Home Care Tips - Should You Do It Yourself? "Should you do the work yourself? This answer depends on a number of factors, including your abilities, your tools, your time and safely gear. Unless you are a highly skilled do-it-yourselfer, avoid taking on jobs that may be dangerous, particularly difficult, of where a mistake can be quite costly. Some jobs simply are not worth the risk. For example think twice before doing: Extensive electrical work Plumbing that involves crawling under t... read more

Are you feeling cooped up during this deep freeze?  Put your indoor time to good use by tackling a couple of quick fix ups around your home.  It's always good to take care of those little maintenance projects, so grab your tools and get to work. Here are some ideas for you to get started.  A home that is well maintained means peace of mind for buyers.  It's easy to ignore those little projects, but just as easy to take a few minutes to get them taken care of.  Resolve to not let those thin... read more

We saw a number of positive changes take place during 2012.  I like to look at the statistics as a measurement of the progress we've made - and there certainly was a lot of progress to report.  The average sale price of all the homes sold in Owatonna rose from $123,101 in 2011 to $141,776 in 2012.  The number of homes sold in 2012 was 314, up from 279 in 2011.  The number of days on the market for the homes that sold had dropped from 124 in 2011 to 109 in 2012.  (according to the SEMAR mls ... read more