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Grandma always said "haste makes waste"...but when you're a Realtor®, her words may pack a much bigger punch. Haste can make for disgruntled clients and lawsuits. Grandma never told us that! A Realtor® is usually a 100% commissioned salesperson, who may get emotionally attached to the clients des...
04/20/2013
Showing homes to prospective buyers is something that every salesperson should love to do. After all, it's an important aspect of earning a living in real estate sales. Not all showings will be for the same purpose. Some will be an educational journey where you're taking buyers out for the first ...
04/19/2013
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I've never been able to get super motivated about anything that my psyche can't perceive as "important". A "day-timer" was something that I always felt that I needed a lot more than I ever wanted. For a couple of months every year, I would diligently write everything in my leather bound book. I h...
04/10/2013
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I thought that Active Rain would be the perfect place to find out Realtors views on Casino's and how they impact the area around them. Hamilton, the City that I've called home for 41 years and the City that I've sold real estate in for the past 30 years, is embroiled in a huge debate over the pos...
02/11/2013
I just came across a great paper that was put together by the University of Florida IFAS Extension, titled "Top Sellers; Characteristics of a Superior Salesperson". What are the "Benefits of Being A Top Seller".. "A top salesperson clearly has the competitive edge over other salespeople; they ha...
01/26/2013
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The latest housing sales stats across Canada have been released...and there's one thing that every Canadian can be certain of...they're going to be hearing a lot about housing trends in the months to come. McLeans.ca headlined an article on January 9, 2013 "Great Canadian Real Estate Crash of 201...
01/18/2013
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Tonight I was leaving a gas station and walked by the newspaper stands. The major headline for January 16th, 2013 in the Hamilton Spectator was an article about how much someone was being paid. The article was prompted by the recent release of public sector salaries in Ontario aka "The Sunshine ...
01/17/2013
There was a time in my career when Mortgage Brokers were the people we went to when we had problematic deals. Often, the home-buyer had major credit or employment issues and the Mortgage Broker was able to get financing for a finders fee. That was back in the early '80s...today things are much di...
01/10/2013
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There's a magical point in everyones' career... I call it the rule of "88". It's when your age...and the number of years on the job add up to "88". In lots of jobs, it's a time when people get sent out to pasture...whereas in Real Estate Land it just seems like another day..but you get put in the...
01/03/2013
Mortgage rates are still at an all time low. This is a small investor alert: investor friendly Banks as of the time of this posting: CIBC, Scotia Bank, BMO & TD...not so friendly:Royal Bank of Canada. Finance Minister Flaherty has been tightening mortgage regulations over the past several years i...
12/19/2012