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		<title>Minneapolis Duplex Owners Face Deadline</title>
		<link>http://duplexchick.com/2012/01/25/minneapolis-duplex-owners-face-deadline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kari Lundin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you owned residential income property in the state of Minnesota in 2011, consider this a friendly reminder that your CRP (Certificate of Rent Paid) must be issued no later than January 31, 2012.
A CRP is a form that helps tenants get a tax refund because they essentially helped pay your property tax for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota Tenants Get More Rights</title>
		<link>http://duplexchick.com/2010/05/28/minnesota-tenants-get-more-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 17:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kari Lundin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) signed a bill into law which has commonly been called the &#8220;Tenant Bill of Rights&#8221;.
Highlights of the bill include:
Cap On Late Fees- As of January 1, 2011, late fees can not exceed 8 percent of rent.
Receipt For Rent &#8211; As of August 1, 2010, if tenants pay their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minneapolis Bedroom Requirements Come Out Of The Closet</title>
		<link>http://duplexchick.com/2010/05/10/minneapolis-bedroom-requirements-come-out-of-the-closet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 23:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kari Lundin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal Stuff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If I asked you to describe a bedroom to me, chances are that early on, you&#8217;d include the word &#8220;closet&#8221;.
For most of us, a closet is a necessity in a bedroom. After all, where would we hide the mess when company&#8217;s coming over if we didn&#8217;t have one.
So if you see a duplex or single [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Title Is Everything When Buying With Family</title>
		<link>http://duplexchick.com/2010/03/05/title-is-everything-when-buying-with-family/</link>
		<comments>http://duplexchick.com/2010/03/05/title-is-everything-when-buying-with-family/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kari Lundin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buying A Duplex]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://duplexchick.com/?p=1548</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s often said that blood is thicker than water.
With that in mind, I often have two family members express an interest in buying a duplex together. Each intends to live in one of the units.
Sometimes the buyers are a grown child and a parent who winters in warmer climates.
Sometimes the buyers are siblings.
In one case I even encountered a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Cheat On Your Minneapolis Duplex Agent</title>
		<link>http://duplexchick.com/2010/02/22/dont-cheat-on-your-minneapolis-duplex-agent/</link>
		<comments>http://duplexchick.com/2010/02/22/dont-cheat-on-your-minneapolis-duplex-agent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kari Lundin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying A Duplex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minneapolis duplex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multifamily for sale]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my buyers cheated on me last week.
He called another agent about a property the agent had listed.
After he told me he&#8217;d see only me!
It could cause me not to get paid.
See, in real estate there&#8217;s something called &#8220;procuring cause&#8221;.  And it belongs to the agent who caused the buyer to purchase the duplex.
If my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Different About Buying A Minneapolis Duplex?</title>
		<link>http://duplexchick.com/2010/01/22/whats-different-about-buying-a-minneapolis-duplex/</link>
		<comments>http://duplexchick.com/2010/01/22/whats-different-about-buying-a-minneapolis-duplex/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kari Lundin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal Stuff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What one thing do you have to do after closing on your new duplex or rental property that you don&#8217;t have to do when you buy your own house?
Get a license.
Whether you&#8217;re owner occuping your duplex or intend to operate it as an investment, many cities require you to have a rental license.
What does that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Mean I Need A License For That?</title>
		<link>http://duplexchick.com/2009/09/17/you-mean-i-need-a-license-for-that/</link>
		<comments>http://duplexchick.com/2009/09/17/you-mean-i-need-a-license-for-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kari Lundin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there ever a reason you don&#8217;t need a rental license in the city of Minneapolis? For any kind of house?
What if you&#8217;re selling your Minneapolis duplex, do you need one? After all, you&#8217;re almost done with the property, right?  How about if you live there?
The answer is yes. To all of the above.
As long as there are tenants, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minneapolis Encourages Duplex Tenants To Get Married</title>
		<link>http://duplexchick.com/2009/08/13/city-of-minneapolis-encourages-duplex-tenants-to-get-married/</link>
		<comments>http://duplexchick.com/2009/08/13/city-of-minneapolis-encourages-duplex-tenants-to-get-married/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kari Lundin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes government rules and regulations just don&#8217;t make sense.
Take, for example, the city of Minneapolis&#8217; rule on the number of unrelated people who can occupy a rental unit.
If a property has a zoning designation of R 1-3 (residential 1- 3 units), a maximum of three unrelated people can live in each of the units.
The number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Working With A Realtor Is A Lot Like Dating</title>
		<link>http://duplexchick.com/2009/07/27/why-working-with-a-realtor-is-a-lot-like-dating/</link>
		<comments>http://duplexchick.com/2009/07/27/why-working-with-a-realtor-is-a-lot-like-dating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kari Lundin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://duplexchick.com/?p=982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Working with a Realtor is a lot like dating.
But with a contract.
And without those perks.
Once you&#8217;ve reached a certain point in your relationship with your agent, she may ask you to sign what&#8217;s known as a Buyer Representation agreement. There are many types of representation, but most often, she&#8217;ll ask you to sign a document [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minneapolis Requires Owners to License Relatives</title>
		<link>http://duplexchick.com/2009/05/11/minneapolis-requires-owners-to-license-relatives/</link>
		<comments>http://duplexchick.com/2009/05/11/minneapolis-requires-owners-to-license-relatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 17:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kari Lundin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported last week that the city of Minneapolis has changed the rules for &#8220;relative homesteading&#8221;.
Relative homesteading is when an individual owns a second home, and allows a relative to live there, rent free. This helped the property owner qualify for owner-occupied property tax status, and, until now, avoid paying a $65 rental license fee [...]]]></description>
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