Category Archives: Misc

Lightroom Cropping

When I shoot photos for other agents, I supply the photos in 3 resolutions. The three sizes are as follows: 2880×1920 (a little more than 1/2 resolution of my camera 5184×3456) for print 1280×720 for our broker website 640×480 for MLS Problem is that Lightroom sucks at exporting at 3 different crop ratios and resolutions….

Outlook Extremely Slow

All day, I’ve been having outlook 2007 problems. It was fine for the past 6 months, and all of a sudden, extremely slow today where I could not use my quad-core laptop. It stopped chrome from accessing the internet! If I killed Outlook, everything returned to normal. After troubleshooting all day (literally 8 hours), I…

5 Pizza Joints in South Minneapolis

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Fat Lorenzo’s 5600 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55417 (612) 822-2040 Here’s a South Minneapolis classic. Fat Lorenzo’s. Anyone that lives in the Nokomis area knows Fat Lorenzo’s. They are known for their pizzas, hogies, and pasta dishes. I especially like the pasta dishes, namely the Garlic Chicken Alfredo. Established in 1987, they’ve been serving…

5 Barbecue places in South Minneapolis

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Ted Cook’s 19th Hole Barbecue 2814 East 38th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55406 (612) 721-2023 If you’ve never eaten here, you must stop by and give it a try. It’s easily my most favorite rib shack of the bunch on this page. It’s not a restaurant though, only to go.  But the ribs are some of…

Blue Yeti Mic review

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I bought the Blue Yeti to simplify my life. First of all, I have a background in sound, having run concert sound for various types of gigs, ranging from bar bands, to conventions for 2000 people. I have used quite a number of mics and still have a few laying around, including an Audio Technica…

Home Sellers can now search for Buyers?

Our company is introducing a VERY COOL new feature! In the next few days, if you own a home, you can now start searching for buyers! We will be diligently working to input our buyers into our system to allow you to search and see if there is a buyer looking for your home. If…

Funny items in Abstract

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As part of a normal real estate trasaction the buyer and seller will sit down at the closing table to sign over the deed, and for the buyer, the mortgage. We usually have the seller convey the abstract to the buyer, even though the abstract is rarely updated anymore. It’s more for historical fun than…

Minneapolis St Paul Home Tour

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Our home is featured in the 2011 Minneapolis St Paul Home Tour. Come visit our home. You can find a list of all homes on the website: http://www.MSPHomeTour.com We are featuring an addition on our home, as well as solar that was installed last year.

Tudor Revival Houses in Minneapolis

Let’s talk about the Tudor Revival Style, which is the predominant style of house in Minneapolis.  First of all, what is a Tudor?  A Tudor is a house that tries to mimic an English cottage with its decorative half-timbering and stucco walls.  An additional noted feature is the prominent chimney. The stucco is usually white…

SyncServices.exe

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SyncServices.exe is a program put out by GE Supra for the display key / e-key cradle. It is used in conjuction with SyncInfoApp and stunnel-4.10.exe. The problem that I found with this app is that if you boot your computer with the cradle not attached, it sits and runs at 15% of CPU forever, that…

Steven Hong Steven has been working in the real estate business for over 8 years. He began his career by obtaining his license for the sole purpose of purchasing investment properties. Now, 8 years later, he still has no investment properties but has helped many homeowners with their purchases and sales. Prior to real estate, Steven had worked in the IT industry, with many years of programming experience, as well as technical support experience. He loves answering computer questions, just try him! Steven is also an accomplished photographer. He marries his love for photography with real estate and shoots many homes for many other agents. You can visit his real estate photography website here. 952-915-2252