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 More »

Take advantage of a buyers market.

Home inventories keep rising, and buyer activity has slowed down because of rising interest rates. Its a great time to buy a house, you have a huge amount of selection in the Twin Cities real estate market, and many owners anxious to sell their house. How do you take advantage of these conditions? Read More »

Twin Cities: A Smart Place to Live

Maybe we’re just proud because we’re native Minnesotans, but the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area was ranked #2 among cities nationwide. Read More »

Increase the value of your home with improvements

Although I have commented on things you can do to help your home sell quickly, the Homegain calculator has been able to quantify the top ten home improvements and what will get you the best bang for your buck. It would be interesting to see how they came up with these numbers, but I thought it was interesting and wanted to share a few key ones. Read More »