This Morning I was fortunate enough to meet the new U of M President. I also heard him answer some very tough questions at a forum two days ago. As I was listening to him, I thought, “It’s as if he has graduated from Toastmasters, learned the English language from Shakespeare, and learned how to pinpoint the answer to a major issue before you can finish explaining the problem!” I think we will watch in awe, the improvements that he will make at that school!
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When will the ice be off Lake Minnetonka? Ice melting off a lake means spring and melts away spring fever.
Everyone is anxious for the ice to be off the lake. We live in an area where we get cabin fever at this time of the year and we just can’t wait for one of the first signs of spring; the ice totally melting off the lake. 
Many people try to predict the exact date, people have “Ice Off” parties, and the winter blaas just seem to melt away along with the ice!
It is tax time. Deductions, exclusions, rebates, expenses, can I just get an extension?
- I’m over my head. It’s tax time!
So I’m starting my taxes and it’s a little overwhelming. When you have your own business, and when you are your own business, it seems to take a long time to go through all the paperwork to get your taxes to the accountant. I think I will just go take a nap!
Do you want to move off the lake…
If you want to move off the lake, it is easier to just move yourself, not your house too!
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The phone is starting to ring again
The phone is starting to ring again. For a few months, I felt like the Matag repair man. I couldn’t figure out why my phone wasn’t ringing. Were there no sellers or buyers out there that needed my help? I just couldn’t figure it out. Then, last month, my phone started to ring again. Sellers were talking about wanting to listen to me about price. Buyers were thinking the bottom was here, or at least near, and they wanted in. I am “back in the saddle again.” Yea!! Spring has indeed Sprung!!
Small houses are cozy, big houses provide privacy
Are you comfortable with the size of your house? I am just wondering because I have listed a beautiful house on Lake Minnetonka, close to Wayzata, Minnesota and last weekend I showed it to a nice family. They were concerned because the house was a little bit smaller than the one they live in now. They weren’t sure if they would be comfortable with less space. I have dealt with so many buyers who think they know just how many square feet they want in their new house. They know that their present house is too small or too big. But sometimes they find the perfect house, that has the pool, the big deck, but it is much smaller or bigger than they predicted they wanted. They move in and discover the house to be cozy, if it’s smaller, or provides more privacy, if it’s bigger.
But then, I wonder if anyone ever moves into their house and declares, “this is not right. I want to return it for another size.”
Casual Friday
This is the shirt I like to wear on casual Fridays. I love the color green, I love monopoly, and I am a Realtor! I wonder if Trump ever wears this shirt?
Ok I have never really worn this t-shirt, but I found a picture of it on the web and I do love it. I think it is adorable.
What do you think of it?
Where can I find good T-shirts on the web?
Is that an oxymoron? Good? T-shirt?
Virginia Lord
Raising the Bar in Real Estate
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Big Island – AGAIN
Did you know there is an island on Lake Minnetonka where people have homes and there are no bridges connecting the mainland and the island?
Well there is and it is called Big Island.
Wikipedia even mentions Big Island by saying Big Island, a popular lounging island near Excelsior, holds many large fish.
Large fish huh? I have been to Big Island dozens of times and I have never seen a fish larger than my forearm. According to Wikipedia I think I should be seeing some shark fins or maybe a whale jump.
Some of you may be wondering how much I can write about Big Island on Lake Minnetonka? The answer to that question is, I’m not sure. I don’t set out to write about Big Island but something pops into my head and perhaps it reminds me of Big Island. I wonder if it makes a difference that there is a huge picture of Big Island right above my computer screen so every-time I pause, I am reminded of Big Island.
When I googled Big Island I found a lot of information about the now defunct, amusement park on Big Island. I also found some of my own writings on Big Island. So maybe I’ll write about the amusement park, or maybe I’ll write about how much I write about Big Island.
Virginia Lord
Raising the Bar in Real Estate
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Concrete Closet
Have you ever thought about people who live in mobile homes and have no where to go during a tornado? Here is a good idea for a shelter for mobile homes. It is a concrete closet dug and installed in the ground under the structure. I think if I had the excess financing, I would invest in one. That is, if I lived in a mobile home.
Click Here for the Tennessean Article on concrete closets
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