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City mandated point of sale inspections are not done in many communities, but they are rapidly becoming more popular in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area.  The theory behind point of sale inspections is that the inspections prevent neighborhoods from deteriorating by maintaining a minimum standar...
04/14/2007
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There are only 48 hours until taxes are due.  We must be quiet as some are burning the midnight oil trying to complete those tedious forms.  Minnesota citizens have the dubious honor of being one of the highest taxed in the nation and rumor has it bills are being introduced to increase that amoun...
04/14/2007
    Well, the big weekend is done and tomorrow the grind resumes.  The last few days were packed with important tidbits.Our only son thinks ham is an Easter tradition at our house when I rarely have cooked hams for Easter, maybe a dozen in my whole life.  I don't know where the "ham" tradition id...
04/08/2007
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There are seller concessions and then there are seller concessions.  I've managed to negotiate inclusion of a pool table, installation of a bathtub and shower, various lawn equipment, and tons of closing costs for my buyers over the years.  I have never, however, negotiated for ALL the furniture ...
04/02/2007
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The meeting ended at 12:30 PM.  The closing was at 1:00 PM.  The next appointment was 2:30 PM on the far side of town.  Breakfast was at 8:30 AM.  The stomach was growling and complaining.  Typical REALTOR® day.  No time for lunch, not even at the drive-through.  What's a tummy to do?  The closin...
03/31/2007
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It's not always readily apparent when an important part of a house is missing.  More often than not, one makes assumptions that some things are present.  A couple of those things we assume are present are the water pipes and the electrical wiring.  St. Paul has had a rash of copper thefts recentl...
03/31/2007
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Nice bathtub.  Claw foot is good.  There's only one problem with this bathroom.  What you see is what is there!  This is the second bathroom in two different houses in St. Paul that I have shown in the last 3 months that have had a tub and a toilet, but no sink.  I'm still trying to figure out wh...
03/31/2007
I don't know if your town goes nuts on St. Patty's Day, but St. Paul does.  It seems all the Scandinavians who are supposed to reside here, become Irish overnight.  I don't know if the leprechauns shake faerie dust on everyone as they sleep at night or what, but something happens to make a town o...
03/17/2007
Last Thanksgiving I blogged about a tiny house we purchased for rehabbing.  There are rules I have set for myself regarding homes purchased to rehab and this poor little house violated many of those rules.  It was too small.  It only had one bedroom.  The return was questionable.  Regardless of t...
03/16/2007
Several months ago Maureen McCabe asked about the statue pictured at left.  It's the permanent reminder to Minneapolis residents that Mary Tyler Moore filmed her show right here in Minneapolis.  That was back in the 1970's when Minneapolis was considered to be the Siberia of the States.  The stat...
03/07/2007
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