I just don’t care.  This is a list (though not comprehensive) of the reasons that I’m sick and tired [...]

This past week I’ve been in many different foreclosures with my clients.  Some bank owned homes are in turn-key (aka mint) condition and are wonderful.  Others are…. how do I say this…. crap.  Many are simple run down and need repairs, cleaning and updating.  Many more though are safety hazards in their current form.  I’ve [...]

America is in serious trouble and it will take many efforts to bring the country back from a recession/depression.  While most of the measures that the U.S. Government is taking are well beyond my understanding, their efforts on housing are something I believe I have a firm understanding and it is with these efforts which [...]

Every 4 years the National Association of Realtors requires that members take a 2.5 hour class on the Realtor Code of Ethics to refresh their memories on what it means to be a Realtor and the level of professionalism they are expected to maintain and to expect from others.  The deadline for the current quadrennial ethics [...]

I’m sorry this is little bit of a rant outside of my normal commentary but I needed a forum to vent my frustration… I hope you will indulge me.
In the last month or two Star Tribune has started employing annoying and invasive ads on their web site.  First it was “virus alert” popups that took [...]

On Monday I went to lunch with my business partner who works on 5-10 short sales at a time and he told me that of the 7 phone numbers he has for Loss Mitigation Specialists at Countrywide (now part of Bank of America) all have voicemail messages that say they are out of the office until [...]