Living In Minnesota

Q: How much is your home worth?

A: How much a buyer is willing to pay for it.

There are many different people who are interested in how much your home is worth. When you are purchasing your home, what the seller thinks the home is worth, what the appraiser thinks the home is worth, what your hazard insurance company thinks the home is worth, and what the county thinks the home is worth are all very different. But, the most important opinion is yours (the buyers) opinion. Read the rest of this entry »

Why the posts have been going slow lately.

1. Chris got into the University of St. Thomas Evening MBA program

2. Julie got into the University of St. Thomas Graduate Program

3. We got a new dog, Wallace! He’s a Chinese Sharpei and he’s been taking up a lot of time of our time as a puppy.

We’ll try to be better in the future. We start classes in the fall, Chris starts a little pre-requisite course August 1st.

Interesting: number of Twin Cities housing units by year built

The Twin Cities, a Smart Place to Live

Minneapolis-St. Paul Voted #2 on Kiplinger’s 2006 “50 Smart Places to Live”

In the June 2006 issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine the feature story provided the “50 Smart Places to Live” in the United States. Voted on by readers, cities nationwide were evaluated on predetermined criteria that consisted of: Read the rest of this entry »