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Meet Stacey Quinn / 1st Trust construction loan expert.
July 27, 2010 – 9:08 am | 2 Comments
Meet Stacey Quinn / 1st Trust construction loan expert.

Minneapolis loans and who’s who in lending. Stacey Quinn wears many hats, including being past president and chairwoman of Mpls NARI (National Association of the Remodeling Industry). Now days this energetic and positively confident mover and shaker is writing loans for 1st Trust Mortgage located in the Twin City Metro area. 1st Trust is a [...]

Expo Guys are in Blaine, Minnesota for a Media Max Event.
March 25, 2010 – 7:55 pm | One Comment
Expo Guys are in Blaine, Minnesota for a Media Max Event.

Blaine Minnesota Home Design and Remodel Expo Magic Brad and Rick has another great show lined up with The Paul from Silvertree Construction as a seminar speaker. Hot Kitchen or Not? This presentation will give a brief history of kitchens and design. Historic kitchens, present day and future kitchen design are all covered during this [...]

Free Estimates are a Big Fat Lie!
February 23, 2010 – 1:08 pm | 4 Comments
Free Estimates are a Big Fat Lie!

By The Paul “Do you give free estimates”? If you say yes that’s a big fat lie. If you don’t charge for estimates the truth then is, the people that hire you pay for the free estimates of the people that don’t hire you. Link To This Page1. Click inside the codebox2. Right-Click then Copy3. [...]

The Goddess of Cheese!
February 14, 2010 – 4:03 pm | No Comment
The Goddess of Cheese!

Meet Dexa Franks the Goddess of Cheese. By The Paul Dexa is the cheese expert at the Kowalski’s store in White Bear Lake, she pairs patrons with cheese, kind of like a Love Connection for foodies. Besides knowing cheese Dexa is a people person and you know when she tells you should try a new [...]

What’s a fair price for your bath remodel?
November 19, 2009 – 9:09 pm | 3 Comments
What’s a fair price for your bath remodel?

Price, how is price arrived at? What is a fair price? I’ll keep this short. Price is an intangible exercise for tangible results. A saying you may have heard goes something like this “He is a person who knows the cost of everything, but the value of nothing”. In other words, price and value are [...]

Another one bites the dust!
September 19, 2009 – 9:02 pm | No Comment
Another one bites the dust!

A train wreck waiting to happen- By Paul Lesieur  Minneapolis Remodeler The remodeling industry is a wild and varied culture, you have Mom and Pop companies that do very well and much larger and more highly leveraged companies all taking a share of the same pie. Link To This Page1. Click inside the codebox2. Right-Click [...]