A Millennial Couple in Minnesota Does What It Takes to Buy Their Dream Home

Most Millennials feel uneasy about the home buying process. Still, they accounted for about 34 percent all all homebuyers in 2017. Millennials in Minnesota are no different. In a state with the third-best real estate market in the country, these Millennials can get a leg up on the competition with a little education, a little help from community resources, and guidance from a REALTOR® and loan officer.

“The best REALTORS® will ‘let you know up front you’re going to give me more paperwork than you ever wanted to and I’m going to ask you for some paperwork you’ve already given me,’ said John Horton, a vice president and senior lending manager at Associated Bank in Chicago. ‘I’m going to ask for it again and again.'”

Read more about the story of Nick and Ashlea Garrison, a Millennial couple that bought a house in St. Paul’s in just a few weeks, in Fredrick Melo’s story, “Millennials are jumping in the housing market. Here’s a few things they should know,” on TwinCities.com.