October 26, 2006 – 8:12 pm
Dan Tudor over at Landing the Deal has a great post on how Realtors can keep their business growing amidst a shrinking market.
Find ways to set yourself apart from the competition. Write a blog, hold free informational seminars, and focus on non-traditional advertising.
Focus on customer service.
I’m talking about the kind of customer […]
October 26, 2006 – 12:27 pm
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 stocks […]
October 18, 2006 – 6:10 pm
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 […]
October 13, 2006 – 10:35 am
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 obtain a home […]
October 13, 2006 – 7:57 am
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 […]
October 8, 2006 – 9:29 am
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The KW Housing Index measures the level of buyer intensity for single family residential homes listed on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in Kitchener-Waterloo. The Index is compiled using raw data directly from the MLS, and buyer intensity is measured by tracking the ratio between the number of firm and conditional sales […]
September 6, 2006 – 10:11 am
Delivered Wednesday, September 6th 2006 to the Black Walnut Toastamsters Club
Thank you Madame Toastmaster.
Zig Ziglar once said that “you can get everything you want in life if you will just help enough other people to get what they want”
Mr Ziglar’s quote is one of many I read daily, and I try to live my life […]
September 2, 2006 – 7:33 pm
Eryn, over at Do-It-Yourself Landlord, is a Real Estate Investor who understand the value in having a team of professionals advising you in a transaction (vs going at it alone without brokers).
So what can you expect from your agent? Again, remember: time is money. Ideally, your agent will do all the legwork to track down […]
This past Saturday, I had the good fortune to celebrate my friend Andrij Harasymowicz’s birthday at Harry Stinson’s brand new (and quite extraordinary) 1 King West in Toronto.
For those who don’t know, Stinson is the ‘Condo King’ of Toronto, having cornered the market first as a broker (he owned Stinson Realty until selling in 1998), […]
I recently completed a comparative market analysis for a client who will be listing their investment property shortly. The property happens to be in the hot 'student housing' segment, so I thought I'd share some information I learnt on the investment market with y'all.
Unlike residential properties, calculating the approximate value of an investment property […]