We just found out we're moving to the Twin Cities. Where do we even start?
Answered by Chris Deutsch, Founder & Editor
Licensed Minnesota Realtor #20382264 ·
The short answer
Start with your life, not with listings. Before any house can make sense, you need three honest answers: where you'll be commuting to, what you want a Saturday morning to look like, and how much you need the neighborhood itself to provide.
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The longer answer
The Twin Cities isn't one market — it's two downtowns, dozens of distinct city neighborhoods, and rings of suburbs that feel nothing alike. Scrolling listings from 1,500 miles away skips the only question that matters: which of those worlds fits you. Lock the commute anchor first. Then decide whether you're a walk-to-coffee person or a big-yard-and-quiet person. (People who skip that step unpack in the wrong life, not just the wrong house.) The rest is logistics, and logistics are solvable.
DM me RELOCATE and I'll send my relocation guide — it starts with those questions, not with houses.
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