City Lakes Real Estate Blog©

Insights and commentary about the Twin Cities real estate market -- and the occasional "macro musing" -- from a top local Realtor. ©Copyright. All rights reserved.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

My Last Post

Dear City Lakes Readers: You're reading my last post. Not forever -- just at this particular blog address. The reason for the lull in po...

Monday, January 3, 2011

Year-End Spike in Activity?

Like most Realtors, I set up what are (or used to be) called "hot sheets" on MLS to track activity in areas of specific interest t...

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Is Peter Schiff Right About Housing?

Schiff: ‘Home Prices Are Still Too High’ The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent. –John Maynard Keynes Just for arg...

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Seller Liability for Ice Dams

Who Pays? Unfortunately, the way this Winter is unfolding, the first major (and expensive) repair facing many people who bought Twin Cities ...

Trust "The Experts?" Don't.

The Wall Street Journal . . . or The Onion? Sometimes -- OK, a lot of the time -- I think The Wall Street Journal needs a meta-editor. Thei...

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About Ross Kaplan

Ross Kaplan: Ross Kaplan, 50 years old, is a realtor in Edina Realty's City Lakes (Minneapolis) office. He is also a former attorney (corporate law) and CPA, and holds an economics degree from Stanford. Ross is a three-time "Super Realtor," named by Mpls.-St. Paul Magazine and Twin Cities Business Magazine, and is a repeat member of Edina Realty's "Leadership Circle," awarded to the company's top 5% in sales volume. He served two terms on the local Board of Realtors' Professional Standard Board, which adjudicates ethics complaints and other industry issues. Ross' real estate practice focuses on Minneapolis and the West suburbs. He lives in Minneapolis' Sunset Gables neighborhood with his wife and three kids. Ross' Journalism credentials: trivia question . . what do Ross and (NY Times columnist) Thomas L. Friedman have in common? They both were editors of the St. Louis Park high school newspaper, the Echo (Ross in '78, Thomas Friedman in '71). Ross' frequent articles and op-ed pieces have appeared in The New York Times, Star Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul City Business, RealClearMarkets.com, and numerous other publications -- online and off!

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