List to last OR Listings are the gift of real estate Gods! I first heard this saying when I was starting out in this business in the late 90’s and never really understood what it meant.  This is the time when the real estate market was going through a lot of change including the advent of Buyer Representations.  As a …

Money is made and lost during purchase in real estate. A well crafted purchase agreement not only protects the buyer against foreseeable liabilities but also provides grounds for favorable terms to execute the agreement. Following are my top five terms that I ask when representing my buyers for investment property purchases. Please note that I’m not a lawyer and your …

I got another story for you today! I love the open market and what it allows individuals, professionals and businesses to do!  The open market offers freedom and allows individuals to compete among other professionals and businesses and offer innovation in products and services.  This also drives the price lower for the consumer as more entities are competing for the …

Have you ever liked a home that you’ve just seen on your first trip and can’t justify liking it without going out again to see other houses? I’m dealing with it right now! If I had a real estate agent, I would force him or her to take me out and see other places just because, “we have just started …

I’m starting a new home search! This will not be the first home I’ve ever bought but its definitely a first experience to buying a home to live in exclusively. I’ll explain! The first home that I ever bought was with my brother and the whole family was to be living in it. We still own that house in Brampton …

I know these are harsh words but hear me out! I recently had the pleasure to represent a buyer during the negotiation of their new investment property. The property had four residential units which were all occupied by tenants with the longest one, a sweet old lady, there for over 10 years. This information wasn’t disclosed on the listing nor …

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I’ve been meaning to write the blog post for the past two weeks and have been so busy with the projects underway including our Friends of Winchester Park project. I recently sold a condo unit for a client that was referred to me by another client. The condo, while updated, was in an older building that was kept up very …

It has been an interesting week for me and one of my clients!  Thursday started off with a BBM early in the morning while I was at the bank that read, “F*** me” and followed with a story that went on to explain that the property is flooded.  Let’s go through it in a bit of detail and lay out …

I had written about how you can get your offer accepted when heading into a multiple offer scenario and thought it would be fitting to talk about how you can promote a multiple offers from buyers when listing your property.  Please feel free to share and add to the list: List at Market Value or just below it – In a hot …