Mark Burrows's (mburro) Blog

I am thinking about the facts and projections regarding the Northstar Commuter Line.  Did you know there will be an extension to St. Cloud? The "corridor" will be 82 miles long when the hoped for extension is complete. The portion now almost ready to run goes to Big Lake, MN which is commonly kno...

I wanted to start a series about various local information that would be useful to know about Big Lake.  One of the first things that took me by surprise is the Post Office. We have a nice Post Office location in town along HWY 10 but beware if you are sending an important letter, the mail is pic...

I found my first Northstar related buyer yesterday while conducting an open house in Elk River. Even though I just wrote about it in my blog the day before, I was somewhat surprised to hear a potential Buyer state the main reason he was there was to take advantage of the connection he can get to ...

The other day, I was showing houses and as I made the case for looking at homes in Big Lake, MN the question came up. Why live in Big Lake, MN or Monticello, MN ? The first obvious things that come to mind are the beautiful lakes with beaches and the Mississippi River parks and walkways. Addition...

Time is running out when you consider the amount of time it might take to process an offer on a short sale or foreclosure. The $8000 first time homebuyer (hasn't owned in last 3 years) tax credit ends Nov. 30th and the sale has to close by then. This $8000 tax credit is a real deal and it is stil...

Yesterday, I held an open in Elk river that had just been listed the day before. There were already two offers! This house was 3BR 2Bath and 3 car Garage. It was a bank owned foreclosure and priced at 137.5K. There was some good traffic and I thin several more offers! I have never seen such a cle...