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Love Selling Your Home - A Step-by-Step Series to Get Your Home Sold

If you’ve been thinking about selling your home and are just not sure of the steps involved or even where to start, then this 12-week Love Selling Your Home series is a must for you.   Each week, you’ll get helpful tips, tactics that work, and some of my best-kept secrets for sellers. I want to […]

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How Much Do You Really Need for a Downpayment?

How to Get the Best Mortgage Series  –  Week 3  Follow this series to learn how to get the right mortgage for your specific financial situation and goals. You’ll see what steps you need to take throughout this process to make it productive and successful.  This week you will learn about down payment options and […]

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6 Little-Known Strategies That Help Sell Your Home for the Most Money Possible

Selling your home can be an overwhelming and emotional experience. You need smart, straightforward strategies that will help you maximize your profits, maintain control, and reduce the stress that comes along with this process.   Although the exact strategy depends on a seller’s particular goals and timing, which I can discuss with each of you individually, […]

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How to Get your Home in Show-Shape Quickly, Cheaply and Easily

With a bit of elbow grease in the right places, you’ll get your home looking its most appealing when you list it. Here is a quick and easy guide to get your home ready for buyers so that it shines both inside and out. Curb Appeal: A Big Deal People often underestimate the importance of […]

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What to Say When You First Contact a Lender

How to Get the Best Mortgage Series  – Week 1 Follow this series to learn how to get the right mortgage for your specific financial situation and goals.  You’ll see what steps you need to take throughout this process to make it productive and successful! This week’s article is all about what to say when […]

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What's with the Off-Market Properties

There seems to be some confusion about whether off-market properties are a wise idea or a terrible idea, so I wanted to clear this up for you. An off-market property is a home that is not listed on the MLS. Both buyers and sellers often think that an off-market property provides a more “exclusive” transaction. […]

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Two Thumbs Up for Staging Your Home

Staging is more popular than ever when it comes to selling a home. But, you might wonder if it’s really worth the inconvenience and upfront costs for you, especially in a seller’s market. Even with a well-maintained (and well-decorated!) home, staging can increase the price you end up getting for your home and decrease the […]

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The 10 Credit Score Commandments

How to Get Your Credit Score Up — Week 4 This series shines a light on the importance of your credit score when buying a home. Most buyers need to take out a mortgage, and that’s when your finances become an open book. Lenders will need to gauge if you’re worth the risk to lend […]

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should you use 401k money for a down payment

Did you know that you can borrow from yourself if you have a 401k plan?  Getting a 401k loan is one way to get additional money toward a down payment. It’s a lump sum of money that is already yours — not the bank’s!   It’s understandable if you may be wary of using any retirement […]

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3 Common Mistakes that Lower Credit Scores

How to Get Your Credit Score Up — Week 3  Having a high credit score is beneficial regardless of whether you are buying a home anytime soon or not. Your FICO score and credit report are so vital to getting any type of loan. This series will give you the financial strategies you need to […]

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Hi, I’m Dawn Peterson and I specialize in helping Law Enforcement and Military members save money buying and selling real estate in Minneapolis-St. Paul and surrounding areas.

First Responders give selflessly to our communities every day. Working weekends, missing holidays, and missing special events because you are serving your community. Every day you show up and do the things most people are not willing to do.  Your service deserves a reward.

Buying and/or selling real estate can be expensive. As a THANK YOU for your dedication and hard work to make our communities a beautiful, safe place to live and raise our families, I offer significant savings throughout the transaction to First Responders. Every client is different, so let's meet, talk through your goals, the Homes for Heroes program and see how I can serve you!

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