Kelly Lantz's (kellylantz) Blog

With all that is going on in the media regarding the economy and real estate, this question comes up frequently.  I thought I would compare the past few years in terms of listings and sales volume by month.  The data is for Residential Sales in the Greater Charlottetown Area, including Stratford ...

Since I started working as a Realtor, I have had lots of people asking me questions about my new career.  I thought it would be fun to do a FAQ's of the questions that are common: Q:  Is it OK to call your Realtor on a weekend / evening / holiday? A:  Absolutely!  I'd say at least 50% of my busin...

Would you purchase a home online?  Without ever seeing it in person?  Charlotte and I did a final walk through today on a house that will close tomorrow with our clients who were seeing their home "in real life" for the first time.  Our clients were from out of province and relocating back to PEI...

I have clients arriving tonight from Vancouver BC, the opposite coast of the country.  They are lovely couple, relocating here to Prince Edward Island, and we have been working 'virtually' together for a few months now.   I had to stop and think for a minute, have we ever spoken on the phone?  Th...

Charlotte and I are on "Agent Duty" this weekend starting tonight (Thursday).  I absolutely LOVE agent duty.  Before I had my Realtor liscence and was working as Charlotte's assistant, I couldn't do the duty time but now I can do mine and hers as well, and I volunteer to cover for anyone at the o...

I have been working as a sales assistant at Century 21 for the past 5 months.  I completed the real estate course and exam on February 8th, and last week was my first official week as a lisenced agent.  Normally I work with my mother in law, Charlotte Lantz but my first week was spent solo, as Ch...

We are currently working with a number of clients who are moving to PEI from "away" and thought this information was worth posting: Provincial Taxation of "Residents" vs "Non-Residents" When selling to Non-Residents of PEI (a Non Resident is defined under Section 5 of the Real Property Tax Act as...