It is good for me to remind myself periodically that each industry has terms that are used that might not be fully understood outside the industry in which they are used. Real estate is no different. I have experienced people that are much smarter than me that didn't fully understand some terms that Realtors throw around on a daily basis. With that in mind, here is a short primer for anyone looking a home in Alexandria. "Level". When an Alexandria ...
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Late last year I found some old videos promoting Alexandria, Minnesota. The quality of the videos isn't very good but the production is quite good. Enjoy ...
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I subscribe to The Wall Street Journal and look forward to reading it each morning. Fridays issues I particularly enjoy as there is a section called Mansion that focuses on real estate. In today's edition there is an article titled The Top 10 Upgrades to Sell Your Home for Top Dollar that I felt would be of interest to any potential buyer or seller of real estate. At the end of the article are 6 turn-offs to luxury home buyers. Number 1 ...
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It is the time of year where you can't escape lists of "Top Tens" and "Best Ofs". In that spirit, I present to you the the ten highest sale prices of lake homes and residential homes in Douglas County in 2018. LAKE HOMES IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, MINNESOTA $1,412, 500 - 6462 Indian Lake Rd NW (Indian Lake) $1,005,500 - 3205 E Latoka Cir SW (Latoka) $980,000 - 2340 County Road 120 NE (Le Homme Dieu) $880,000 - 12750 Hermosa Beach Rd ...
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Maple Lake is nearby the southern business district of Alexandria. In the video embedded above (recorded in October) you will see a number of Maple Lake homes. They are located at the southeast and south end of the 830 acre lake. The video begins at the southern portion of Forada Beach Road (for those that are familiar, the start location is where Forada Beach Road is unpaved) and moves south and then west along South Maple Lake Road. All of ...
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Late in October of this year I recorded the video below at Lake Le Homme Dieu. With November having been frigid, it seems like a long time ago. What you will see is the north shore of the lake and then pass over the Carlos-Le Homme Dieu channel into Lake Carlos. You will see some of the homes at the southeast end of Lake Carlos and then will head inland and back to the north end of Le Homme Dieu ...
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Not the best blog post title. Kind of sounds like it might be a bad television series on one of the many obscure networks. But, that is what you will see in the video recorded on Friday, November 2, 2018 around 4:30 pm at Maple Lake. Your view will be from 200-300 feet above the lake and moving northward to Maple Spring Drive and then along Yanda Drive with the end being at the beginning of Forada Beach Road. On ...
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Forada Beach Road has some of the best, if not the best, lakeshore at crystal clear (20.6 feet average water clarity per the MN DNR) Maple Lake. Yesterday I added a new listing to Alexandria's MLS for a lake property with 68 feet of level lakeshore and hard, sandy bottomed lake frontage at Forada Beach Road. If you watch the video you will be able to see what I am referring to. A couple of cool things about this property ...
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At the northwest side of the largest lake in Douglas County, Lake Miltona, lies the homes and cottages of Riedel (pronounced "rye-dell" for the name of the family that platted it back in the 1950's) Beach Road and Riedel Beach Lane. The total distance of the two roads is less than 1/2 mile. Below is a video (safe for work...no sound) with an aerial view of the two that I recorded one week ago. Lake Miltona has over 17 miles ...
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