UH-OH, Rob’s Got the Camera Out Again! Scenes From the Muddy Miss…

September 8, 2011

I’m becoming more convinced on my end-of-career bucket list.  Although planning for retirement in this economy is spotty at best, given current retirement trends the last 30 or so years in the US, here’s my plan.  I’ll retire from the grand game of real estate when I’m 62 (a whopping 20 years from now!).  Then [...]

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Latino and/or Hispanic Home Buyers in Dubuque?

September 7, 2011

Yes, there are increasingly a number of sales to Latino and/or Hispanic home buyers in the Dubuque area.  In fact, my very first sale as a newly-minted Realtor in Dubuque, waaaaay back in 2005, was with helping young Latino family expecting their second child to buy a home on West Locust in Dubuque.  The husband had returned from active duty [...]

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To Intervene (again!) or To Not Intervene…

September 6, 2011

As any good Realtor should do, I subscribe to a number of daily business news and real estate news updates.  It’s not too uncommon to see upwards of 20 to 30 different articles posted each day with any number of personal opinions, weird statements, or outright lies about the market.  Almost always, how I interpret each [...]

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8096 Southern Hills Circle, Dubuque, Iowa – Pro Pics Posted…

August 31, 2011

Here’s the page for my new listing at 8096 Southern Hills Circle, of course, in Dubuque’s Southern Hills subdivision.  Once again, Ruhl & Ruhl’s good friends at Obeo Photography came through with an awesome selection of pro pics including four panoramic photos (two inside, two outside) and the BEST Virtual Tour available in the business. Please [...]

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107 2nd St. NW in Epworth, Iowa – Video Tour

August 24, 2011

Here’s a great video tour of one of my listings I took at 107 2nd St. NW in Epworth.  It’s a great and surprisingly large home on Epworth’s northwest side.  With Three Bedrooms, Three Baths, a One Car Garage and over 2,100 sq. ft. of living space.  Here’s a direct link to the MLS data [...]

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Barge Turned Sideways in Dubuque – Exclusive Pics!

June 16, 2011

Good thing I had my handy, dandy el-cheapo Samsung Exclaim camera phone at the ready to capture this potential disaster of Poseidon Adventure scale…

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North Fork Trials – 3480 Keymont – Stunning Virtual Tour

June 15, 2011

I’ve got a great set of listings for the North Fork Trails community in the heart of Dubuque’s west side. Part of that group of listings is the condo/townhouse at 3480 Keymont, a three bed, three bath, two-car garage walkout home with 2,200 square feet of living space. In providing great service for this set [...]

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Casino Impact on Dubuque

June 10, 2011

I stumbled on a quick news report out of Rockford, IL from WIFR.  The State of Illinois legislature is working on a bill to send to Governor Quinn to allow for a casino to be built in Rockford.  A couple of questions Rockfordians have had is what would be the overal economic impact of haivng [...]

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Drudge Report Foreclosure Shriek – Dubuque Shrugs

May 26, 2011

I visited DrudgeReport.com today to catch up on some news and much to my surprise there’s a banner headline saying that foreclosures are “astronomically high” .  OK, OK, I’m not quite so surprised… The Sun rises in the east and then sets in the west.  The headline links to an MSNBC.com article by Associated Press writer Alex Viega, here’s [...]

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Dubuque Real Estate by the Numbers – May 25, 2011

May 25, 2011

On the heels of yesterday’s positive jobs report for the Dubuque area, I thought it would be a good time to take a snapshot of the local real estate market.  Dubuque MLS sales in January and February of 2011 were of rock star status, having sold 91 homes, which is as good as sales for [...]

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