Staging & Selling Montreal West Island Homes

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Real Estate Sales Representative - Immeubles Deakin Realty
RECENT BLOG POSTS
Open house this Sunday October 17 from 2-4 pm for a Beaconsfield, Quebec, home for sale. This home's a stunner.  Fieldstone exterior and fireplace. Grand staircase. Huge lot in park-like setting. Three-car garage with carport. Four bedrooms, 2+2 baths, and huge finished basement.  $995,000. Prime...
10/16/2010
Here in Quebec, Canada, we've apparently just experienced the highest retention rate of real estate brokers/agents since 1994, the year when the provincial association* for real estate professionals was created.      The cut-off date for renewal of our licenses was September 15, 2010.  Notices we...
10/08/2010
These 3 common home staging myths are based on my experience staging and selling Montreal West Island homes.  Please note that I am NOT an international expert on home staging and real estate, nor do I play one on TV...at least not yet LOL.   That being said, in the years that I have been staging...
10/05/2010
Have you ever read one of Susan Mangigian's Thankful Thursday posts?  They're so heartfelt and genuine, they're inspiring.  So here I am, doing my first one.  I'm afraid it's going to sound cheesy, but here goes anyway. I've always been a bit of a perfectionist.  ("...a bit of...?"  My sister is ...
09/30/2010
My friend Andrew Lenza wrote this post last night in preparation for an office meeting he was having this morning with Coldwell Banker Middletown agents (he's the branch vice-president).  He's one of the best and brightest writers here on ActiveRain, but he's also quite private, so posting this b...
09/29/2010
We all need a little inspiration sometimes.  Sometimes we spend too much time operating at a superficial level, just sort of skating across the surface, not having the time or inclination or courage to go deeper. We need to go deeper sometimes.  To get down and dirty and emerge bigger and better ...
09/22/2010
With more than 10,000 real estate brokers (formerly called agents) in the greater Montreal area, choosing someone to represent you in the sale or purchase of a home is a little like shopping for cereal at a grocery store in the U.S.: the choices are endless.  If you make the wrong choice of cerea...
09/21/2010
I had an "aha" moment recently.  I had been whining to myself (nobody else will listen...) about some of my real estate transactions that seemed to be coming off the rails.  Buyers who didn't know what they wanted...or changed their mind midstream.  Properties that had issues.  Construction topic...
09/15/2010
I am not a Venus Flytrap.  This is my promise to you, Montreal West Island home buyers and sellers. I know you feel compelled to wipe out your caller ID when you call me.  I know you weigh the pros and cons of giving me your address with the gravity of considering whether to have another child.  ...
09/07/2010
The new Real Estate Brokerage Act came into effect here in Quebec on May 1, 2010.  I've written about this previously, but in July, I attended my mandatory training on the new laws and learned a few more tidbits.  1. What's the name of that dude who showed up at our Christmas party the year we ha...
09/03/2010