Through smartphone screens and over laptop keyboards, we all truly have the world at our fingertips. From ridesharing services to dating apps, hotel rentals to booking air travel, we live in a DIY universe. As you start down the road to buy...
Spring has officially sprung, Minneapolis! The trees are in bloom, the flowers are exploding, and with any luck we’ve put the last blizzard of the year in our rearview mirrors. There’s no better time to get out into the world and explor...
It may be spring, but we are seeing some of the latest snowfalls on record. From Idaho to Wisconsin to our very own Minnesota, winter is having a hard time letting us go this spring! But good news: the weather may still be frightful, but th...
By Ryan Platzke:
Homeowner’s associations, better known as HOAs, are becoming more and more popular as we head into 2019. But for many of us, we think of HOAs as a mystery at best, and power-crazed, expensive dictators at worst. So what’s...
By Ryan Platzke: We’ve all been there. You make the life-altering decision to sell your home and move on to the next adventure.What comes after that decision?Research, of course! A quick Google search will turn up page after page of tips,...
By Ryan Platzke:
You’ve done it.You’ve made it through the negotiations, completed a home inspection, and had any or all necessary repairs made.All that’s left is to dot those I’s, cross those T’s, and you’ll have done it! You’l...
"Have you heard about Christine and Mark? They just bought the cutest little starter house out in the suburbs.” The names may change, the city too, but we’ve all heard some version of this sentence. Maybe you’d like someone to say that...
Buying or selling a home is always a stressful and time-consuming process.This is doubly, no, triply, no, quadrupley true when it comes to selling your home during the holiday season. The weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day are alre...
You’ve done it. After all that searching, you’ve found a home and a property that fulfills all your requirements and doesn’t break the bank. It even has a fenced in yard so you can finally adopt that dog you’ve been talking about! But w...
Renovations. Just the word makes us begin to shake in our boots. It’s a big word that makes us think of all the big projects we’d like to one day tackle in our homes. But life is busy, and oftentimes we run out of motivation, money, or simp...
