I often get asked by my clients for advice on what to fix in a home before we put it on the market. It’s a great question and one that I’m well positioned to answer as every day I see homes for sale. Over the years I’ve developed a very
For a number of months now, I’ve been saying that the government is going to intervene into the housing market in the GTA. Less than a month ago I wrote an article, cheerfully called The End is Nigh where I recapped what I had been saying and reiterated my belief
Let’s talk about timing. There is a case to be made that life is all about timing. Ask the right question, to the right person, at the right time…and your life can change. Whether it is a business decision, a relationship issue or a family situation, the same action can
In retreospect, that sounds more than a little dramatic. When I say the end is nigh, I don’t mean the end of the world. We all know that the lizard people don’t invade until the summer solstice that coincides with a major earthquake that drops most of the west coast
For a little while now I’ve been talking about the likelihood of the government fiddling with the Ontario housing market again. When it arrives, it will probably be called an intervention or policy change or some other wording that communicates certainty and precision. Make no mistake though, it will be
Did you ever hear that 90% of communication is non-verbal? Or that it’s not what you say, it’s how you say it? The longer I work in real estate, the more I realize that communication is one of the most crucial factors in succeeding (or failing) to help a client.
I don’t have much time left. As soon as I wrote the first draft of this article, the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) dispatched a team of crack mercenaries to kidnap me. It’s a little known fact that TREB monitors all Realtor computers and as soon as one of us
First off, let me be clear that this is not going to be about Donald Trump. Sure, I’ve read about 16 articles today about the Donald. Most of them focused on how awkward and embarrassing the pre-inauguration concert was for everyone who attended, watched or even performed. I cringed a
I hope that you and your loved ones had a fantastic holiday break and rang in the new year in style! My Christmas was wonderful, filled with friends, family and food. I cleverly got ahead of that whole holiday weight gain problem by gaining weight in early December. That
