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Real Estate SnippetsReal Estate SnippetsSnipping away at real estate until a snowflake is formed. Like a paper snowflake, each real estate transaction is different, comprised of many little snips until the house is sold. Articles
Doom and Gloom
2007-09-22 19:46:00 Is the glass half full or half empty? Personally, my perception of the glass changes from day to day. When I'm feeling gloomy, the glass is empty! When I'm feeling upbeat, the glass is half full! But, that perception is... More About: Market trends , Doom
Queen of Short Sales
2007-09-19 02:07:00 To become the queen of short sales is not my aspiration in life. It's not even my aspiration in real estate. However, anyone in real estate today is bound to encounter a short sale. Short sales are a transaction in... More About: Sales , Queen
Reasons Not to Buy a House
2007-09-18 06:24:00 There are all kinds of reasons for not buying a house. Traditionally it's because the house is too small, has too few bedrooms, is too expensive, is in bad shape, lacks a garage, etc. All the reasons have to do... More About: House , Home Buyers , Reasons , A House
Extinct Dinosaurs
2007-09-16 06:16:00 They're all gone. Every last one of them. The St. Paul based Minnesota Science Museum Diggin' Dino s have become extinct. They're only a memory or a photo now. They paraded down St. Paul's Kellogg Avenue one last week starting September... More About: Extinct , Dinosaurs
Home Buyers Inspection
2007-09-13 06:37:00 St. Paul home buyers often ask if they should get a private home inspection, especially if they are buying new construction. Afterall, new construction is "perfect". No one else has lived there to beat up the house so it can't... More About: Home Buyers , Home , Buyers , Inspect
Escrow Funds
2007-09-12 09:21:00 Escrow funds are an important part of many St. Paul home owners monthly mortgage payment. Escrow is similar to a savings plan in which the home owner sends 1/12 of their real estate taxes and 1/12 of their homeowner's insurance... More About: Funds , Escrow
Remembering
2007-09-12 05:59:00 The day is almost gone, but we remember. More About: Remembering , Erin
Six Years Ago . . .
2007-09-11 05:53:00 Six years ago I was on the phone with my son chatting as he prepared for work. "Mom! What the?!! Mom, turn on the TV. A plane just flew into the Twin Towers!" Having been the victim of many spoofs... More About: Years
Car Image
2007-09-08 06:23:00 Car image is important in the real estate industry. As a result, real estate agents have annual memberships at their favorite car washes. They supply job security for car wax companies. Even the vacuum industry is helped by a real... More About: Image
Real Estate Agent Marketing
2007-09-07 05:57:00 Have you ever looked at those bus benches, paper ads, brochures, and other paraphernalia real estate agents use to market themselves? Pencils, pens, mugs, tape measures, screen cleaners, who's its and what's its. Whole catalogs have been published to help... More About: Marketing , Agent , Estate , Real Estate , Real Estate Agent
Supply and Demand
2007-09-05 18:21:00 This lamp's definitely a beauty. In real life, there's sparkle from the brass and sunlight dances through the glass. It even has a spring mechanism to lower the lamp for lighting the wicks. As always, John's Antiques at 261 West... More About: Market trends , Demand
The Roaming Gnome Real Estate Agent
2007-09-04 22:59:00 There are some interesting websites where the agent actually walks on to their website and starts conversing with the person who has opened the page. It seemed like a pretty neat idea before further research. Some feedback from consumers was... More About: Agent , Estate , Real Estate , Real Estate Agent , Roaming
Nina Dina
2007-09-03 09:49:00 One of the fun things about searching for the different ?Diggin? Dinos? has been the exposure to sites and history in St. Paul that one might miss otherwise. A perfect example is Nina Dina located at 215 Wabasha St., sponsored...
New FHASecure Loan Program
2007-09-01 06:01:00 One contributing factor in today's current mortgage crunch and rise in foreclosures has been the exotic loans introduced during our housing boom. The exotic loans allowed more people to buy St. Paul real estate during the boom years because the... More About: News , Loan , Program , Cure , Gram
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Report
2007-08-31 04:01:00 Another news release and massive report has come from the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) showing changes in the Housing Price Index based on real estate sales and refinances. The most recent HPI figures cover through June of... More About: Report
My Blog Is Fixed
2007-08-30 04:15:00 That which was broken is now fixed. It took several days, several phone calls to domain host technicians, and several e-mails to Typepad tech support, but my blog is once again on the track. If you were one of the... More About: Blogging , Blog , Fixed
My Blog Is Broken
2007-08-28 06:30:00 Yes, I know I'm supposed to be writing about real estate, and I will, but right now my blog is broken! Give me a couple days and it should be fixed. Otherwise, I'll put it back the way it was... More About: Blogging , Blog , Broken
Cat Funnies
2007-08-27 05:41:00 If you want a good chuckle check out I Can Has Cheezburger where this picture was posted. It's guaranteed to brighten your day even if you don't like cats! More About: Funnies
The Great Minnesota Get Together
2007-08-26 22:13:00 St. Paul is the most "happenin'" place in Minnesota for these 10 days. The Minnesota State Fair. Most people go. Many go several days. Some take time off and stay on the grounds in campers. Some work long and hot... More About: Great , The G
The Great Minnesota Get Together
2007-08-26 22:13:00 St. Paul is the most "happenin'" place in Minnesota for these 10 days. The Minnesota State Fair. Most people go. Many go several days. Some take time off and stay on the grounds in campers. Some work long and hot... More About: Great , The G
Renaissanceasaurus
2007-08-26 06:33:00 The Renaissanceasaurus boldly emblazons the corner of Wabasha and Kellogg. Created by the Renaissance Artist Troupe, no detail is omitted . . . except I couldn't find the soft spot in which to shoot my arrow to fell this great...
Renaissanceasaurus
2007-08-26 06:33:00 The Renaissanceasaurus boldly emblazons the corner of Wabasha and Kellogg. Created by the Renaissance Artist Troupe, no detail is omitted . . . except I couldn't find the soft spot in which to shoot my arrow to fell this great...
A Clump of Dirt
2007-08-25 06:04:00 There are a couple of happy sellers in St. Paul tonight because a clump of dirt was exchanged between them and a happy set of buyers. Congratulations are in order. The sellers can now breathe a sigh of relief. They... More About: Dirt , Lump
A Clump of Dirt
2007-08-25 06:04:00 There are a couple of happy sellers in St. Paul tonight because a clump of dirt was exchanged between them and a happy set of buyers. Congratulations are in order. The sellers can now breathe a sigh of relief. They... More About: Dirt , Lump
The Lovely Townhouse . . .
2007-08-24 06:52:00 Once upon a time there was a lovely townhouse sitting amongst the green of its grassy slice of pie. The lovely Maple Grove townhouse was filled with memories of happy family days having sheltered only one owner through times of... More About: Home Buyers , Lovely , Townhouse
The Lovely Townhouse . . .
2007-08-24 06:52:00 Once upon a time there was a lovely townhouse sitting amongst the green of its grassy slice of pie. The lovely Maple Grove townhouse was filled with memories of happy family days having sheltered only one owner through times of... More About: Home Buyers , Lovely , Townhouse
St. Paul Real Estate Market
2007-08-22 06:30:00 No one is contesting that the St. Paul real estate market has changed. We're in the midst of this market correction. There's no denying the reality. Many buyers have dropped out of the market in fear of buying a home... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Real Estate Market , Market
St. Paul Real Estate Market
2007-08-22 06:30:00 No one is contesting that the St. Paul real estate market has changed. We're in the midst of this market correction. There's no denying the reality. Many buyers have dropped out of the market in fear of buying a home... More About: Estate , Real Estate , Real Estate Market , Market
Delivery
More articles from this author:2007-08-21 06:21:00 Dirt. Dirt is the basis of real estate. It's not the house on the dirt, the garage, or the outbuildings. They are improvements. Dirt is the name of the game. Maybe the pictured hands are of a farmer who has... More About: Liver , Deli , Delivery 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |



