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Bring your swimsuit! Located on the East shore of Lake Bemidji is this ranch style with walk out lower level. Milti-tier lake side deck and large private patio with fire pit and spectacular views of Lake Bemidji. Sunset views from many areas of the home. The lot is level with 100 feet of shoreline. Heated garage!
Call Doug or Melissa for additional information or a showing. Doug 218-766-5588
Melissa 218-556-4604
Wonderful custom Built home on the Cass Lake Chain just East of Bemidji and North of Cass Lake. This property has over 700′ of shoreline on Lake Andrusia to play all year-long. Enjoy boating on the Cass Lake chain and visit the well-known Star Island.
This property is private yet only minutes into Bemidji. The home features a Fieldstone Fireplace, custom kitchen, cathedral ceilings, professional landscaping, cedar decking, 5 bedrooms and an unbelievable wall of lakeside glass. The home has water on two sides with gorgeous vies and is at the end of the road for extra privacy.
Give Doug or Melissa Hoover a call to view the property or for additional information.
Doug 218-766-5588 Melissa 218-556-4604
Most if not all people have at one time or another looked for a house online. Weather you are looking at Realtor.com, Zillow.com, Remax.com or an agent website such as ours. Photos are a big deal to buyers. I have buyers comment on photos all the time. Most of the time, it is on how bad many photos are. I see photos on our MLS of people in the mirrors, crooked photos, bad – dark photos and sometimes photos of things that just should not be on the MLS.
These photo are taken from the Bemidji area MLS and at the time of publishing, they were all active listings. Shouldn’t your realtor take good photos, or even decent photos? A few classes on taking good photos can go a long way.
Next post: Before and After photos
Nice Toilet Seat
The Ol’ Thumb in the Shot
This is the way the photo is online.
Nice Shower
A bit shaky
Again, this is the way it is on the MLS
Bemidji’s next Pecha Kucha Night (PKN) is December 6th at 6:30pm! At The Hungry Bear’s New City Ballroom. If you have seen this before, you already know how much fun it is. If you have not seen or heard of this. It is well worth coming to check it out. The event is always free and is always different from the last.
You know what Pecha Kucha Night is, right? If you don’t, here’s the gist: each pecha kucha (or “20×20”) is a fresh, locally harvested presentation. Speakers take turns giving six-minute-forty-second presentations, which are made up of exactly 20 slides shown for exactly 20 seconds. Presenters can talk about any topic, but they must keep it brief.
More information and a speaker line up here. http://www.pknbemidji.org/upcoming-events.html
Look no further. We have a search set up to pull the local Foreclosed homes or Bank owned properties daily. Click here for the most current local listings.
Check back as these properties will change when new properties hit the market or when they sell or go pending. If you have any questions on these or any future homes that are in foreclosure, just contact us here and let us know. We can also be reached by phone. Doug Hoover 218-766-5588 or Melissa Hoover 218-556-4604.
These properties are in the local Bemidji MLS area and may include Park Rapids, Bemidji, Bagley, Tenstrike, Laporte, Lake George, Shevlin etc. Some bank owned properties may not have gone through the foreclosure process.
Search parameters: Property type Residential| Sold Volume | Avg Sale Price | Sold DOM | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar – 2012 | $7,466,238 | $128,728 | 154 |
| Feb – 2012 | $4,988,599 | $127,913 | 159 |
| Jan – 2012 | $5,083,700 | $133,782 | 181 |
| Dec – 2011 | $6,245,650 | $107,684 | 183 |
| Nov – 2011 | $7,204,616 | $112,572 | 158 |
| Oct – 2011 | $8,401,039 | $125,389 | 177 |
| Sep – 2011 | $7,461,502 | $118,437 | 154 |
| Aug – 2011 | $11,151,150 | $128,174 | 162 |
| Jul – 2011 | $7,767,689 | $112,575 | 152 |
| Jun – 2011 | $8,768,200 | $121,781 | 131 |
| May – 2011 | $6,245,471 | $113,554 | 162 |
| Apr – 2011 | $4,692,700 | $120,326 | 154 |
| Mar – 2011 | $2,053,200 | $76,044 | 194 |
| Feb – 2011 | $2,224,700 | $74,157 | 159 |
| Jan – 2011 | $3,113,742 | $135,380 | 190 |
| Dec – 2010 | $5,701,268 | $116,352 | 157 |
| Nov – 2010 | $6,700,349 | $134,007 | 158 |
| Oct – 2010 | $8,993,840 | $142,759 | 156 |
| Sep – 2010 | $6,738,845 | $137,527 | 134 |
| Aug – 2010 | $7,502,876 | $150,058 | 155 |
| Jul – 2010 | $6,963,870 | $128,961 | 159 |
| Jun – 2010 | $10,438,960 | $127,304 | 165 |
| May – 2010 | $8,400,450 | $133,340 | 167 |
| Apr – 2010 | $7,519,091 | $112,225 | 191 |
Don’t Miss Pecha Kucha in Bemidji. This is a great (and free) event to check out if you haven’t been to one. If you have, you should go again. NEXT EVENT:
PKN Bemidji #12: Thurs, April 26th @ 6:30 p.m.
Location: New City Ballroom (Hungry Bear) 2300 24th Street Northwest in Bemidji, MN. The event will be hosted by (to be announced).
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We are asked frequently about buying rental property or single family houses in Bemidji and using them for rental property. Today we heard from Jerry Linke, building inspector with the City of Bemidji and he gave us a rundown on the process and whether or not additional houses can be used for rentals in Bemidji.
The good news is from what he said, as long as the house meets the requirements for being a rental, it can be converted and used for a rental. Keep in mind that there are fees involved in this process. A list of fees involved can be viewed here. See the following from the city website for the process.
As far as a duplex, if it is grandfathered in and used currently as a duplex, it can stay that way. For people wanting to convert a single family home into a duplex, it would need to be located in an area zoned accordingly. If it is zoned correctly, then it would also need to fit into the other regulations.
How to Secure a Rental Permit:
Following are the activities associated with securing and maintaining a rental permit:
A sample checklist can be viewed here to see what is involved in the inspections.
So, keep in mind that homes still can be converted into single family rentals in Bemidji. Most likely, new duplexes would be out of the question in the city limits. Questions on buying or selling a rental, give us a call or email us directly.
The 2012 Jaycees Home Sport and Travel Show just finished. As always, it was a good show for us but the numbers appeared to be down from past year and certainly down from last year. 
This is the second year that the Home, Sport & Travel Show was hosted in the Sanford Center. Compared to the old location in the John Glass Arena located at BSU, there is quite a bit more space but is still somewhat spread out between the different sections of the building. This year, we were in the larger area portion of the show where as last year, we were in the ballroom.
We are not entirely sure why the numbers were down so much. Sometimes, you can factor the weather, either being too nice or just too bad but this year, we already have had several days of nice weather. Some people think it is the overall cost of the entry, food etc. Possibly, there were just too many other events going on in the Bemidji area.
The Market is certainly heating up in Bemidji. Not only has the mercury been getting higher, so has the housing market. The buyers seem to be coming out to look at houses and they are actually writing offers. Is it the economy, or are consumers just ready to be done with this market we have been in? I personally think that people are just tired and just ready for things to bet back to normal.
We have seen houses that were on the market since last year that were priced very well, just sit and not being shown. In the past couple of months, these same houses have seen an increase in the number of showings and consequently the number of offers.
For current, up to date statistics on how the market in Bemidji is doing, we have these available everyday on our site. Click here to see current stats.
For any questions on how the market is going in Bemidji or more specifically on your home or property, feel free to give us a call. We can give you a free market analysis so that you know where things stand. If you want to be emailed the new listings similar to your property, just fill out the form here.
Doug Hoover 218-766-5588
Melissa Hoover 218-556-4604
