Sellers have three choices for how they price their home. Two of the three can work out quite well with a good Realtor. The other? Well, let's agree you should avoid it.
Most of the time, two percent doesn’t matter much either way. Order a drink and they pour two percent more liquid than normal and you probably wouldn’t notice. If you do notice, it’s clear to me that you really need that drink. In fact, I think that percentage differences really
I haven’t actually been asked that question yet, but I feel it is only a matter of time before one of my client’s offers their future progeny in order to get a home. Buying a home these days can feel like an insurmountable challenge I say “these days” but it
A few weeks ago, I wrote about secret Realtor codewords. Flash forward to today, and I’m in Oxford, England, visiting with friends and exploring the countryside. I’m also learning about some real estate terms that are used here. My favourite by far is gazumping. Just savour that word for a
I’ve worked with some clients this year on the rental side of housing – both landlords renting out their properties as well as tenants looking for a place to rent. A few things struck me in my interactions.
Let me rephrase that. There is nothing worse than the feeling of forgetting to do something you really should have done. That slowly dawning realization when you look at the date and your brain finally wakes up to the fact that there was something about today. Something you had to
I like a lot of aspects of working in real estate, but if you asked me to narrow it down to my favourites, I would have to say that there are two really great things about my job. The first is that I get to meet great people. People I
Looking at that post title, I realize it could come across as a threat. As if, any time you head off on a trip, you have to be concerned about coming home to find another family moving in and a big SOLD sign on your lawn. Fear not, the odds
First off, happy belated Canada Day! As the holiday fell on a Friday this year, I thought I wouldn’t do a post on Friday as normal. I know you probably sat by your computer all afternoon, into the early evening, waiting and wondering when Jeff will do his next post. I
It’s Oakville. I was going to do a big build up and tell you at the end of the post, but it’s Friday, it’s lovely out and if you came to my site, you deserve the immediate answer. Now that you have that little dopamine hit from getting immediate gratification,
When you see a property that sits on the market without selling, the obvious question is "Why?" Let's take a look at three properties that haven't sold and get into what is causing them to remain on the market.
In late May, 2016, MPAC started sending out their 2016 Property Assessment Notices. These lovely documents provide an assessed value for your property, based on a secret formula developed by MPAC scientists in a bunker in the wilds of Northern Ontario. That might be a bit of an exaggeration. Truth
Working day in and day out in real estate has its positives and negatives. Often these come as the flip side of the same experience. Here’s what I mean. I get to meet many new and interesting people as I help clients buy and sell properties and any phone call
I was having a conversation the other day with Drake, and he was quite surprised when I told him that forget about the six, the five is where it really is these days. Full disclosure, Drake is the nickname I have given one of Diane’s fish in her aquarium. Fuller
