MnPass – The best way to get around town

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With moving to a new brokerage and a new community comes a few other adjustments. Most notably, the commute. Anyone that lives near 35W knows it’s a major headache. However, it doesn’t have to be if you’re carpooling, which is underutitlized in the Twin Cities, because very few households  go the same direction to and [...]

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to Streamline Short Sales to Help Borrowers and Communities

News Release – New Timelines Take Effect in June Washington, DC – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to develop enhanced and aligned strategies for facilitating short sales, deeds- in-lieu and deeds-for-lease in order to help more homeowners avoid foreclosure. The effort will come in stages with the [...]

How are Distressed Homes Dominating the Market?

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The last time I talked about distressed homes I questioned whether or not Minnesota will experience a second wave or if we’ve already had our wave, which was pretty subtle if you go back to review the charts. Today I thought I would take a look at the quote below from, Fewer Homeowners Are Behind on [...]

Second Wave of Foreclosures – I think it Happened Last Year

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Today I was reading an article on UPI.com, No Sign Yet of Accelerated Foreclosure Processing and read… The inventory of homes awaiting foreclosure continued to grow in February as the number of new foreclosures actually declined, a sign that the recent filed multi-state AG (Attorney General) agreement hasn’t had any early impact on the backlogged foreclosure inventory. [...]

We’re Back Up and Running!!!

A while back Jay Thompson, The Phoenix Real Estate Guy, wrote about the decision to roll out his new theme sooner than he had planned to because his site was hacked and while his new theme was being developed he also decided to use a new service Copyblogger Media rolled out called Synthesis, which specializes in [...]

It’s a New Chapter – In Life and Work

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It’s been a few days since I updated my Real Estate Blog because we’ve been in the process of moving. I thought about writing a few posts a head of time, but with organizing the move and work I just didn’t have the time to write four to five blog posts at once. We ended [...]

The Mobile Office of My Dreams

I came across this article the other day, Awesome cars that carry hour business long, while surfing the web with StumbleUpon. The majority of cars show workstations in the back seat, but I think I like Daihatsu’s the best. It’s more like an actual office setup in van type vehicle.

Inventory Levels Plummet While Distressed Homes Take Their Sweet Time

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In the chart below we can see how quickly inventory levels have fallen. However, Distressed Homes seem to be taking their sweet time to leave the market place. One of the reasons Distressed Homes take longer is due to the length of time it takes Short Sales to get approved by a bank and removed [...]

What if Chuck Norris was a Realtor?

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Just for a little change of pace I thought I would write something a bit more entertaining for Friday. I come across humorous anecdotes about Chuck Norris from time to time and I got to thinking…what if Chuck Norris was in Real Estate? I did a quick search and found at least a couple of [...]

It’s Been a Busy Few Days with a New Brokerage Affiliation

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It’s been a busy few days now that I’ve switched Brokerages. I’m now a team member of The Minnesota Real Estate Team, the #1 Real Estate Team in Minnesota 2006 – 2011, associated with RE/MAX. This past Saturday was my first day getting acclimated to The Minnesota Real Estate Team’s setup and programs. Most of my [...]

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Eric Hempler is a Minnesota Realtor with the Agent Referral Network and works in conjunction with RE/MAX Advantage Plus on the Minnesota Real Estate Team.