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About a month ago I got a Facebook message from a friend informing me that after a few years on our beloved Facebook that he was leaving. He cited the fact that it just wasn't as rewarding as he believed it was going to be. It got me thinking and evaluating my own relationship with Facebook. At f...
01/10/2014
It's January 9th, 2014. At 7:30 am, as I examined my "to do" list, it sure didn't look too demanding. Follow up with a few clients, read a couple articles on using Google + and start to learn how to better incorporate it into my marketing, do up some "Just Sold" cards...and clean up my email. I w...
01/09/2014
On January 7th, 2014, Ross Godsoe, Executive Officer for the REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington released the Boards December 2013 Sales Stats. So, how did the Hamilton-Burlington real estate market do in December 2013? Listings : For December, all listing types were down year over year....
01/08/2014
Today was the first sales meeting of 2014 and the manager asked a very simple question. "Aside for how much it's going to cost to sell a house, what is the #1 thing you think consumers will be looking for in 2014?" The answers were in unison. Knowledge about our local market place. Over the last ...
01/07/2014
Writing a great blog post is easy. Grabbing the perfect graphic to accentuate your article can be a lot more difficult. The Community Guidelines of AR draw to our attention the need to "Respect copyrights" and "upload content and images that you have the right to use legally." Now, that really do...
01/06/2014
I'm more convinced than ever that success in sales starts in the mind. Decades ago, an old colleague once told me "before you go on an appointment- look in the mirror. If at that moment, you don't believe you're the best person for the job, then don't even bother going". Why is it that as advance...
01/04/2014
Technology is such a beautiful thing! Gone are the days when you needed to race back to your office to draft an offer, handwriting the necessary clauses from memory, and watching the office Secretary carefully aligning 6 pages of a standard offer form with the required carbon paper for perfectly ...
12/07/2013
It's amazing how much colour and decor impact the emotions of Buyers. Often homeowners get trapped in their own comforting colours; but after all, that's what makes their home comfortable...to them.  When it comes time to sell, it's important that you step back and take a close look at what you'r...
11/09/2013
About 7 or 8 years ago, a colleague suggested to me that our real estate association should be a "For Profit" Corporation. He claimed that we'd be able to sell services, like data, ad's on our websites and all sorts of other things that would ultimately earn us enough money to subsidize membershi...
11/09/2013
Every year, our Association (Realtors Association of Hamilton-Burlington) hosts a wonderful gala. Back in the old'n days it was known as the "Presidents' Ball"- today, it's known as the "Presidents' Gala". Invitees include committee volunteers, Past Presidents and anyone who's been a member for 2...
11/08/2013
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Donna Bacher is Broker/Owner of PureRealty Brokerage (est 2017) in Hamilton, ON. She's a 34 year veteran in Hamilton Real Estate Sales and has recently moved on to her own Boutique Brokerage model after 17 years with Royal LePage State Realty Brokerage in Hamilton. 2016/2017 Past President of the REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington and a keen activist for property rights in Hamilton. Donna's blog covers a variety of Real Estate related topics with an emphasis on providing homeowners and fellow Realtors® with helpful and insightful information.