Buying a Home

Contingent Offers

Most offers to purchase a property include some contingencies…conditions which must be met before the purchase agreement becomes totally binding or the agreement is cancelled and the earnest money is...
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Making an Offer to Buy a Home

When you have found a home you want to buy, the next step is to make an offer. In Minnesota, that means writing a Purchase Agreement. Much of the information...
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Is it time to make an offer?

A hard part about being a buyer in the seller’s market a few years ago was how quickly you had to make a decision on a property. When a new...
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Shopping Neighborhoods

It’s common (and wise) for buyers to ask questions about a neighborhood where they are considering buying, especially when they have never lived in the neighborhood before. Even if you...
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Finding ‘Your Place’…Part 2

In ‘Finding Your Place…Part 1’ we talked about your exterior sense of place. You have probably heard it said that the three most important things in real estate are location,...
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Finding ‘Your Place’…Part 1

Where you live can have a profound effect on you…if it doesn’t fit, your life can feel out of synch. You may not even realize it, but somehow being at...
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Closing & the Water Bill

Many people don’t realize that water/sewer service is attached to a property address rather than a person. If there are unpaid gas or electric bills after transfer of ownership, the...
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SOLD!

In spite of everything you hear about the market right now, houses are selling…and that means buyers are also buying. Case in point is a property I listed at the...
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