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IBR’s Tonka Bay real estate agent wins BUZZ Award!

by Kermit Johnson on March 28, 2008

tonka bay real estate agent photoIBR is pleased and proud to announce that Loretta Holscher has been nominated and selected for the coveted BUZZ Award. Loretta is a long time Tonka Bay real estate agent and has built her career on exceptional service and persistence.

The BUZZ Award nominations are given to real estate agents and practitioners in related fields. In addition, they must have a reputation for outstanding service, high sales production, creative marketing, show community involvement, or be recommended by an associate. The awards selection process is not open to the public, [click to continue...]

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Scott County MN Real Estate Agents Don’t Want to Sell Your House!

by Kermit Johnson on March 12, 2008

Ben and Pete Fern are Scott County MN real estate agents known locally as the “Dynamic Duo” of residential real estate investment. But read that title again… hmmm…. Why wouldn’t they want to sell your Scott County home? [click to continue...]

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My Minneapolis Real Estate Website Gets a Haircut and a New Home.

by Kermit Johnson on February 18, 2008

rocks and water
Migrating an active website is like switching horses in the middle of the stream. [click to continue...]

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Do people become Minnesota REALTORS because they can’t hold “real jobs?”

by Kermit Johnson on February 7, 2008

Whoah.. I think I just ruffled some feathers. The emails will start pouring in as soon as I hit the “publish button.”

It is a fair question, however. Minnesota REALTORS are everywhere. [click to continue...]

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Lakeville MN real estate agent has the benefit of twenty years of service with the local police department.

by Kermit Johnson on January 30, 2008

If Tom Hakala is telling you about real estate and neighborhoods in Lakeville, you better listen up. Does Tom know [click to continue...]

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May 15th 2008 is Blog Inaction Day

by Kermit Johnson on January 10, 2008

Today I read a post at Zen Habits that reported a disturbing statistic. According to the post, 65% of internet users reported spending more time with their computer than with their own spouse!

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The future of media and utopian solutions/delusions.

by Kermit Johnson on December 27, 2007

Although I am an occasional blogger, I don’t think I interact more deeply with the media than any other average guy. But I still wonder how the evolving media will affect my business, and more importantly, my personal life.

Here are a few expert futuristic notions about what will happen to the media: [click to continue...]

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Bright spots in the real estate market

by Kermit Johnson on December 20, 2007

We keep hearing about the sagging “national real estate market” on the mass media outlets. Of course, there is no such thing as a “national real estate market.” All real estate markets are local. You can’t paint them all with the same broad brush. [click to continue...]

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What is that orange thing on the top of the page?

by Kermit Johnson on December 17, 2007

Lots of folks read blogs by spending lots of time by making individual visits to their favorite blogs to see if there are any new posts. But there are millions of blogs and billions of posts out there. How do you stay current with your favorite blogs and how do you keep track of your favorite ones? Do you have to punch in all those urls every morning or use a bookmark section on your browser? What if you want to cheat your employer by doing a little blog reading at work? [click to continue...]

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Minnesota Arrowhead Region climbs on board!

by Kermit Johnson on December 6, 2007

arrowhead lakeshore photo with canoe

On Monday, December 3rd, the Northstar Regional MLS announced that active listings for the Minnesota Arrowhead MLS (MAM) are available [click to continue...]

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