SELLING · MONTICELLO

Listing Agent in Monticello, MN

Mississippi River frontage, the Bertram Chain of Lakes and its own school district. How listing agent work runs in Monticello, from a two broker team based in Saint Michael.

Listing Agent in Monticello, Minnesota
45.3055° N 93.7941° WWRIGHT COUNTY
Monticello · the far end of the commute, and the lakes

Listing Agent in Monticello, and what makes it particular.

Your buyer is either already out here or is trading commute for space deliberately, so the listing should quantify the space: lot size, outbuildings, finished square footage, what the garage holds. Do not apologize for the distance, sell what the distance bought.

Far enough out that the drive is the tradeoff you are making on purpose, and in exchange the same money buys more house and more land than it does twenty miles east. The city sits on the Mississippi, has its own school district instead of sharing one, and the Bertram Chain of Lakes park on the south side is a genuine amenity that keeps growing.

Exterior of a Minnesota home prepared for listing photography
Real Estate Listing in Monticello, Wright County.
Monticello facts
County
Wright County
Schools
Monticello (ISD 882)
Commute
I-94 west of the metro
To downtown
about 50 to 70 minutes to downtown Minneapolis
Water/sewer
city services in town, wells and septic outside it
Service
Real Estate Listing
How it runs

The process, Monticello or anywhere else.

  1. Walkthrough

    We see the house before we talk price. Every room, the mechanicals, the roof, the water.

  2. The number

    Comparable sales, what is active against you right now, and a price we can defend to an appraiser.

  3. Prep list, ranked

    What returns at closing and what does not. Ranked, with what it costs, so you can stop wherever you want.

  4. Photography and launch

    Photographed properly, on the MLS with the description written to be read, syndicated where buyers are looking.

  5. Showings and feedback

    What buyers said, what came up twice, and whether the price is telling us something.

  6. Offers and close

    Offers compared on terms and not only price, then inspection, appraisal and the closing table.

Worth driving the I-94 commute yourself before deciding on this distance.

The wider picture

More about Monticello.

Monticello is where the I-94 commute starts to be a real decision instead of a detail. Two things shape this market. Its own school district, which means buyers are not comparing Monticello to STMA or Elk River on schools, they are choosing a different system. And the Xcel plant, which is part of the local tax base and is a normal, longstanding part of the landscape here. Buyers moving out from the metro sometimes ask about it, and the straight answer is that it has been operating here for decades and the community around it is well established.

Next step

Selling in Monticello?

Call 763-786-3700 and talk to Cliff or Jeremy about this town specifically.

Questions

Monticello and selling, answered.

Is Monticello on city water and sewer or a well and septic?

City services in town, wells and septic outside it. It is a per-parcel question, and it changes both the inspections we order and what you maintain afterward.

What is the housing stock like in Monticello?

A broad mix from an older river-town core through eighties and nineties subdivision to recent construction, plus rural acreage and lake property. Worth driving the I-94 commute yourself before deciding on this distance.

Do I have to be out of the house for showings?

For the showing itself, yes, including pets where you can manage it. Buyers do not look properly with someone watching them. Photography and the first weekend are the parts worth planning around.

Will you be the one at my listing, or do you hand it off?

Cliff and Jeremy handle every listing personally, from the first walkthrough through closing. That is the whole reason the team is two people.

Equal Housing Opportunity. MTS Real Estate Group supports the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.

Edina Realty, a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate. Licensed in the State of Minnesota. MTS Real Estate Group is a team of licensed real estate professionals with Edina Realty.