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Dogs and Cats, Oh My!

Dogs and Cats and Oh my, what pets have I not seen in houses, condos and townhouses.  In my lifetime I think I have had 11 dogs and have welcomed cats, hamsters, fish, and gerbils in my home.  I strongly feel pets bless us with something th...

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Tue, Aug 26, 2008

Selling Mom's House

Selling Mom's House   Selling Mom's House   The post-World War II parents are now in their 80-90's and yes,some of them are just now thinking about selling their houses.  They are typically very practical and independent people...

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Mon, Aug 25, 2008

Forever

It seems many  buyers I work with at the time of writing the offer to purchase a house say, "Don't worry Jane, we are going to live in the house forever.  We don't need to worry about..."  When I meet with people ...

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Fri, Apr 04, 2008

FHA financing

FHA is the Federal Financing Administration's mortgage.  It is obtained by going to the same lender as a conventional mortgage.  It is insured by the government so if the buyer does default, the lender will still get its money.  Too ma...

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Mon, Feb 11, 2008

Cold weather

This weekend in the Twin Cities it was below zero and the wind had it feeling like minus 34 degrees.  I had two open houses and the activity was good.  The buyers ran from their cars to the warm house and in 15 mines were back in their cars...

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Wed, Feb 06, 2008

After the sale Buyer Inspection

Recently I had a house sell and the buyers requested the right to do a buyers' inspection at their cost.  This is common and in today's market close to 100% of the buyers make such a request.  I told the seller this is typical and not ...

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Tue, Feb 05, 2008

First-Time home buyers

There is so much talk about the first time buyer. I want you to know a little about this buyer.  They are different from the repeat buyer by age, sex, marriage status, income bracket, style of property and how long they plan on staying in the re...

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Mon, Feb 04, 2008

Green grass

Okay, it is Feb 4th and the ground hog saw his shadow ,so now we will have six more weeks of winter.  When does he not see his shadow?  In Minnesota we have winter until mid-April.  The good news is that we have turned the corner and w...

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