Tony Andreason, a 40-year veteran of the financial planning trade, chatted recently with business students from the University of Minnesota who are completing summer internships at his company, North Star Resource Group.

Agents these days are splashing the words approved short sale all over their short sale listings. Getting a short sale approved is tricky business. You can be dealing with 2 lenders or one of the lenders might not agree to let the seller totally off the hook. The bank might not want to accept an...

In tough real estate markets, many agents turn to networking to move their listings into pending status. Most homes aren't selling themselves. Especially in areas where inventory is high. This is when a full-service agent is most beneficial to a seller. Full-service agents aren't bean counters or data...

The Ontario BioAuto Council an industry-led, not-for-profit organization linking Ontario's agriculture and forestry sectors to chemical/plastics processors and advanced manufacturers to produce materials and chemicals from biological feedstocks has added three new members to its roster.

A Minnetonka man was charged with murder for allegedly shooting another man six times at close range.

In a post at sfgate.com, the practice of removing a home from the market to re-list as a new listing is said to be a common tactic of listing agents....

Overall, buyers who need to sell a home before buying a replacement home are better off in the long run by taking out a home equity loan instead of a bridge loan. That’s because home equity loans are less expensive. The best way to get a home equity loan is to do it before a home goes on the market...

Transition to new managed-care support contractors for six million TRICARE beneficiaries across 30 states has been halted while the Government Accountability Office reviews protests filed by losing bidders.

Despite the stormy economy, agribusiness giant Cargill enjoyed the second-best year in its history, with a fiscal 2009 profit of $3.33 billion, the Wayzata-based company said today.

If you're not using Flickr for image storage on the Web, give it a look. I have almost 1000 images there, and it's easy to locate the one I...