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Steps in Buying a Home

Whether you are buying your first home or your tenth you go through the same basic steps when buying a home. 1. Gathering information Most people now start the home buying process...
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Sledding at Staring Lake Park, Eden Prairie

Eden Prairie's Staring Lake Park is a wonderful destination for year-round family fun. In winter it turns into a winter wonderland with a 700-foot sledding hill, ski trails, snowboarding, ice skating and snowshoeing....
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Home Staging Statistics Update

During the year, the Company that I took my Staging training from publishes new statistics about Staging a home.  So I like to publish those and compare how the market is...
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Baby Boomers and the Third Age

2011 is the year the first wave of Baby Boomers will turn 65, what has traditionally been considered retirement age.  The Baby Boomer generation, however, has been anything but traditional from...
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Fannie Mae’s HomePath Program

The HomePath mortgage program is available to buyers that are looking at Fannie Mae owned properties.  It is a special financing program to provide an alternative to FHA and other...
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Wednesdays Unplugged – Neely’s Garlic Cheese Bread

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 meal with quotes...
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“One Home Inspection Please, and an Infrared Scan On The Side.”

We've been using an infrared camera at random home inspections for the past several months, and we've decided that this is by far the coolest home inspection tool in the...
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Selling a Home – Required City Inspections

A number of cities in the Minneapolis metro area require a Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing or Point-of-Sale inspection when selling a home. See the chart below for cities with this requirement… click here for...
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Sunday’s Site – Calhoun Village, Minneapolis

Calhoun Village shopping center is nestled in an incredible location within a few blocks of three of the famous Chain of Lakes in Minneapolis and in the heart of fabulous walking...
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Removing Road Salt From Carpet

I was talking to a Realtor this week and he told me that a Client called him complaining that someone looked at their home, but hadn't taken their shoes off. ...
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