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What Can Home Sellers Take With Them When They Move?

What stays and what goes when moving?

What Can Home Sellers Take With Them When They Move? It’s a familiar story that happens more often than you think. Buyers and sellers don’t always see eye-to-eye about what stays and what goes during move out. Watch to find out what  home sellers can take with them when they go. I had a sale […]

Real Estate Listing Types and Statuses in Minnesota

Man searching for home on ipad

Here is an explanation of some of the different Types of Real Estate Listings and statuses you may see when looking for a home in Minnesota: Minnesota Listing Status Definitions: When we send you listings from the MLS, here are the different statuses you may see on the listings. Active (A) Active means the home is […]

5 things a buyer should be doing during the home inspection period.

You have ordered your home inspection and other testing.  But before you get too comfortable – the home inspection period is your opportunity to not only have the home professionally inspected, but to also to complete your home inspection period buyer homework or “due diligence” before moving forward to purchase the home. If you have […]

5 Reasons you should NOT go to an open house.

People at Open House

For many people, going to an open house is a fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon, even if they are not looking to buy a house.  But if you are really looking to buy a house, open houses are NOT the best way for you to find the right house.  Here are 5 reasons you should NOT […]

What happens at a Homebuyer Consultation?

Contrary to popular belief, you will at no time during a buyer consultation be tied down and the doors will remain unlocked! Why is a buyer consultation important? Seriously, you may have seen a lot of home buying TV shows, but they actually show only a very small portion of the transaction – there is a […]

How to Overcome a Low Appraisal

As the housing market continues to recover, low inventory and high buyer demand have resulted in major price increases in the Twin Cities housing market.  Happily, sellers are getting top dollar for their homes.  But while buyers are ready and willing to pay higher prices for homes, and multiple offers drive prices even higher, appraisers have […]

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