Loretta's Blog

Every year daring frigid temperatures, the wildest spirits take the plunge into a hole cut into the ice of Lake Minnetonka.  This year, my friend, Sharon, was one of one thousand people who took the plunge.  She sent an email today, saying that she had finally thawed out. For those of you who thi...

A Thursday, January 31st, article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune was the first I’ve known about a plan for a pavillion to be built on what is now a public park, on public land. The proposed Pavillion would block the view of the lake at the end of the street. It seems fair to say that downtown m...

The ladies of the lodge have done it again!  A couples wine and cheese in the Highland neighborhood in Tonka Bay, assisted by the ultimate event organizer, our own Jane Z, from the Tonka Bay Woods neighborhood.  We have 2 homes in our neighborhood at 170 West Point Circle and 70 West Point Drive....

A few weeks back I had a meeting with a young woman I met earlier in my Real Estate Career.  She and her father presented me with an option for the home owner who purchased many years ago and is selling now and subject to substantial capital gains tax.  By adding a simple addendum to the PA, one ...

A couple of years ago, I walked across the cul de sac to ask a neighbor a question.  Her daughter was on the step and I asked "Is your mother home?"  Where upon she said "Who are you?"  It was then I knew I really blew it.  We have lived in one of the original homes built in a small Tonka Bay, MN...