Kari Calder Saskatoon Real Estate Agent Blog

Many of us in Canada have been keeping a close eye on the United States real estate market.  With the Canadian economy doing extremely well many Canadian real estate investors are starting to look south of the border for new opportunities.  The current Saskatoon real estate market which I work in...

I have always been someone who is passionate about the environment and try to do what I can to help out.  I do however realize that being a real estate agent isn't necessarily the most environmentally friendly job.  It takes extra effort and sometimes extra cost to be environmentally friendly.  I...

The other day a few Saskatoon Realtors and I found ourselves in a very interesting discussion.  I thought I would ask the ActiveRain community their thoughts on it as I believe this is a topic that all real estate agents can provide some input into.  Our topic was "Does It Matter What You Drive?"...

The city of Saskatoon is experiencing a major growth phase and as a result the Saskatoon real estate market is the hottest market in Canada.  We have started to see a huge influx of real estate investors coming to our city which has helped to drive our market.  For people who are originally from ...

I am currently looking for a good user friendly application to create my own marketing materials.  I have attempted to use some of the professional grade ones but find ones like Quark and Adobe products are cumbersome and are not user friendly to novice to intermediate users.  I am curious if any...

As mentioned in a previous blog I have started seeing great results from my website and in many cases are in the top 10 of my targeted Saskatoon real estate search terms.  With this happening I have started seeing a big influx of people from around the world accessing my website.  I have been con...

As most people I get pretty tied up with my everyday life and wrote this blog awhile ago but just didn't get a chance to post it!  If you are familiar with my blog you will know that I am a real estate agent in Saskatoon.  Saskatoon is the fastest growing real estate market in Canada currently.  ...

I have seen several posts lately about people asking if social networking sites like Facebook are good to use in helping to find new clients.  I must admit that I have been a Facebook addict for sometime.  It's one of those sites that I can't help but not go onto daily.  It seems that I am consta...

I recently met with a home staging company and found their concept and product unique and potentially very useful.  For those of you who are not familiar with the Canadian real estate market, the Saskatoon real estate market was the fastest growing real estate market in 2007.  Our real estate mar...

For those of us who work in colder climates I ask you... how do you keep motivated in the winter?  For those of you who are unfamiliar with the city of Saskatoon or even the weather in Saskatchewan I'll give you a quick overview.  We have 4 distinct seasons here with our summers sitting around +3...