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12940 2nd Avenue

View the Virtual Tour  for 12940 2nd Avenue! Watch the WEB Commercial of 12940 2nd Avenue! “We have been blessed to live in this house for so many years, and we’ll miss it very much,” confided the Seller as we talked last week. This home is unique because of the Large Foundation size allowing for a Formal Living Room, Formal Dining Room, Family Room and 4 Season Porch along with Kitchen and Dinette.  It’s rare to [...]

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17745 Kingsway Path home for sale in lakeville minnesota

17745 Kingsway Path

Watch the Web Commercial for 17745 Kingsway Path View the Virtual Tour for 17745 Kingsway Path Gorgeous Two Story with Fantastic Floor Plan and all the right updates including New Stainless Steel Appliances, New Countertops, New Lighting, New Roof plus Fresh Modern Colors and Decor! The Homeowner’s are going to miss this location, saying “Now there is a lot of retail and grocery shopping in Lakeville plus we have close proximity to the Burnsville Center!”  [...]

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Paver Patio at 2009 Williams Street, Shakopee MN

2009 Williams Street

Beautiful Two Story Available in Great Shakopee Neighborhood! View the Virtual Tour  for 2009 Williams Street! Watch the WEB Commercial of 2009 Williams Street! “On weekends, we enjoyed two parks just down the street from us.  If we needed a change of pace, we went to downtown Shakopee to Huber park or walked along the beautiful riverside.” There is an adage; the 3 most valuable features of a home are location, location, location! Buying a home [...]

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Energy Efficient Home

26595 Drew Avenue

The Not so Big House book series by Sarah Susanka sparked a wave of style and interest in smaller scale homes. It’s not easy to find recently built, quality homes featuring this ‘Not so Big House’ approach to living.  If you are looking for a home like this, you’re in luck, 26595 Drew Avenue in Elko is perfect for today’s ecomomic and energy efficient considerations. The current homeowners planned many features into this cozy home, they will miss [...]

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Apple Valley High School in Apple Valley Minnesota

Teachers at AVHS surprise students with a Flash Mob….

Salute to all the fantastic teachers and staff at Apple Valley High School, check out their dance performance! Looks like they really surprised the students at the Pep Rally last week.  It’s fun to watch this video, reminds me why Teachers are such special people, and very brave too. Apple Valley High School is a Nationally Recognized Blue Ribbon School of Excellence and was listed in Newsweek’s top 5% of High Schools in America.  AVHS is one of 4 High [...]

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20914 June Court, Lakeville Minnesota home for sale

20914 June Court

What makes 20914 June Court, a wonderfully unique home?  It’s a one- owner home nestled on a quiet Cul-de-Sac in prime Lakeville neighborhood. “This house has a great floor plan for staying involved with your family. It is open from the kitchen to the family room and the main level office. The corner lot also allows for a big yard but the wooded backyard gives you a feel of privacy,” according to the current homeowners. Living in [...]

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Homes for sale in Mendota Heights, Minnesota

We loved walking to Dodge Nature Center….

I’d like you to meet the home at 1820 Delaware Avenue, West St. Paul.  The departing owners have enjoyed living in this home because of all the wonderful wildlife viewable from the large great room windows!  There is a babbling Creek running through the backyard and during the winter it provides water to a variety of animals including Deer, Turkeys, Fox, Ducks and more. “We loved walking to Dodge Nature Center and the convenience of [...]

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Lakeville Minnesota Arts Center Festival

Lakeville Arts Festival takes place on September 17th and 18th…

Lakeville has a wonderful Area Arts Center and this year the Arts Center is celebrating it’s 10th Anniversary.  There are many events planned for the 2011-2012 season including special concerts, receptions, and exhibits. The Lakeville Arts Center is located in the historic All Saints Church building, creatively renovated to become a modern theater and arts facility.  According to their website,  The Arts Center promotes cultural enrichment and artistic experiences by offering many unique youth and adult art [...]

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Financial consderations in buying a house in Apple Valley Minnesota

Be careful out there, ‘Value’ is not the same as cheap, especially in home buying….

The prices are falling, the prices are falling! Buyers in all of Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Rosemount, Lakeville and Farmington are eagerly shopping for the ‘Best Deal’, and rightfully so. Listening to clients discuss their purchase while riding in my car between showings is instrumental to providing advise and counsel about their purchase. There are two distinct categories on which Buyers base their Home Purchase decision.  The first is Financial Considerations and the second category I [...]

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