The Advocate

The one-stop shop for both older adults and the children of aging parents in Minnesota. Whether you’re looking for a senior apartment, assisted living or a nursing home, you’ll find it here! The Change AGEnt Group of RE/MAX Results specializes in helping older adults downsize.

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The Paralyzing Problem of Much Too Much

By Lisa Dunn | Comments Off on The Paralyzing Problem of Much Too Much

There is just much too much.  Too much bad information. Too many choices to weed through. We find ourselves in the information age where you are just a keyboard away from getting any information you want, about anything. As usual, our  powerful technology that changes our lives creates unintended consequences we haven’t planned for. In…

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Twin Cities Real Estate Update for June 2019

By Lisa Dunn | Comments Off on Twin Cities Real Estate Update for June 2019

This update for the Twin Cities real estate market is  from the Minneapolis Association of Realtors. The data is for the 16 county metro area, and for all price ranges and all property types (single family, condominiums, town homes, new construction and existing homes). Monthly Indicators As expected, the Federal Reserve did not change their…

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Introduction to Reverse Mortgages – Video

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Where do you see yourself in 5 years? A cute apartment in a senior housing community with a pool? A fancy newly built one level townhome? A trendy hip condominium downtown? Once you know the kind of lifestyle you want, you’ll be able to determine if it makes sense to own or rent.  If you…

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A New Twist on Estate Sales – Video

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When you’re thinking about moving out of a home you’ve lived in for 40 or 50 years it can sure be overwhelming! In particular when you look around at the 40 or 50 years of stuff that would need to be dealt with. As a real estate agent who specializes in working with seniors, one…

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My Decluttering Project

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I’ve started a project to declutter and downsize. My basement is filled with rows and rows of bankers boxes of business records me and my handyman husband are required to keep for business. Each of us has 7 years worth of boxes. Our collection of documents has grown to quite a collection of bankers boxes…

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Call a Realtor early, save money

By Lisa Dunn | Comments Off on Call a Realtor early, save money

One Reason to Call a Real Estate Agent EARLY.  If you’re in a home today, or you’re trying to make real estate decisions one of your first things to do might be to call a real estate agent in early. This is not a sales pitch, I’ve got strong logic about why this makes sense.…

Podcast Episode 1 – What is a CCRC?

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  Welcome to Senior Housing Search Podcast!  What kind of senior housing is the best fit for you? A Continuing Care Retirement Community might be just the thing. There are only 5 Continuing Care Retirement Communities in the state of Minnesota so they not many people seem to know about them. They can be be…

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What the New Tax Law Means for You

By Lisa Dunn | Comments Off on What the New Tax Law Means for You

There’s been a lot of hub-bub in the news about the new tax law. Until now I’ve just glazed over when I heard it talked about because I didn’t understand what it meant for me, my clients, or for our local real estate market. Until now!    Capital Gains First, the tax law does not make any…

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List Your Home in the Winter

By Lisa Dunn | Comments Off on List Your Home in the Winter

When I meet with clients the goal is to always strategize how we prepare the home for the market that honors the homeowners goals. It’s a mistake to lose out on what is the perfect next home for you because you think you can’t list your home in the winter. The timing of your move…

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Introduction to Lisa Dunn and The Change AGEnts Group

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In case you’re wondering who we are and what we do, this is a clip of an introduction at a recent seminar.  Thank you so much for being here today! In this next hour this works much better if it’s more of a conversation than a presentation. I know you have burning questions about real…

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Real Estate Agent Referral Fees

By Lisa Dunn | Comments Off on Real Estate Agent Referral Fees

Does Your Real Estate Agent Get a Referral Fee for Referring You? I thought it would be interesting to have a conversation with you about referrals and referral fees for real estate agents. It is The Change AGEnts Group’s policy to NOT receive referral fees for any business that we refer our clients to. It’s…

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Interview Questions for hiring a real estate agent

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Interviewing a real estate agent can be about as fun as going to the dentist. Many of us don’t interview potential candidates on a regular basis. Use these interview questions when you’re getting ready to interview a real estate agent to work with you in the sale of your home. General Impressions Was the agent…

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Protecting Your House from Estate Recovery

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Many people don’t know that after a Medical Assistance recipient dies, the State may attempt to recoup from the decedent’s estate whatever benefits it paid for that individual’s care. Moreover, the State will almost certainly make another claim for those benefits upon the death of the surviving spouse, regardless of whether or not that surviving…

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Interviewing real estate agents? What to expect.

By Lisa Dunn | Comments Off on Interviewing real estate agents? What to expect.

What are some of the things you can expect to happen when you call a real estate agent to your home? Typically, you would call a real estate agent to do a complimentary consultation to help you develop an idea about how to manage the logistics of your move, and to complete a Comparable Market…

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Overwhelmed? Here are some tips

By Lisa Dunn | Comments Off on Overwhelmed? Here are some tips

We’ve seen our very articulate vibrant well-educated clients become completely paralyzed during the process of moving/downsizing when they become overwhelmed. Webster’s Definition of “overwhelmed” Here’s how Webster’s defines “overwhelmed”: 1. upset, overthrow 2. a: to cover over completely:submerge b. to overcome by superior force or numbers c. to overpower in thought or feeling. To submerge?…