Author: glennw

Sell House While Living In It

How to Sell a House While Living in It: A Practical Plan

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Most advice on how to sell a house while living in it quietly assumes the place is empty. Nobody’s cereal bowl is in the listing photo. Nobody has to disappear for a 10 a.m. showing on a workday. That’s not how it usually goes. I buy houses, and most of the homeowners I sit down … Continued
Can Medical Debt Take Your House in Minnesota

Can Medical Bills Take Your House In Minnesota? Know Your Rights

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A hospital bill lands in your mailbox, and for a second, you picture losing the house. Can medical bills take your house in Minnesota? That fear is real. Plenty of Minnesotans feel it every month. The short answer is that it’s harder than most people think, though not impossible, and several protective steps sit along … Continued
How to Find a Realtor Out of State

How To Find A Realtor In Another State When Buying Or Selling A Home

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Moving across state lines turns one ordinary question, how to find a realtor in another state, into a decision worth six figures and months of sleep. An agent who doesn’t really know the local market prices your home wrong, misses what a neighbor would catch, and leaves you guessing from a thousand miles out. I’ve … Continued
How to Sell a House on Facebook Marketplace

How To Sell Your House On Facebook Marketplace

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A seller called me on a Tuesday morning from Minneapolis. She’d listed her house on Facebook Marketplace four days earlier, gotten sixty-three messages, and hadn’t received a single real offer. Most of them were asking if she’d take payments. Three wanted her to wire a deposit before they’d even schedule a showing. She asked me … Continued
Cost to List a House on MLS

Cost To List Your Minnesota Home On The MLS

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Selling a house in Minnesota and handing over six percent of the sale price feels a lot like letting someone reach into your moving boxes and take whatever they want. On a median-priced home, that’s a real number. In June 2026, the median sale price for a Minnesota home was $375,000. A Flat-fee MLS listing … Continued
Minnesota Earnest Money Deposit Rules for Home Purchases

Minnesota Earnest Money Rules Every Homebuyer Should Understand

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A buyer puts down $8,000 on an Edina split-level; financing falls apart three weeks later, and suddenly nobody agrees on who gets that money back. Without the right contingency language in place, that kind of situation can turn into months of escrow disputes and attorney fees nobody budgeted for (and I’ve watched it drag past … Continued
The Financial Costs of Leaving a Home Unoccupied

What Happens When a House Sits Vacant

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Months go by fast, and somewhere in that stretch, a house stops being a property you’re managing and starts becoming a property that manages you. Why Empty Homes Deteriorate Faster Than Most Owners Expect Back in March, I got a call from the Mitchell family in New Hope, Minnesota. Their mother had passed, and her … Continued
How to Sell a Condemned Home in Minnesota

How To Sell A Condemned House In Minnesota Fast And Legally

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A placard on the front door. A notice taped to the window. Maybe the city called and left a voicemail that made your stomach drop. If that’s where you are right now, you’re not alone, and you’re not out of options. Selling a condemned house in Minnesota is possible. People do it every week across … Continued
Average House Selling Cost in Minnesota

Average Cost To Sell A House In Minnesota

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Most sellers I’ve talked to figure they’ll walk away with pretty much whatever their home sells for, minus what they still owe on the mortgage. That math is off by a lot. Once you add up agent commissions, closing costs, deed tax, title fees, and whatever the buyer negotiated out of you, somewhere between ten … Continued
Selling a House During a Pending Lawsuit in Minneapolis

Selling a House With a Pending Lawsuit in Minnesota

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Selling a house with a pending lawsuit doesn’t have to end your plans, though it does change almost everything about how that sale unfolds. Sellers who don’t understand the mechanics often lose time, money, and leverage they didn’t know they had. What is a Lis Pendens, and How Does It Affect Your Home? For a … Continued
Can I sell my house after one year In Minneapolis

Can I Sell My Home After 1 Year

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Life moves faster than mortgage amortization schedules. A job transfer lands in your inbox, a marriage falls apart, or a family member gets sick across the country. Suddenly, you’re sitting in a house you’ve owned for eleven months, asking a question you never thought you’d ask: Can I actually sell this thing right now? The … Continued
How to Sell a House with Solar Panels Minneapolis

Selling a House With Solar Panels

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You spend years watching your electric bill shrink, then you list the home and the questions start. Roof panels that saved you thousands can read as a selling point or a closing-table headache. One detail decides which: how you own them. Owned outright, financed, leased, or running under a power purchase agreement, each one moves … Continued