stan albert's (wiz1) Blog

Well, I took a longish weekend this past month to travel to our Natio's Capital, Ottawa, Ontario and with pit stops in Kingston and Brighton Ontario On day one, we stopped in Kingston tp celebrate my wife's Great Niece's Wedding north of Kingston in idyllic Town of Sydneyham, more particularly, o...

So, dear Active Rain members, by the time you read this, I will have turned -yipes! 74 on Monday July 5th. Hmm. never did I once think of what it would be like to reach the 3/4 of a Century mark in my life. Where'd the time go? Seems the older we get, the faster it goes!  A good friend of mine, T...

From April 2008 REM Magazine If you have some time, thought you would be interested!   As I see it from my Desk, by Stan Albert   Inspiration-"Gadzooks, my Dear Watson, I think I have it."  From  Arthur Conan Doyle's-Sherlock Holmes, series of mystery novels.   There is a theory, that when we age...

Just a short blog this rainy afternoon before i take my required Saturday afternoon nap.  So often we hear in management about: " what happens if.. " or " I can't believe they didn't take the offer.." or better still" I can't see why they wouldn't come up to the asking price..." It all comes down...

This past last weekend in May, about 24 of us here at RE/MAXPremier in Vaughan,worked in the blazing sun from 600 am to 200 pm with our First Annual "Yard Sale for The Cure." This event, initiated by RE/MAX Hallmark in the Beaches Area of Toronto, was our very first attempt at raising funds for t...

The other day, when my wife was driving me around town to do errands ( I still am not allowed to dirve until I get green light from my Eye Specialist-have Macular Degeneration), she insisted I visit her newest "find" Charlottes' Home Made Pies/Chili and Meat Pies, All made by Charlotte  ,who's be...

FRom the humble beginnings with one RE/MAX agent in the Beaches in Toronto, this event has become a smash hit with RE/MAX offices across Canada. The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation has taken stewardship of this event and here in Toronto, have picked six "focus groups of Realtors," to work with....

  Don't let your ego get in the way of your everyday business and life.   Anytime there is a struggle between doing what is right, then your ego is interfering with your decision" *Darien L Johnson   What's Your "ID", got to do with your "Ego"?   After Sabbath services this Saturday, a few of us ...

"It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes the difference." - Zig Ziglar So the Competition Bureau and all its advocates, including a strong and well-funded lobby group in Ottawa, have proclaimed that what we've been doing in providing an excellent facility for posting listings is no...

Hi Everybody, Stan Albert here for the first time on Active Rain. Looking to Active Rain to find new philosophies on discount brokerages and how do other agents compete. I've been in real estate for 40 years and I am always open to listening to others.  Also, learning about working with seniors n...