How do you respond? Our clients might say: Understanding of the Market, Attention to detail. Good photography and marketing, an experienced team, strong negotiators, accessible and helpful. My response? Keep your license. I’d be happy to visit with you in detail…
I don’t know how we qualified for our first home. I was a seasonal construction worker (roofing) and Mary was a newly hired special education school teacher…
Buying our first home in my 20s, I asked my Dad to look it over. He was a craftsman, carpenter by trade…
In the 70s, when the City of Minneapolis condemned the duplex I rented with my new bride, it was time to buy a house…
For my first housing decision, I was newly married and still in college looking for an apartment. Budget was top of mind, followed by location. We decided on the upper unit of a duplex at 216 29th Avenue, next to a welding shop and the Salvation Army…
Passing a 40-year milestone in business is an occasion for reflection. I am grateful for the people and experiences/lessons that have shaped me into the person I’ve become…
As a 20-something Manager for a prominent home builder, I took up the challenge to get our “urban sprawling” acreage subdivisions on well and septic systems approved for FHA financing which included a condition requiring Met Council approval…
As the Manager of a home builder in the 1980s, I learned the Higher the Highs the Lower the Lows. With challenging high-interest rates…
After hearing about the flubbed announcement at the 2017 Oscars and mis-presentation, I was reminded about a Builders Association Awards Ceremony. I attended as the manager of a prominent home builder. With several hundred people in attendance, the MC announced the climactic award…
It had been 1 year since our last appointment. The listing prospect, a past Client, and I had mutually wanted to work together again on selling her Lino Lakes home. However, at that time we couldn’t agree on a price. Now, two expired listings later, we meet again. She stated, “It appears you were Right about the Price.”…
