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Sharlene Hensrud

5 Warning signs of a real estate market crash

I keep hearing from people worried that the real estate market is going to crash. Of course we don’t know what the future holds, but signs indicate otherwise, as least...
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Downsize Equity

Real estate market update 6/13/25… you may have enough equity to downsize and pay cash for your next home

After last week’s post-holiday boost the market settled down again this week… coming soon slowed down the most, anticipating the next holiday. Showing activity is tightly on track with last...
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Docomomo 2025b

What is do.co,mo.mo? Why you should know, if you love modern architecture

1. “Before there was Mad Men, Design Within Reach, or Dwell there was Docomomo“… an international non-profit organization dedicated to the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the...
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Wednesdays Unplugged – Best Buttered Egg Noodles

“Joy is that kind of happiness that does not depend on what happens.” – David Steindl-Rast NOTE: I spend my Wednesdays Unplugged from appointments. It’s my day to stay home, enjoy cooking...
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Minneapolis is one of the world’s happiest places… does it have to do with our Nordic roots?

Last year, Minneapolis was the only US city to make the Gold List of the world’s happiest cities according to The Institute for the Quality of LIfe, and it made...
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Giant LOTI No. 2 Pencil… the next “Spoonbridge and Cherry”?

Where but in Minneapolis would about 2,000 people attend the annual sharpening festivities of a giant pencil?! After a giant wind storm blew off the top of a giant 180-year-old...
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Staging Room

Weekly real estate market update 6/6/25… the rooms that matter most when you sell

Showing activity was below last year at this time, but that didn’t matter… pending sales are still up. The week before the holiday weekend saw the highest number of pending...
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Wednesdays Unplugged – Strawberries Romanoff

“Barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it’s a start.” ~ Anthony Bourdain NOTE: I spend my Wednesdays Unplugged from appointments. It’s my day to stay home, enjoy cooking...
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