Minneapolis – St. Paul Real Estate Information

The Ideal Time to Buy

If you have been mulling over the idea of buying a house, you might want to stop mulling and start looking. We have discussed this in several past blog articles, and I hope I am preaching to the converted.
Now is the ideal time to buy a house. I am not mincing words because truly, there [...]

Top 10 Real Estate Agent Fears when Showing Houses

10. Getting into a car accident on the way to a showing.
9. Running out of gas with a client in the car.
8. Getting lost on the way to meet clients at a house.
7. Not being able to distinguish one house from another.
6. Discovering that the house isn’t quite as the buyers imagined.
5. Finding no [...]

Microsoft Outlook 2007 Slow Problem Resolved

I’ve been dealing with a slow Outlook 2007 for about a year now. By slow, here’s what I mean: when clicking on Send/Receive, the process takes perhaps 4-5 minutes to download 75 messages totalling about 400k. I have high speed internet, and have spent much time troubleshooting Outlook. My PST file size is 300MB, not [...]

How You Search For Your Dream Home

How do people search for a new home?  I am a tech person, so I use technology for almost everything.  However, I realize that many people may not want three different maps of the houses on their wish list, nor want to look through a hundred ‘just for you’ houses that really may or may not [...]

First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit

It’s a great time to buy a Minneapolis house.  I know, I’ve said this several times before, but I really want to emphasize the point.  Interest rates are at an all-time low, and even better, the government wants to help first-time home buyers with a tax credit.  Here’s the deal.
If you have bought a new [...]