Despite last summer’s blockbuster extension — which made him one of the few Minnesotans who could afford the state’s most expensive house listing of a $55 million Lake Minnetonka mansion — Jefferson justified his modest lifestyle.
“I’m one person. I ain’t got no big family. I don’t need to be in no $10 million mansion,” he told reporters during training camp a year ago. “That’s not something I came from.”
Dewing is well acquainted with what money can buy in the Twin Cities. Last year, he sold more than $100 million worth of real estate, making him the top sales agent in the state by total volume, according to a RealTrends ranking.
Many of his clients are buying and selling multimillion-dollar houses around Lake Minnetonka and the western suburbs. Jefferson’s townhouse is a fraction of the size and price of Dewing’s current most expensive listing, a $12.5 million Hamptons-style house on Lake Minnetonka.
In fact, it’s now Dewing’s second least-expensive listing. Perhaps whatever Jefferson buys next will eventually take the top spot.
“I never grew up having no big ol’ house,” the Louisiana native said last year. “Maybe I’ll move on to that. Maybe not. I guess we’ll find out sooner or later.”