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• Home of America's Largest Private Company

  

  The Twin Cities is ranked the 4th best metro for business and is well know as home of many Fortune 500 companies. What may not be as well known is that the... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2014 BUSINESS, HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT, REAL ESTATE

• First Sign of Spring: Farmers Markets Openers!

  

  Search online for ‘signs of spring in Minnesota’ and you’ll come up with thousands of groan-worthy anecdotes; for those in the know, however, there’s one sure... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2014 BUSINESS, HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT, REAL ESTATE

• Flow

  

  Flow can be applied to many things in this world. Creeks, clouds and winds are constantly flowing. In their movement they are never the same from one moment to... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2014 BUSINESS, HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT, REAL ESTATE

• Keeping a Budget When Buying a Home

  You have decided it's time to buy a home, interest rates are great, home prices are great and you are financially ready to buy! Now what? How do you figure out... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 BUSINESS, HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT, REAL ESTATE

• Wednesdays Unplugged - Awesome Baked Macaroni and Cheese

  

  "An optimist is the human personification of spring." ~ Susan J. Bissonette NOTE: I spend my Wednesdays Unplugged from appointments. Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 BUSINESS, HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT, REAL ESTATE

• BUYING 2014: Preparing Your Finances

  

  First in a series on BUYING 2014 As easy as it is to search for homes and real estate information online, the process of actually buying a home is still hard... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 BUSINESS, HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT, REAL ESTATE

• Minnesota Stucco Repairs: Case Study #3, Full-Tear Off and Redo

  For this third part, I'll be discussing a home that had the stucco completely torn off, and the entire house re-sided with fiber cement siding. Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 BUSINESS, HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT, REAL ESTATE

• Finding Community in the City

  

  You know we are community oriented. Sometimes it's hard to find. Yesterday we experienced it in Downtown Minneapolis. Not in the heart of the business... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2014 BUSINESS, HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT, REAL ESTATE

• Nobody Puts Baby In the Corner....well Except for Me.

  

  Patrick Swayze said 'No one Puts Baby in the Corner" and I have always believed that but hey.....sometimes Baby just needs to be put in the corner. Well... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2014 BUSINESS, HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT, REAL ESTATE

• Minnesota Hotbed for Children's Literature... Hosts Prestigious Arbuthnot Lecture

  

  Winning the bid to host the prestigious Arbuthnot Lecture is a big deal in the world of children's books... like winning the bid to host the SuperBowl or... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 BUSINESS, HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT, REAL ESTATE

• FHA Mortgages

  Recently there have been several questions on FHA mortgages, so I decided to do a quick update on FHA loans! FHA has had several changes in the last year or two. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 BUSINESS, HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT, REAL ESTATE

• Wednesdays Unplugged - Spinach and Feta Frittata

  

  "If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. ~ Anne Bradstreet... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 BUSINESS, HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT, REAL ESTATE

• Minnesota Stucco Repairs: Case Study #2, Moderate Repairs

  stucco repairs can be categorized as "minimal", "moderate", or "full replacement". In last weeks blog post, I discussed a retrofit stucco repair which I... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 BUSINESS, HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT, REAL ESTATE

• March 2014 Real Estate Update... Declinine in Foreclosures Impacts Market

  

  March 2014 real estate stats are in... with inventory shortages and rising prices both signs of the impact of the decline in foreclosures and short sales. Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2014 BUSINESS, HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT, REAL ESTATE

• Connecting: Birdsong Soup to Convention Grill in Edina's Morningside Neighborhood

  

  This is the first in a collaborative series by John Sharlene walking neighborhoods, Connecting: Point A and Point B... with Point B being a neighborhood... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2014 BUSINESS, HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT, REAL ESTATE

• Spring Cleaning, in Your Backyard

  

  As Minnesotans, we are obsessed with talking about weather. The reason is simple: because we never know what to expect! Case in point: in 2013, we saw more... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2014 BUSINESS, HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT, REAL ESTATE

• Where Do I Begin?

  

  I work with people in all stages of housing transitions... from renting to buying a first home... moving up because of growing family, schools, jobs...... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2014 BUSINESS, HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT, REAL ESTATE

• Why Are Your Rates Not the Same as Those I Can Find on the Internet?

  This is a question many loan officers get frequently. Or the question is do you have a website that I can check rates on ? It seems so simple, but it's really... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 BUSINESS, HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT, REAL ESTATE

• Wednesdays Unplugged - Slow Roasted Pork Shoulder with Sour Cherry Sauce

  

  "Spring is the time of year when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade ." ~ Charles Dickens NOTE: I spend my Wednesdays Unplugged from appointments. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2014 BUSINESS, HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT, REAL ESTATE

• Minnesota Stucco Repairs: Case Study #1

  Moisture testing on relatively newer stucco houses (mid 1980s – late 2000s) has become standard practice when buying a home in Minnesota, and a lot of those... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 BUSINESS, HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT, REAL ESTATE