The reason I’m so passionate about helping people build wealth through smart real estate is becuase most people retire broke. Seth Godin elaborates on this today, and asks Where did it all go? According to a recent report, more than two-thirds of recent immigrants to the USA send money home regularly. The worst-paid, poorest [...]
Archive | October, 2006
Go Deep
Recently, I’ve been working with my business coach Paul Gruber to ‘go deeper quicker’ with people I meet. What this means is that instead of engaging people I meet with small talk (‘so what do you do?’ ‘wow, a bank? what’s that like’ etc), I ask questions that get to the heart of who they [...]
Stocks vs Real Estate: which will get your richer quicker?
Bawldguy, over at Behind The Curtain has a great post up today comparing a $100,000 investment in stocks vs $100,000 invested in Real Estate. It’s such a great post that I’m going to reprint it here : I don’t know about you, but I’ve been listening to ‘investors’ debating the whys and wherefores in the [...]
Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate Forecast for 2007: prices still going up
Re/Max recently came out with thier annual forecast of local real estate markets across Canada. The entire report can be found here, and is a very interesting read. Here is what they have to say about our local market in Kitchener Waterloo: After an unusually strong start to the year, Kitchener-Waterloo’s residential real estate market [...]
**ALERT: FANTASTIC HOMES AT EVEN BETTER PRICES!**
If you’re looking for a fantastic home at an even better price in Kitchener, come drop by one of the open houses I’ll be hosting this weekend (or better yet, come to both!). 64 Overlea CR – Open house Saturday October 21, 2:00-4:00pm 64 Overlea CR is 2 story all brick semi-detached home on a [...]
The Real Estate Market – looking good
Most people who know me know that I have a real estate business, and that I’m involved in the housing market on a daily basis. Whether I’m helping people buy and sell residential real estate, or consulting with an investor about the direction to take their real estate investment portfolio in, I’m afforded an excellent [...]
Open House in Kitchener – Great family home
Good afternoon! I’ll be hosting an open house tomorrow afternoon at 80 Highbarry Cres in Kitchener, ON. It’s a fantastic 2 story, single detached family home. Here are some of the homes stats and features: Property Description: Lovely 4 bedroom 2 story detached home in AAA+ condition. Family room and living room on main level. [...]
Darin Persinger’s Dozen Deadly Real Estate Secrets
I found this fantastic post about how joining Keller Williams can impact your real estate business over at Darin Persinger’s myspace page. Darin is the CEO/Team Leader/Business Coach for Keller Williams Madison East, and he blogs at www.TeamLeaderBlog.com. Real Estate’s Dozen Deadly Secrets Category: Jobs, Work, Careers Secret #1 Your real estate career is [...]
Five things every homebuyer must avoid
Bob Bruss, as usual, has some great advice for home buyers in today’s Inman Real Estae News. I thought I’d share the highlights with you: Home buyers: 5 costly mistakes to avoid Satisfaction ensured with own agent, key contingencies 1. FAILURE TO GET PRE-APPROVED IN WRITING FOR A HOME MORTGAGE. Most home buyers need to [...]
Is it just me or is it freezing???
We had our first snow yesterday… and it’s still on the ground this morning. Showing their knack for timing, MakeLoveNotDebt has just posted a list of their money saving heating tips: •Get an electric blanket and turn the thermostat way down at night. You might remember how “bony” electric blankets used to feel, but they [...]
