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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 […]

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 […]

2015 to present and bidding wars. Home values continue to accelerate higher and higher prices. Politicians complain about the lack of affordable housing. There are many causes for the lack of affordability and few of the solutions can be resolved by politicians; except the problems politicians cause. Umm, that’s the excuse they use to get […]

The boom, the bust and the flip houses of 2005-2012. Real estate sales were once again booming due to lower interest rates and the demographics of the baby-boomer generation buying homes. What fasted-paced activity!  Interest rates were a lot lower and prices were skyrocketing. Some economists warned of a crash but few listened or prepared. […]

My branch manager days. By now I gained a lot of practical knowledge and thought I knew enough to teach other Realtors, so I interviewed for a well-known bank’s recent acquisition of a real estate company. I was hired. The president of the company said my responsibilities are to recruit, recruit, recruit. In between, I […]