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Senior Housing

Helping service for seniors and their families transition into different housing options. Listen to my Podcast. Simply go to my website https://tomslupske.com/ and click on PODCAST in the upper right. What’s your Home’s Value?  RE/MAX dominates the real estate market nationally, once again we’re #1 in closed sales. RE/MAX Results is #1 for transactions in […]

Virtual Home Tours

Virtual Tours. Once upon a time, a buyer needed to visit a house. No more. Virtual tours are now the norm. You can now tour almost every home for sale from the convenience of your home computer or mobile device, 24-hours a day, 7-days a week and in your pyjamas. These virtual tours are the […]

When is the best time to buy a house?

There are a million different rationales when is the best time to buy a house. It really depends on your situation and finances. Once upon a time, before the Internet and online viewing of homes, the Spring was always considered the best time to buy. Maybe that was due to Spring fever because you’ve been […]

7 to do’s before listing

TomsTIP: Many sellers think all they need to do is vacuum before selling and list with a friendly agent. Well, there’s more, a lot more! Let’s start by what needs to be done before listing. To help know what to do I’ve created this general list. To have a specific list I can help. 7 […]

Radon tests are now the norm.

Radon tests are now the norm. Like home inspections have grown over the years, Radon tests on homes have become the norm. These are usually conducted at the same time as the home inspection. The Minnesota Department of Health recommends every home be tested for radon. In Minnesota, MDH estimates one in three homes has […]

Staging and Home Inspections

Way back in the early 1970s one prepared their house for sale by maybe vacuuming and occasionally dusting, sorting out clothes closets and cabinet tops to make the spaces seem bigger. Realtors began to inform sellers their houses could get higher prices if they fixed, repaired, painted and even replaced worn-out items. At first, sellers […]