Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

A client of mine told me lately that he’s figured out how not to bother me. How could you be bothering me? ” I don’t know whether to be flattered, hurt, or feel obsolete! And what I also found amusing was that I used the exact same format then that I did today: numerical points, bold/underline.

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MLS Agents As-is Inspection 93

Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Don’t say I didn’t warn you! I specifically didn’t post new content on Friday because I knew you’d all need to be fresh, eager, and well-rested this morning in order to power through this week’s blogs. We have so much to comb through on Toronto Realty Blog in 2020!

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Purchase and sale agreement As-is Debt-to-income ratio Marketing 113

Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog Be honest: are you mad at me? Not only did I ignore that, last week, most of you didn’t like having to wait for “part two” of a blog story, but I also promised in Wednesday’s blog that I wouldn’t do it again… …and then I did.

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Purchase and sale agreement Brokerage Agents As-is 75

Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 22, 2021

Do you remember early-2000’s garage-rock? Quick, loud, catchy, and you want to sing along. Case in point: Do what I want ’cause I can and if I don’t, because I wanna. Be ignored by the stiff and the bored, because I’m gonna. Hate to say I told you so , all right!

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Purchase and sale agreement Pre-approval Development Construction 54

Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog When was the last time you saw a lawn-sign and it had one of those “SOLD OVER ASKING” riders on the top? I hate those. I always have. As a person who crunches numbers as a form of entertainment, I’ve always maintained, “You can make numbers say anything you want.”

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 14, 2022

Do you remember Ted Dibiase ? But I was born in 1980, and as a child of the 1980’s, I was the lucky beneficiary of that incredible spectacle we all knew as WWF wrestling. I was a huge fan of Bret “The Hitman” Hart, and that’s before I knew he was Canadian. TorontoRealtyBlog.

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Agents As-is Land Sales 88

Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 25, 2022

I guess part of me just felt like this post would prove to be a fool’s errand. I just couldn’t stomach the thought of putting so much effort into a blog post, when all the while, I know full well that people will skip the blog itself and head straight for the comments section to provide their two cents.

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Agents As-is Title search Marketing 89

Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

I mean, the real estate market isn’t boring, nor will it ever be. It’s the one thing that we all have in common, in that we all live somewhere , and I would argue that Toronto real estate might give the Toronto Maple Leafs a run for their money in the “most talked about” contest over the last decade.

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Sales Marketing As-is Finance 72

Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

This is now my, what, third or fourth blog post on this topic? I didn’t want to write it. I still don’t. But when somebody shows you a “smoking gun” while a bunch of gold miners simultaneously shout “EUREKA,” what are you supposed to do? But I was a young professional.

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Agents Industrial As-is Commercial 86

Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 11, 2022

Chris, Tara, and Matthew wrote guest blogs? You don’t say! To be quite honest, I was thinking about pre-writing three blogs, or, as is often the case, writing blogs while I’m away on vacation. but it’s an absolute nightmare once I attempt this in practice. Chris was up first, naturally. An Amerciano?

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Marketing As-is Sales Industrial 98

Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 4, 2022

Oh, wait, I haven’t even told you the question yet… Remember back in high school or university when you wrote multiple-choice tests, there was always that one kid who put up his hand and asked, “Sir, is there any penalty for guessing ?” So who’s fault is this anyways?

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Agents As-is Sales Marketing 86

Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 2, 2021

If it was, I would have said “were perfect,” but I didn’t, because it’s not, and neither am I… Ask a hundred people to describe a “perfect world” and I’m sure you’ll receive a hundred different answers. ” I agree. It’s why hate can exist.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In fact, if we’re being completely honest, we could use the word “hate.” I’m sure you’ve all head of Romeo & Juliet. But how many of you have heard of the Hatfields & McCoys? Can you imagine? You can’t make this up. Specifically, who owned the hog.

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Agents Residential As-is Mortgages 84

Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 23, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog Let’s pretend for a moment that you’re a real estate agent and you currently have a listing. Which of the following questions, if asked over and over by buyer agents, would frustrate you the most: 1) “What is your seller’s price expectation?” Hate the game, not the player.

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Inspection Agents Sales As-is 72

Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog “I felt like destroying something beautiful” ~Tyler Durden, Fight Club Well, that sure was an interesting blog post on Monday, wasn’t it? Who would have thought there’d be such a reaction to an election campaign fake news politics blog , right?

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog What’s that saying, I’m thinking of? I think it goes, “ If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try again…” Or something like that. Today, I want to talk about actual listing and pricing strategies in today’s market.

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Marketing Renovation Agents As-is 86

HomeLight

OCTOBER 24, 2022

You’re constantly working to win that next appointment, listing, or new client — but without a specific strategy, it’s tough to beat the competition. If you’re not a listener, please listen to a couple episodes and then join. You can find the group here: HomeLight Agent Mastermind – The Walkthrough.

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Sales Agents As-is Technology 77

Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 14, 2023

I think you might heard of it? Apparently , and I just learned this, there are people who will wager or “bet” money on the outcome of the game, or on a multitude of possible outcomes during the game. You see, I had merely assumed that I would win, and once I had lost, I regretted making the bet.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Ah, I think about here… …Judy was scheduled for surgery the very next day! “Didn’t you have this surgery already?” ” I asked her. I mean, I guess Judy could literally be in the operating room when I emailed her, but even then she’d be out in time to see the damn place!

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Agents Banks As-is MLS 61

Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 24, 2022

Only through the last few months has the mainstream media taken notice of the red-hot rental market, and I figure: it’s about time. Having said that, I’m shocked at the response to the market in the media, specifically the tone they take, and the comments from readers, wow! ” Says who? August 20th, 2022.

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Marketing As-is Sales Development 96

Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 15, 2022

Did I ever mention that I hate change ? From as far back as I can remember, I’ve never been okay with anything new and different. I’m a routine type of guy. I know what I know and I like what I like. I asked, “Dad, what happened?”

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Closing Purchase and sale agreement Pre-approval Agents 75

Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 30, 2022

If you’re a parent you’ve probably already experienced this phenomenon, but here goes… Ask your child, “Would you rather have one marshmallow now , or ten marshmallows tonight.” In this case, I’m talking about children because it’s an easy example to use. TorontoRealtyBlog.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

I wrote about this at length last year: June 29th, 2022: “What Happens When A Buyer Doesn’t Close?” I find that there is no genuine issue requiring a trial. Let’s say that a house sells for $2,000,000. Three months pass, and the the closing date is here! A week passes, then another. Then a month.

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Purchase and sale agreement Finance Closing Brokerage 77

Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 10, 2023

Based on the comments from TRB readers so far this year, I’d say the people are pretty mixed on where market activity and prices are headed. Based on the comments from TRB readers so far this year, I’d say the people are pretty mixed on where market activity and prices are headed.

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Title Banks Sales Construction 82

Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The marketing for the home was a thing of beauty as well, and I know that both my clients were drawn in by the gorgeous photos, with the beautiful staging, and the really neat virtual tour. Closing came and went, and as far as I knew, they were happy as clams! It would give (name of spouse) and I great comfort.

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Purchase and sale agreement MLS Brokerage Agents 52

Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

What does it say when the “long weekend” feels a bit too long? Maybe not so much the work itself, but the physical location, which has a certain familiarity and comfort. I took a two-week Honeymoon in 2013, and I can honestly say that by about day number-eleven, I felt I was just about ready to start packing.

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Sales Marketing As-is MLS 110

Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

A wise man once told me, “Not everything has to make perfect economic sense.” ” And even if you work in finance, or run your own business, or are just very good with your own pocket-book, the saying holds true. So, not everything has to make perfect economic sense. TorontoRealtyBlog. Literally.

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Lab Coat Agents

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Originally Featured On The Follow Up Boss Blog. Ask your average Realtor what the best source of free leads is and you’ll probably hear one of two replies: Cold calling. How many of these are you already using? Start a blog. I’d never considered it because it seemed old school. Door knocking.

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Agents As-is Marketing Sales 98

HomeLight

AUGUST 10, 2020

If I told you there’s a super-popular place online where you can advertise your business and your listings, get more leads without spending a lot of money, and do it all without a lot of other real estate agents doing the same thing … you’d be all over it, right? You can download that worksheet (PDF) by clicking here.

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Agents Branding As-is Staging 98

HomeLight

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

How would you like an extra $58,000 in GCI from your website? This week on The Walkthrough , Leadferno founder Aaron Weiche talks about why texting makes you easier to work with and how it can turn website lurkers into valuable leads. If you’re not a listener, please listen to a couple episodes and then join.

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Agents As-is Commercial Land 97

Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 28, 2020

Nothing I can passionately sit down and write a curt 2,000 words about, but there are, however, a few topics to file under “this ‘n that.” Oh, I dunno. I took more heat for that blog post than my infamous June 1st, 2010 post where I compared the Foundry Lofts to Alcatraz ! ” Where to start?

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Property Management Agents Title As-is 52

HomeLight

OCTOBER 8, 2020

You’re probably in a bidding war against several other buyers. You help them buy a new home, then you help us re-sell the one we bought. If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe to get future episodes delivered automatically: Apple Podcasts/iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | YouTube. Links and Show Notes.

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Agents Pre-approval Inspection Staging 77

Lab Coat Agents

JULY 30, 2020

What’s your advice to a newer agent who doesn’t have any repeat business, extra money to “buy” leads, to buy a dialer, or buy all the extra stuff brokerages tell you “you need” to get solid leads? I already have business cards, flyers, door hangers, and mailers (leftover from prior to COVID). Is it me getting in my own way????

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Agents As-is Industrial Marketing 98

Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Surely you do. They were the stars of last week’s blog post! I will admit that I was rather surprised by the keen interest in not only the story itself, but rather “part two” of the story. That cliffhanger lasted for months and by the time I learned what happened to Kimberley, I was in high school.

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Inspection Agents Due diligence As-is 89

Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Is it weird that the “Top Five” blogs, that I have written, are being chosen by me ? I don’t know how else to do it, folks! There’s no real methodology to my choosing, if I’m being honest. I look at the number of comments. Perhaps next year we’ll come up with a system.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

TorontoRealtyBlog Did you hear about that NCAA swimmer who won gold in his race, in record time, but was disqualified? True story , and I’m not embellishing here. My point is this: I had planned on taking a victory lap today. I had planned on a massive celebration. Metaphorically or literally; I’m not sure.

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Equity Purchase and sale agreement Mortgages Lending 85

Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 18, 2024

TorontoRealtyBlog Did you ever watch The Americans ? It was one of those series that I watched the first few seasons of, then stopped, but then came back to years later. But what did Stan say to Henry? Henry, there’s something I have to tell you.” Henry, I have to tell you something, and it’s not going to be good.

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