Holtz Realty - Oldest North Iowa Real Estate since 1943

Acquired Tastes Only

It was a welcoming Monday when finding it not so terribly cold as I was driving all the earlier to the office this morning due to some little errands needing to be run before my opening hour arrived.One of my clients called and asked that I post one of his rentals for lease since it's now vacant, cleaned up, and ready to show. Shortly thereafte … continue reading

Posted on January 27, 2020

Poor Record Keeping

Our morning wasn't very remarkable due to the gray skies and below freezing temps, so and after visiting with several well knowns today, I changed my clothes and went back to working at a personal project. I was only at it for about two hours because of how chilly it was in that area. If it were perhaps ten degrees warmer, I would've stayed there l … continue reading

Posted on January 26, 2020

Lotus-Eaters

When thinking I wasn't going to have to shovel today, I was wrong because we had more accumulation in the night than I'd expected. For sure it wasn't as daunting a task with the temps hovering around the upper 20's.Between the shoveling and meeting with new tenants over at their new home for a final walk-thru, then meeting them at my office for … continue reading

Posted on January 25, 2020

Shame and Pain

The first order of my day, was to get my rear parking lot cleared of all the snow that was so rudely pushed onto it by inconsiderate others. Oh well, it's now back to where it's useable. Even when I was young and scooping snow for a number of the elderly people I worked for, I can't remember even once, shoveling snow onto someone else's property be … continue reading

Posted on January 24, 2020

Wielding an Axe

Yes, it was an interesting early morning with the clearing away of snow, but all the more grateful we didn't get as much as predicted, because I was expecting a whole lot more when looking outdoors as I was preparing to head off to work.After my shoveling was finished, I drove out and placed open house signs at the two properties I'm having ope … continue reading

Posted on January 23, 2020

Highway Commercial

With only nine days remaining in the month of January, it looks like Mother Nature is going to make sure we're fully enveloped in snow before we're able to lay down our welcome mats for February. I shoveled outside my office three times today, and before leaving, it looked like it needed it again, but that'll be my first chore of the morning.Ju … continue reading

Posted on January 22, 2020

The Wrong Way

It appears we're heading into another band of snow showers, but at least the temps are going to be much warmer than they were last weekend. Even though we're not supposed to get as much as we did last week, I'll wager it's going to be a great deal heavier, so brace yourselves for some wet stuff.I didn't have any showings scheduled today, so I k … continue reading

Posted on January 21, 2020

Seed Savers Exchange

At least the sun finally came out today and started warming things up, and as long as the wind isn't blowing, having the sun out,even on cold days like today, makes our winters more tolerable.I had to get back to my rear parking lot again and re-shovel what our dear City workers so "kindly" pushed back onto my lot. Ugh! I have absolutely no ide … continue reading

Posted on January 20, 2020

Iron Fist

It was a bit surprising when awakening and finding I wasn't filled with all the many aches and pains from yesterday's shoveling. I hurriedly readied myself for the day, and then headed off to an early church Service, but before pulling out of my drive, I placed a phone call to one of my dear clients who is always awake before the crack of dawn. … continue reading

Posted on January 19, 2020

Siberian Sightings

My desire to get all the shoveling done as early as possible, ended up being quite fortuitous when finding the temps continuing to drop as I was nearing the end of my extended marathon of snow removal. I have no idea what's going on now with the snow plows in our City, because in the old days, they didn't throw that snow past the parking, but now i … continue reading

Posted on January 18, 2020

My Mother’s Spirit

I'm sure many of your workplaces were closed early due to the weather today, and in spite of it, I had two appointments to look at several homes that'll be coming on the market in the near future. I had to laugh when hearing both of them saying, "I was looking for a call from you, and asking to re-schedule." Yes, the weather was bad this afternoon, … continue reading

Posted on January 17, 2020

Poor Man’s Oak

The minus eight below zero this morning was something that made us bundle up and move all the faster while outdoors. As I've said many times, once it gets near or below the mark of zero, I grow downright hateful of winter, because it's never fit for man nor beast. At least it did get up above zero with the help of the warming sun which was out only … continue reading

Posted on January 16, 2020