Lots has happened since the last time I posted on this blog. I’ve actually been involved in a lot of different real estate related websites as of late. The first one is The Vanilla Shell. By far I spend most of my time here. This is a site I created and with Steven Ladin and [...]
Moving Your Business? What To Watch Out For
This originally appeared on Minnesota Business where Jason Sandquist contribute articles regularly about commercial real estate and business. It’s something that no business owner wants to face, after all most business owner’s think their first location is their last. Times change along with people and business that make for challenging decisions. Relocating a business or [...]
Using A Tenant Rep To Gain The Upper Hand
This originally appeared on Minnesota Business where Jason Sandquist and Ladin Ventures contribute articles regularly about commercial real estate. The story goes like this You thought you would make it easy on yourself when looking at property. Driving around for hours searching for the right property for your business and realized its not the same [...]
Tweetup At Flat Earth Brewery May 14th
The Best Neighborhood For The Money: White Bear Lake?

The website Neighborhood Scout thinks so. The actually have a good search engine that pulls in a bunch of data based on certain criteria that tries to put together the best neighborhood in the Twin Cities metro area and that neighborhood just happens to be Lake Shore Park in White Bear Lake located on the [...]
Social Media Breakfast Minneapolis 25: Real Estate Edition
On Friday, I had the opportunity to participate in Social Media Breakfast Minneapolis and was on the panel to talk about none other than real estate along with Steve Ladin, Alex Stenbeck, Theresa Boardman, Greg Sax and Jeff O’Brien. The event was a blast and if you haven’t made it out to one yet, sign [...]
WTF! Realtor Calls 14 Times Within 30 Minutes
You can’t make this up. Sure I was guilty by leaving a phone message saying I have a client that *might* be interested in writing an offer and needed more information about the property. 14 phone calls in 30 minutes is a bit ridiculous and quite obnoxious. Desperate, starving, the list could go on. I [...]
The Best Creative Space In Minneapolis: Tractorworks Building

Of course this is just my opinion… The TractorWorks building located at 800 Washington Ave in the Warehouse District is one of the best redevelopment projects that I have ever seen. It is definitely one of the premier buildings in Minneapolis for creative office space and there isn’ much square feet left. To understand its [...]




