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Real Estate Broker/Owner - Wayzata Lakes Realty: Eric Kodner Sells Twin Cities Homes
Minnesota & Wisconsin real estate broker, real estate educator and real estate specialist Eric Kodner, serving Minneapolis and Saint Paul metro area buyers and sellers. Homes for sale in Hennepin, Ramsey, Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Scott, Washington, Wright, Chisago, Sherburne, McLeod and Rice counties. Houses for sale on Lake Minnetonka and in Wayzata, Deephaven, Orono, Excelsior, Long Lake, Minnetrista, Edina, Eden Prairie, Bloomington, Burnsville, Apple Valley, Stillwater, Eagan, Maple Grove, Plymouth and Golden Valley. Properties for sale in western Wisconsin, including Saint Croix, Pierce, Burnett, Polk, Douglas, Bayfield and Ashland counties.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
Photographing Outdoors?  Remember to Level the Horizon!   A pet peeve of mine is outdoor photographs of waterfront panoramas (or any horizon photo) where the horizon is crooked, inclined at an angle, rather than straight and level.  There's probably no photographic blemish (other than maybe a fin...
12/29/2013
SOLD - 6400 York Av S, 606, Edina MN - Listed by Wayzata Lakes Realty The best (and largest) of Edina's "Yorker" Condominiums, with two west-facing balconies, fireplace with stone surround, charming office library, ample kitchen & pantry. Many accessibility features include recently-remodeled bat...
12/23/2013
  Minneapolis – Saint Paul, Minnesota (December 20, 2013) – Minnesota Realtor® Eric Kodner will serve as Guest Editor for the January/February 2014 issue of REALTOR® Magazine.     Realtor Magazine began selecting and inviting guest editors to collaborate with the magazine’s editorial staff in ear...
12/20/2013
SOLD - Woods Manor on Madeline Island - 933 Nebraska Row, LaPointe, WI   HISTORIC "WOODS MANOR" ON MADELINE ISLAND - Co-listed by Wayzata Lakes Realty, buyer procured by Madeline Island Realty   View the Tour We're pleased to announce another significant sale of an estate property on Madeline Isl...
08/08/2013
POA Boards, Don't Let Rulemaking Frenzy Drive Future Buyers Away   Every once in awhile a client who has purchased a condo or townhome calls me to complain about their Property Owners' Association (POA) or Homeowners' Association (HOA).  Most of the frustration appears to be caused by a few folks...
04/26/2013
Are Contract for Deed Defaults on the Rise?   As most real estate agents know, the popularity of Contract for Deed dwelling sales has risen over the past several years, fueled by a lack of mortgage availability resulting from tightened loan qualifying standards.  The Minneapolis Star Tribune repo...
04/08/2013
Wayzata Lakes Realty Tops 100,000 Virtual Tour Views on TourFactory   It's official..we've surpassed the one hundred thousand virtual tour views milestone!   Wayzata Lakes Realty has been posting virtual tours of our listings (in both Minnesota and Wisconsin) on the Tourfactory.com website for ab...
03/18/2013
  Attention MN Vacation Home Buyers - New Listings on Madeline Island Since a high percentage of our Madeline Island buyers seem to come from the greater Twin Cities metro area and surrounding counties (including the border counties of western Wisconsin), it seems appropriate to let Minnesota buy...
02/12/2013
  New Madeline Island Realty Listing: 769 Islewood Rd, LaPointe WI 54850   Just Listed - Three bedroom, two bath custom log home on Madeline Island - Lake Superior Waterfront Home Custom log home built in 1998 by Minde Log Construction of Duluth, Minnesota. Full log walls, hand peeled and selecte...
02/12/2013
Featured Article in the MN CRS Chapter February 2013 Newsletter   I was pleased to be quoted in this month's Minnesota CRS Chapter newsletter, in a brief article entitled "Why CRS?" that was published today. That article appears below: Minnesota CRS Chapter President Dan Boman was kind enough to ...
02/12/2013