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Sharlene Hensrud

Weekly real estate market update 5/5/23 – reasons to sell your house today

New listings continue to climb, this week back up to numbers from last September and the same as pending sales last year at this time. Showings also continue to be...
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Wednesdays Unplugged – Spinach-Artichoke Dip Wontons

“The sun shines not on us but in us.“ John Muir NOTE: I spend my Wednesdays Unplugged from appointments. It’s my day to stay home, enjoy cooking and welcome our kids and...
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A short sale… 15 years later

Fifteen years ago we helped two young men purchase the house above as a short sale (the small, snowy picture in the lower left corner). They waited exactly 5 months...
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Weekly real estate market update… 3 factors affecting affordability today

Showings are holding strong, in line with the last two years. Case in point, the house in the photo below became Active in the MLS today… and we already have...
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Buying a house via Facetime

This relocation buyer wasn’t planning to buy via FaceTime when he contacted me… they were going to start looking when they got into town several weeks later. But I connected...
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Wednesdays Unplugged – Super Simple Chuck Roast

“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this – you haven’t.” – Thomas Edison NOTE: I spend my Wednesdays Unplugged from appointments. It’s my day to stay home, enjoy cooking and welcome...
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MCM renovations – renovating an Eichler

If you are interested in mid-century-modern homes, you should know the name of Joseph Eichler. He was a real estate developer working in California in the 1950’s and 1960’s, and...
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Downsizing to Assisted Living… a guide to assisted living in Minnesota

I am currently working with the family of a senior who downsized to assisted living. They knew where she would go, but not everyone even knows the options available. AssistedLiving.org...
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