My Wedding Day Message

I’m fast approaching my wedding anniversary marking 12 wonderful years married to my best friend. We have shared and continue to create wonderful memories together with our 3 children. However this is not the purpose if my post. What inspired me today is that there are moments in your life that provide you with an [...]

Stop the Head Shots

I am a passionate hockey fan.  Even through the hot lazy days of summer I follow our national sport’s news for developments and changes to the upcoming season. The 2010/2011 season has been very sad.  Several players have lost their lives and even many more have not been able to play for long extended periods [...]

What Stops you? Fear of Failure or……?

Times seem to be pretty good. There is no question that Canada dodged the mess that the rest of the world is still experiencing.  Supply of homes is tight and the supply of buyers very healthy.  It’s actually hard to believe we ever had any tough times in the past. For those of us in [...]

Competition Bureau vs CREA-What really changed?

I sure have received some funny calls from a few consumers trying to understand exactly what has happened and what the Competition Bureau and CREA (Canadian Real Estate Association) have agreed on.  With the amount of different types of media trying to get our attention, It’s become challenging when there is no accountability from media [...]

The Stick that Stirs the Economy

We spend our days talking about the economy and the trading of shares.  We constantly discuss the cost of oil, precious metals and corporations not hitting expectations. I agree that these are important because without the success of business, we’re all not successful. In one of my last posts, I shared our family’s experience of buying and selling my home and [...]

My Experience in Selling my Home

The title says it best….”My Home”.  I’ve been in involved now in real estate for over 23 years and I’ve assisted hundreds of clients realize their real estate dreams.  However, this is the first time I needed to sell our principal residence and move our family.  I knew through experience with past clients, that since we have 2 young children, [...]

RE/MAX is Canadian

Quite often I have conversations with agents that are unhappy with their present office and considering a move.  Most recently, I had a conversation with an agent that I highly respect in our local market that triggered and reminded me of another conversation I had approximately 6 months ago.  I’m inspired to share. A couple [...]

What do changes to Real Estate rules mean?

With the media frenzy and coverage, is seems like there isn’t anyone not talking about potential changes to the way real estate is handled in Canada.  CREA and the Competition Bureau have done a fantastic job of attracting the spotlight for different reasons and a poor job at truly explaining to the public what these [...]

How do you Remember?

I had one of my embarrassing moments recently.  My daughters  had their school concert and I was there with camera in hand recording and taking pictures.  While there, I noticed a couple with their young family and every time I looked over, they were smiling at me.  I started to feel uncomfortable and wondered if I [...]

Do you have a MOP and a MAP?

You’re probably thinking what does a MOP have to do with real estate.  I can assure you that sweeping floors is definitely not the type of MOP I was referring to or thinking of.  I was recently speaking to a top producer that I have a great deal of respect for and continue to be impressed with [...]

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