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Sharlene Hensrud

Doesn’t dual agency mean less work for the agent? Shouldn’t that mean a lower commission?

Dual agency (where the same real estate broker represents both buyer and seller) can be hard to understand and often brings up commission questions such as the one below when...
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Best suburban coffee shop… awesome atmosphere in Eden Prairie’s historic Smith Douglas More House

Not your typical suburban (or even urban!) coffee shop, Eden Prairie Dunn Bros Coffee is awesome enough to be a destination spot. Located in the historic Smith Douglas More farmhouse built in...
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Welcome to another Sharlene from North Dakota!

When the stager I have worked with for years who also posted regularly on this blog 'retired' from staging last month I was looking for a new guest staging blogger....
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Wednesdays Unplugged – Pot Roast with Fresh Mushrooms

NOTE: I spend my Wednesdays Unplugged from appointments. It's my day to stay home, enjoy cooking and welcome our kids and grandkids for dinner in the evening. We end our...
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Twin Cities one of the 10 Happiest Large Cities in America

According to a Gallup poll released earlier this year, the Twin Cities is number six on their list of the 10 happiest cities with over 1 million people. Given the...
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Wood Lake… the area’s first municipal nature center

Wood Lake was once a recreational lake surrounded by homes, but much of its water drained in the 1950's… leaving a vast marshland which the city of Richfield dedicated as the...
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Staging… the final step in preparing your home for sale

All the preparations you did in the first 3 steps of preparing your home for sale… Decluttering, getting rid of your stuff Fixups, inspections, painting, etc Cleaning …were leading up...
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Remodelers Showcase this weekend

It seems more and more people I talk to are remodeling their homes… sometimes homes they are buying, somestimes to stay instead of move, and sometimes making improvements to enjoy...
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