On Monday, Sarah and I closed on an ‘investment-grade’ condominium in North Waterloo. There were some mild theatrics associated with the closing (i.e. where was the other side’s lawyer on Friday when we were to close the deal? Canoing ? Lawn bowling ? Enjoying a lazy Friday afternoon at Morty’s ?) but all is well [...]
Archive | July, 2007
Bach on Books: Liveblogging a review
(also known as ‘watch Ben read a book today’) This morning my good friend Phil Gerbyshak chucked a book at me. Ouch ! Turns out, it was exactly what I needed (funny how life works eh?) The book he threw at me is Joe Calloway’s new book ‘Work Like You’re Showing Off: The Joy, [...]
Now that’s a funny shirt
Via Scoble (photo of Dave McClure from Jeremiah Owyang’s Flickr stream) PS - What funny t shirts have you seen around? Snap a picture of one and I will feature it here !
Benjamin Bach Nominated as Kitchener Waterloo’s Favourite Realtor
Hot off the presses – I’ve been nominated as one of five Favourite Realtors in town, in the Kitchener Waterloo Record’s Reader’s Select awards. Voting starts in early August, and I’ll post all the details here when I have them. Thanks so much for your support !
The best law firm in Kitchener Waterloo is…
Giesbrecht, Griffin, Funk and Irvine… details to follow… (it’s been a long day)
Live from New York, It’s JJLN
Live on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 114 from 8 AM until 9 AM (Eastern time) on Monday July 16th Greg Balanko-Dickson, Phil Gerbyshak, EM Sky, Steve Sherlock and I will join host and best selling author Karen Salmansohn on the the Be Happy, Dammit! show for what is sure to be an amazing and enlightening [...]
Facebook – past the tipping point
Malcolm Gladwell writes that the tipping point is “that moment in an epidemic when a virus reaches critical mass. It’s the boiling point. It’s the moment on the graph when the line starts to shoot straight upwards.” Facebook has passed the tipping point, and is now being used by a large majority of my clients, [...]
Vote for Kitchener Waterloo’s top Real Estate Office and top Realtor!
Can you help me? It will just take a minute, and it would really mean a lot to me ! The Record, Kitchener-Waterloo’s local newspaper, has a survey at their website looking for your favourite Real Estate Company and favourite Realtor. I’d really appreciate it if you could vote (for me)! The deadline is Saturday, [...]
Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate Market Still Red Hot
I know everyone is waiting for June stats to see if the market can keep up with itself, so without further adieu I present to you part of the official June 2007 media release issued by the Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate Board KITCHENER WATERLOO HOME SALES UP MORE THAN 14 PERCENT THIS YEAR KITCHENER, ONTARIO [...]
Trifecta of Wisdom
That Guy with the Nametag, Scott Ginsberg has some great advice, all in threes: 8. Boutiques, not mega-marts. 16. Discipline, not luck. 34. Finest, not first. 75. Unique, not different. As always, Scott includes a call to action: LET ME ASK YA THIS… What are your best three words of advice? LET ME SUGGEST THIS… [...]
