Rick Claydon

About Us:

Let's be honest, No one grows up saying, "I want to be a Realtor when I grow Up". I do love helping people buy and sell residential real estate / homes in Minneapolis, MN, particularly, Southwest Minneapolis, Northeast Minneapolis, and the Minneapolis Lakes area. If you want to know what kind of person I am or how I conduct my business, read The Go Giver: A Little Story about a Powerful Business Idea.

I grew up in Red Wing, MN, working in the local bicycle shop & sporting goods store every day after school and all day on weekends. This is where I first learned about customer service and treating people right. Racing mountain bikes and downhill skiing at Mt. Frontenac & Welch Village were my favorite activities.

My degree is in International Business from Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO, & I have a minor in German from Concordia College's Institute for German Studies.

Prior to real estate in Minneapolis, my career included roles such as Media Manager, Business Development Manager, Marketing Manager for companies such as: Marketing Architects(direct marketing agency), Disney Corporation - ABC Broadcast Group, & Amplifon USA, Miracle-Ear division.

My passion for real estate really began with the purchase of my first home, a 100 year old stucco 2-story in Northeast Minneapolis. Hard wood floors with inlaid race track around the perimeter of several rooms. Pocket doors. Floor to ceiling built ins. Did I mention that it was also beat to heck and a total money pit???? It's not any more!

This passion for real estate continued to build as I entered the mortgage industry and went on to own my own mortgage brokerage. Having a background in real estate finance has been a huge asset for my clients, whether they are first time home buyers in Minneapolis, move up buyers, or looking to invest in real estate in Minneapolis, MN.

I ask the important questions up front.....and then shut up and do a lot of listening.

Areas of Expertise

Minneapolis, Twin Cities Residential Real Estate. In addition to normal real estate transactions helping people buy homes and sell homes in Minneapolis, I am a short sale expert, working with a full time team of loss mitigation negotiators. What makes our short sale proceedures unique is that we don't just get your short sale approved we bring negotiating leverage to the table to negotiate for No Dificiency Judgements to be filed against the seller after the completion of the short sale.

Southwest Minneapolis Real Estate, Northeast Minneapolis Real Estate, Minneapolis Lakes Real Estate, Saint Louis Park Real Estate, Golden Valley Real Estate, & Minnetonka Real Estate.

Twin Cities PROBATE Realtor, Minneapolis, MN. I actually like working with Attorneys....well, most of them. I prefer to work with professionals that can engage in a meaningful, but effecient, two way dialog to achieve the objective of helping their client or client's estate efficiently dispose of their real estate holdings at a fair price.

Testimonials

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