March 2013 Real Estate Guide

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R EAL E STATE C OMPANIES R EALTORS

American Way Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 12, 13 Angie VanEman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Assist 2 Sell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Atwood Realty, Century 21 . 37

Deb Atwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Bridge Realty

Michael Stenzel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Choice Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Coldwell Banker–

Welcome Home Realty . . 20, 21 Hiniker Realty, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Homestead Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 JBeal Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 5 Lake Region Realty, C21 . . . . . . 8 Landmark Realtors, C21 . . . . . . . 7 Midwest Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 39 Real Living Home to Home . 33 Realty Executives, River Valley

Dar Vosburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 REMAX/Area Experts . . . 22, 23 REMAX/Dynamic Assoc

Dan Christensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Dennis Terrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Jen True . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Pam Davey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Kim Waletich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Rescom Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

L OTS - C ONTRACTORS Hiniker Homes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Land to Home Development . 26 Ridgewood Estates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 R. Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 The Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Skorr Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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Lamm, Nelson & Cich . . . . . . . . . 28

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A.M.E.C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Bremer Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Community Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 First National Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 MinnStar Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 MN Valley Federal Credit Union . . 16 Northern Star Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 NorthStar Mortgage . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Pioneer Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 PrimeSource Funding . . . . . . . . . 40 Wells Fargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Wells Federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

M ISC . R EALTY S ERVICES Kato Moving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Karla VanEman (507)345-4040

Karla has been a full time realtor since 1976 and is the broker/owner of American Way Realty, the 2012 top producing Real Estate Company in the greater Mankato area.* Her continued success is due in part to her belief that homeowners deserve to keep more of their hard-earned equity so she offers full service for a 4% compensation. Karla is a graduate of the Real Estate Institute and has achieved the designations of Certified Residential Specialist and Accredited Buyers Representative. Karla is an active member of the Board of Realtors and has the distinction of being the first woman to be elected president of the local Board of Realtors and has served on numerous committees and boards, chairing many of them. She began her career with Century 21, receiving the top producing awarded as a Centurian for 14 consecutive years and was inducted in the International Hall of Fame. For the last several years Karla has been the top producing real estate agent in the entire Mankato area. In addition, she received the Mankato Free Press/Readers Choice “Best Realtor” award for 2012. A native of St. James, MN, Karla has lived in Mankato since 1968 with the exception of the two years she lived in Okinawa, Japan. Karla graduated with cumlaude honors from Mankato State University and taught elementary school prior to becoming a Realtor. She is committed to making the Mankato Area the best place to live and takes advantage of all it has to offer by biking the beautiful trails of Southern Minnesota in her free time.

*Based on average closed transactions per agent in 2012. Source: RASM MLS statistics: 1/1 to 12/1/12

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507-345-4040 www.BuyingandSellingMankato.com

This immaculate 2 story on 1/2 acre wooded ravine lot is move in ready. Features are a covered front entry; open floor plan, living room with gas fireplace with custom cabinets on both sides as well as a formal dining room, a great kitchen with ample cabinets, snack bar, built-in desk, stainless steel appliances and a dinette area with patio doors. Also, a handy back entry with laundry hook ups. Upstairs: Spacious master bedroom with walk-in closet, very nice private master bath with air jet tub, separate shower, double sinks, 2 additional bedrooms and another walk-in closet. Basement: nice family room, 2nd gas fireplace, 4th bedroom, another full bath; mechanical & laundry room with a nice shelved walk-in storage closet. #7000967 $299,900

214 Woodhaven Lane, Mankato


THERESA KOPISCHKE

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502 Range St., North Mankato

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507-345-3090

Immaculate 3 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath home located at 215 Floral Avenue. It has an attached single garage, back patio and great yard. There has been many improve - ments. Call 345-3090 to set up a showing, asking to see MLS #131893. $129,900.

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LAKE LOTS 5, 1 plus acre lake lots on West (Little Lake Jefferson) with 150’ lake frontage in New Subdivision

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