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2015
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GREEN IS TURNING WHITEAnd I Don't Like It!That's Snow!It's May 18th and last night about 6PM it started to snow in Minot ND. That's when the picture above was snapped and believe me it got a lot worse. We even have winter driving alerts posted for this morning (Monday May 19th). Yuck! I'm definat...
05/17/2015
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12 Days Of/To FreedomJust 12 more school days to go in the Minot North Dakota Public School System for this school year.12 days of freedom for me to come home at lunch, listen to what I want on the radio, read a little love note from my Bride telling me what is in the fridge for lunch and to grab...
05/17/2015
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Minot Real Estate 101, Planning To Build?If you are planning to build, remodel, or add a room to your home why not start by taking a plan off the shelf?The Minot Public Library has over 100 books just on house plans! This only scratches the surface of books related to remodeling and other home im...
05/13/2015
North Dakota State Fair Parade Entries NeededThe upcoming North Dakota State Fair Parade will be titled/themed "North Dakota Gold - 50 Years Of Memories". If you would like to enter a float in the parade (anyone can) you may download the application from ndstatefair.com/specialevents/. It's a gre...
05/13/2015
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ND Real Estate 101, A Text SignatureAfter reading Jerry Lucas's post Digital Advertising Disclosure it made me think about text signatures (even though it had nothing to do with text signatures). Jerry did address it after I commented about it however.In North Dakota our Real Estate Commission ma...
05/12/2015
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Hazardous Waste DayA couple of times a year Minot has a special Hazardous Waste Collection day that you can bring toxic chemicals to a collection site for disposal. Toxic chemicals may include : Paint, Insectisides, Herbasides and more. You can also bring those old TV and computer monitors, fax m...
05/11/2015
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Minot Is A Railroad TownMinot was named after Henry D. Minot, a railroad investor.We have two railroads running through the middle of Minot North Dakota, The Burlington Santa Fe and The Canadian Pacific Railway.Both have train yards as well right inside the city limits. Route planing is essential...
05/08/2015
Minot's AMAZING Garbage MenWho brags about their garbage men? We do in Minot North Dakota.Why?There are very few rules to follow when dealing with Minot's garbage men.Rule #1) No cans larger than a standard 32 gallon can. That's because they have to lift them, no fancy equipment.Rule #2) No yard ...
05/06/2015
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In 1954In 1954 when I was born:A Gallon Of Milk was 92 centsA loaf of bread was 17 centsA gallon og gas was 21 centsA brand new car off the showroom floor was $1,950.A brand new home was $22,000.00Sounds pretty great doesn't it. Oh and the average annual income was $3,960.00. That's $330.00 a mon...
05/05/2015
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I'm Crabby!!!!Not being able to post on my Active Rain blog for the last 3 days has made me crabby.That's the way it is with addictions.When you are away from something you are addicted to you get crabby. Not a good thing in our business.I'm also addicted to Real Estate and servicing clients. Tha...
05/05/2015
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