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In real estate, comparing properties is extremely common. What do you do when it’s more apples to oranges than apples to apples? Here’s how we overcome that issue.

Apples to Apples

The idea that you can get a discount if you buy a property without your own agent is a myth, just like unicorns. The idea is nice, it seems like it may be something that could be real, but at the end of the day, it’s not. Here’s why it doesn’t really exist.

The Myth of the No-Agent-Discount

Not all real estate transactions make logical sense. Sometimes, emotional decisions result in unexpected outcomes. Here’s how you avoid bad outcomes and create good results by focusing on the emotional side in the right way.

Logic makes you think, emotion makes you act.

When you overprice a property for sale on the hopes that it will somehow sell for more than it’s worth, the results are predictable and very sad. It always goes down exactly the same way.

What’s the worst that could happen?

After preparing, searching, debating and deciding, you’ve found a home to buy. Now it’s time to put a number on the offer…but what’s the number? Here’s how we make sure our clients avoid buyer’s regret and understand what price to pay.

Sure, it’s nice, but what’s it worth?

The reason we’re going to be in trouble is because we’re sharing a secret that the public isn’t supposed to know about. If you’ve ever felt like you’re missing out on something, that there must be some secret way in which some buyers and sellers transact, you’re right.

We’re gonna get in trouble for telling you this.

Timing the market is incredibly difficult, often doesn’t work and is also largely unnecessary. Instead of caring about the market as a whole, here’s how you prepare on both the buying and selling sides to take advantage of opportunity.

It’s time to get your ducks in a row.

One of the more interesting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic has been how anyone who was participating in the market just for fun has disappeared. It has dramatically reduced the number of the three main types of ghosts we see in the market.

On a positive note, we’re seeing fewer ghosts than normal.

Over time, we’ve identified certain red flags that tell us that the person on the other side of the deal may be less than ideal. While looking for perfection in the party on the other side of the deal can be counter-productive, it is smart to not overlook clear indications that this deal could be trouble.

Three red flags…wait, no..six red flags!

We have been focused lately on giving you the big picture view of real estate. The forest, if you will. Now, let’s look at the trees. No more talk about economic indicators, bond rates, government policies and the implications on real estate. This is what it’s like right now in real estate in Toronto.

Yes, the forest is interesting – but check out these trees!

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