If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The Money Magazine Best Places to Live list came out this week with Chanhassen, MN at the top of the list. This is the 2nd year in a row that a MN city has ranked in the top 5, last [...]

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Need fun projects to do with kids on a snow day in Minnesota.  Here are a few of our favorites: Indoor Smores 1 graham cracker 1 small piece of chocolate 1 marshmallow put 1/2 the cracker, chocolate and marshmallow in the microwave for about 15 seconds (depending on the strength of your microwave) Pull it [...]

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The Federal Reserve droping short-term rates to 0 to .25% is down from the previous target of 1%.  What does this mean to the housing market in Minnesota?  The purpose of droping rates is to stimulate the economy.  If banks charge very little interest on money that is being borrowed, then potentially people will push [...]

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ROSEMOUNT, Minn. — District 196 Superintendent John D. Currie today announced to district staff and the community his plans to retire at the end of the current school year, effective June 30, 2009. “It has been an honor and a privilege to serve this community and this great school district, especially the past six years [...]

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The Lakeville collection for Toys for Tots continues to receive donations from residents and local businesses at all of our Lakeville police stations. Detective Greg Jensen of the Lakeville police department, reported that one business alone donated 300 stuffed animals and that there has also been $500 in cash donations received so far this year. There [...]

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In the last 10 years district 196 has only had five snow days; each time snow totals were over 10 inches in a relatively short amount of time and accompanied by either a high moisture content and/or high winds. Several factors are considered as we make the decision to delay the start of school, cancel school or [...]

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The MN Real Estate Show now has a vendor blog.  Some of our participating show vendors post information with industry updates.  See the recent post from Greg Nelson of Olson-Thielen CPAs. Check out the blog at mnrealestateshow.com/Blog Tune into the MN Real Estate Show every Saturday from 3pm – 5pm on KTLK 100.3 If you [...]

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I just read a post by Alec Grebis’ on his blog www.TheMortgageScoop.com that still has me laughing.  He shared 2 numbers to me that are just amazing. We have spent the past year on the radio show talking about all these different Government bailout programs.  Most recently it’s been bailouts for banks.  But, it seems like people forgot [...]

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A Realtor can offer you many suggestions to prepare your home so it looks its best when being shown to a buyer. Check to make sure you’ve done everything you can, inside and out, to make your home as attractive as possible in the eyes of the buyer. First impressions last. Homes that look their [...]

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This weekend on the MN Real Estate Show we talked about Renting out a Property versus Selling the Property as a Rent to Own.  I just want to recap the discussion of this topic and a couple of pros and cons of each option. Renting out a property – In the current Twin Cities real [...]

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