Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Minneapolis, and even Cleveland.

I live and own properties in Minneapolis and this is the requirement for owner/investor renovations here:As an owner of property you must hold a valid State of Minnesota Residential Building Contractor License or Residential Remodeler License if you build or improve more than one property within any 24-month period.

A few interesting excerpts:- Flipping returns are up substantially from a year ago at the national level and in moderately priced markets such as Miami, Atlanta, Phoenix and Minneapolis, flipping returns are softening in some of the higher-priced markets such as San Francisco, Seattle, Denver and Los Angeles- Flippers should proceed with caution in the next 6-12 months as home price appreciation slows and a possible interest rate increase could shrink the pool of prospective buyers for fix-and-flip homes- Flippers are taking an average of almost 6months to rehab their homes, which is an 8-year high- Flipping is not always profitable.

Noob from Twin Cities/MN1st Year Investor, 4th Year Real Estate AgentI have been a Realtor® since the beginning of 2012, focusing on the real estate markets of Minneapolis, Edina and the surrounding urban areas.

Here in Minneapolis trash is a city thing.

I'm relocating from Minneapolis, MN so i'm not familiar with the ins and outs of the city. 

I don't see management companies able or willing to do the small things that lead to bigger problems. ( Its been windy lately here in Minneapolis- here is a perfect example, The rental next to mine has a broken storm door and its just blowing open and then slamming shut for weeks now and no one cares.

Hi folks,I'm not sure how common this is, but as I've been searching for my first house-hack in Minneapolis, MN, I've been taking all of the relevant MLS listings that are forwarded to me each day and then pasting the address into Zillow to view things like the Zestimate, # bed/bath, property taxes, comps, etc.As a computer science student, after a few weeks I started to think there might be an easier way to do this and began to look at Zillow's API.

I've been diligently looking for a future rental that has a larger shed or pole barn to use for storage, but it is tough to find one that the numbers work (too expensive in the Minneapolis area).I'd like to get my personal garage back, so I'm contemplating buying a garage condo.  

Naturally, I attempted to follow her footsteps in the bigger city of Minneapolis!