Amber Miller - Minneapolis Real Estate

Amber Miller - Minneapolis Real Estate Luxury real estate agent serving Minneapolis and the West Metro. 250+ properties bought, renovated, and sold. Empowering women in real estate investing.

Helping buyers, sellers, and investors make smart real estate decisions. We specialize in buying homes, renovating them, designing them with elements that buyers are looking for and handing over the keys so new memories can be made.

06/05/2026

The number one question I’ve gotten about our new flip this week is how I found it.

The answer? The MLS.

I know. Not the answer most people expect.

There’s a myth in real estate investing that the MLS is picked over, overpriced, and not worth your time. That the real deals happen off market, through some secret network that only a few people know about.

That’s not been my experience across 250+ projects.

Here’s the truth. Motivated sellers list on the MLS because that’s where the most eyes are. Sellers who need to move quickly, sellers who’ve had a life change, sellers who want the broadest exposure to find the right buyer fast.

This week’s house had been sitting for a few days. A price adjustment confirmed their motivation to sell quickly. I showed up when nobody else did because I knew how to evaluate what I was looking at when I walked through the door.

That’s not luck. That’s a process.

The MLS is full of opportunity for people who know what they’re looking for and how to move on it when they find it. That’s exactly what I teach inside the All In 30-Day Intensive.

I still have a couple of spots open for June. If you’re ready to find your own deal — DM me IN and let’s talk.

It took less than 90 seconds to know it was a no.Not because of hours analyzing every detail. Not because I ran every nu...
06/04/2026

It took less than 90 seconds to know it was a no.

Not because of hours analyzing every detail.
Not because I ran every number.
I knew quickly because they both failed what I call the “Tiebreaker Test.”

Here’s what that looks like.

When a buyer is choosing between your listing and two or three others that are similar in price, size and location, is there one thing about yours that would drive them to choose another property instead?

That one thing is your tiebreaker. And the moment I can identify one I move on.

For one of the houses today, it was a neighboring property. Completely outside my control no matter how much I put into the renovation. Tiebreaker. Next.

On the other it was the backyard. There wasn’t one. And I can’t create outdoor space when the lot simply doesn’t allow it. Tiebreaker. Next.

There were other things that made both properties less than appealing. But I didn’t need to even think about that. The Tiebreaker Test already told me everything I needed to know.

And here’s the thing about these dealbreakers. Neither of these were visible from a listing photo or a Zillow scroll. These would have only been identified from walking the properties.

That’s the process. And it’s what separates investors who protect their profit from investors those who learn expensive lessons.

I use this same filter with my traditional buyers (and on my own home) too. Before you decide to buy ask yourself honestly, if everything else was equal, is there one thing here that someone to the house down the street instead?

Comment FFF if you want to learn how I evaluate deals.

05/22/2026

Original owners. Incredible location in one of the most prestigious communities in the Twin Cities. But the home had things that made traditional buyers walk away.

No access to the garage. Only two bedrooms upstairs. An unfinished basement and a main floor layout that was choppy and inconvenient.

They needed someone who could see past what was there and envision what it could be.

I saw the bones, the location, and what this home needed to become. And then the work happened.

Today it sells.

This is one of the most overlooked opportunities in house flipping. The home that isn’t falling apart but needs some help reaching its full potential.

These opportunities are out there. You just need to know how to find them and what to look for.

If you’re ready to find your own before + after follow along for all my real estate + renovation insight.

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