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Nearly a year after closing, the old Hennepin County Library site located at the corner of Elm Creek Blvd. and Maple Knoll Way has reportedly been sold to a group who is looking to open a Spanish Immersionldaycare and pre-school. According to sources, a local commercial real estate company facili...
01/03/2013
You've hired a Realtor, have a pre-approval in hand from your mortgage broker and your good to go.  You go out searching for that perfect property.  You look through hundreds of homes on line, you walk through dozens of showings just looking for that one that says "This is it!".  You walk through...
12/06/2012
In my market, we have a very diverse set of housing from luxury mega homes, condos, townhomes and farms with everything likely in between.  It's one of the reasons I love the west side.  With this in mind, today I wanted to make sure to remind everyone with an in ground septic system or active we...
12/03/2012
So you decided to move in the fall or early winter.  You either have too much stuff and need to store some of it in a garage or storage facility so you can stage your home or because the home you are moving into needs to be painted, floors replaced or your doing a total remodel.  Undoubtedly one...
11/30/2012
Based on past markets through as long as real estate sales have been tracked, it looks like we may be in for another grand rally in the real estate market.  Based on local prices, demand, recent mortgage rates and an improving economy, we may be at the start of another huge run on housing..  Here...
11/28/2012
  As a Relocation Specialist and former Foreclosure Specialist for most of the National Banks I became tired of the turmoil and complications these large companies were creating in the housing market.  The focus of everyday agents ran to the quick money.  List the banks, meet the banks, getthe f...
02/07/2011
As a Relocation Specialist and former Foreclosure Specialist for most of the National Banks and large corporations, I got tired o families in turmoil, companies "Selected Relo agents leaving a negative feeling with sellers and the negative aspects of representing the banks.  I started in Real Es...
02/06/2011
If you knew how easy it was to own a home...you'd stop renting today! As a Former Foreclosure Specialist for most of the National Banks, I got tired of seeing marriages destroyed, families in turmoil and the negative aspects of representing the banks.  I started in Real Estate 9 years ago to help...
02/04/2011
So last night I was a little bored and rather than watching TV, I started looking at all the listing currently on market in th ecity I live in.  As I looked through each listing, what yelled out to me more than anything was the fact agents in Plymouth Minnesota love to sell bathrooms!  Old bathro...
02/03/2011
Here is a list of actual reasons buyers have told me they needed to move into their own home. Please enjoy and if you are in an apartment or at Mom and Dads still and need a change, call or email me!   1) Sick of Mom and Dad making out in front of you.  Your 30.. get out of their house! 2) Tired ...
01/14/2011
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