No, I didn't spell CD-ROM wrong. CDOM stands for Cumulative Days On Market. Well, ok. What does that mean? And why do you want to know? CDOM is the total time the house has been on the market since it was originally listed. Here's an example. Let's say the homeowners put their house on the market in […]

What is OLP? In South Minneapolis, we know it as Our Lady Of Peace, a church and school. But OLP in the real estate sense stands for Original List Price. The quick definition of Original List Price (OLP) is the price that a home is listed at when it is offered for sale. This price […]

Ed. Note: This article was first written in late 2007.  It is now 2008, and it's still a prime time to invest in Minneapolis real estate. Interest rates continue to be at historically low rates, and there are plenty of wonderful homes in Minneapolis just waiting to be bought. This article is still relevant, so […]

Our family decided that we wanted to have purified water to drink and cook with in our house. I am not saying that the water from the tap is bad; it's just that we wanted certain things filtered out of the water that is put in by the water department. The latest Minneapolis Water Works […]

In the 1970s, women were regularly denied loans for houses and even for their own credit cards.  It was assumed that their husbands would be the main breadwinners, or if they didn't have husbands, they didn't have enough money for things like buying houses.  Now, some thirty-plus years later, single women are buying houses in […]

So you’ve come to the realization that you are not best friends with everyone in your building. What made you realize that? Perhaps it was the incessant bass thumping through the night. Or maybe you got back from a major shopping trip, only to find that the nearest parking spot was 2 blocks away. Time […]