Sabinske & Associates Elk River & Zimmerman Blog

Listen up, Minnesotans.  See that red light in your rear view mirror?  That officer may be checking you for a seat belt and child restraint violation! Seat belt and child restraint violations will be the target for troopers, deputies and city police officers from  May 19 to June 1, as they all wo...

Sabinske & Associates always knew this. We sell homes in Rogers Minnesota! Rogers Minnesota was  named by Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Rankings as the “Best Place to Raise Kids in Minnesota” in 2013.  Bloomberg chose one city in each state by evaluating more than 3,200 places nationwide w...

Get ready to sharpen your saw.  When a GRI is coupled with a Realtor and is the Broker on your file, the client is in very good position. What is a GRI?  It stands for Graduate, Realtor Institute.  REALTORS® with the GRI designation have in-depth training in legal and regulatory issues, technolog...

Tthe CFPB (consumer finance protection bureau) has fined a bank $80,000 for kickbacks. Here is how it works.  If a bank leases a space to, let’s say, a mortgage lender at a rate of rent that is higher than fair market….Houston, we have a problem. Why would someone pay a higher rate than market va...

Five and a half years….I think since I started on ActiveRain.    Five and a half years and what I have I been doing?  Not much.  Some people can get 750 posts in about 3 months.  It has taken me five and a half years.   And, some of those posts were reblogs!  I barely had to write anything to pos...

The Sherburne History Center has put together a great spring fundraiser.  It is called “Rhythm and Brews”  and will be held at the Carousell Works in Big Lake on Friday, May 16, 2014.  The event will run from 7 p.m. to about 10 p.m. Wine and beer samples will be available.  And you will be regale...

Yes, the horse is dead but I thought I would hit it again. Buckle up; 2 closings tomorrow with 3 agents.  I handle a sell and a purchase.  The buy and sale are handled by two different agents from the same big box company, different location with the initials KW.  One charges any client $400 for ...

There are owners who would prefer to sell on a contract for deed.  And, I have handled many of these sellers as has one of my partners.    We specialize in this area because of our many transactions for sellers, primarily, and buyers, in limited areas.   A contract for deed can be a position that...

Here is something to CELEBRATE!!!  Guardian Angels Care Center in Elk River will be hosting an art exhibit created by the senior citizens living there. The artwork will be on display at a reception that will be held at Guardian Angels on Thursday, May 8th, from 6-8 p.m. Guardian Angels is located...