Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

While some recent commenters here on Toronto Realty Blog might suggest that, whether it need to directly pertain to real estate, or not, it might be me who is the greatest hype man of all time. After all, I’ve been “hyping” the market, right? Having said that, I’ve been saving this blog post for a while now.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

” That’s what I told myself on Friday night as I went to bed, thinking about this promise by mayoral favourite, Olivia Chow. No, wait, sorry, I was right the first time: buy votes. That’s what happens in every election, especially in social democracies such as ours. Er, I mean, earn votes. That scares me.

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Easy Agent Pro

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

I once read a post in EAP’s Beat Zillow Facebook group where an agent was complaining that so many of the blog posts pushed out to EAP clients are on non-real estate subjects. Interestingly, as mentioned above, he has received plenty of blog posts on just about everything a real estate consumer would want to know. Leads are just leads.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

While I’m sure Thomas prefers seabass or beef tenderloin to standard fowl, I’m sure he enjoyed his metaphoric chicken dinner in 2020 with a side of McCain Smiles … Newer readers won’t know what I’m talking about, but the veterans do, and they’re already debating whether to skim this part.

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Realty Biz

JULY 29, 2022

While it’s a shame for them, it’s great news for you! Finding the right mix of keywords to reach the right users is essential for your SEO strategy. If you don’t match the keywords with what users are actually searching for, nobody will find you. How to Find the Right Keywords. Local Keywords.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog I know I don’t actually write blogs on a retro typewriter like the one in the photo above, but I really, really liked that picture… I do wear glasses when I write, however. In this space last year, I penned over 5,000 words about the “top blog posts” of 2022. ” Fair point.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

It’s just really, really hard to describe an entire year’s blog posts or an entire year’s real estate stories in a standard blog-post length. This is likely more subjective than the top five blog posts , but then again, we run into many of the same themes over and over. Development. Pre-Construction.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Y’all know what I’m talking about. What is a shared accommodation? It’s turned into something I could never imagine, like what you’re about to read in this ad… Alright, so first and foremost, I don’t understand the emojis. TorontoRealtyBlog I was young. We’ve all been there before.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

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

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 26, 2021

So how about this: what do you call an opportunity to buy a house or condo if you can’t really afford it? But as we saw last week, with new entrants, models, and “market disruptors,” there are other opportunities for home-ownership out there. I don’t buy that argument, but I’m a 40-year-old.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 16, 2023

Really, and truly, this blog story is an example of: Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong, and at the worst possible time… Mickey and Mallory are clients of mine that underscore the true meaning of the phrase “clients for life.” That’s what the pandemic did for rents. ” He was right about that.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 14, 2023

Earlier this week when I was discussing the hot market with my colleagues, I opined on what I just said above. I said that we were going to see a lot of crazy happenings once again, and a friend said, “I can’t wait to read about this on your blog.” That’s pretty self-explanatory, right?

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

Maybe it’s because I like being right ? I wanted to call this blog “Monday Morning Quarterback: Hate To Say I Told You So,” but it seems I’ve done that bit before… January 22nd, 2021: “The Friday Rant: Hate To Say I Told You So!” Do I have to go back and explain what all this is?

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Realtor.com

JANUARY 25, 2023

Spring is right around the corner, and there’s no time like the present to start implementing your seasonal gardening strategy. To see if old seeds are still good, do a germination test. But smart gardeners know that minding their garden is a year-round job, even if they’re not actively digging in the dirt.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 28, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog Those of my vintage will know what it was like. We all knew what it meant. The “catalogue” in general is probably something those under thirty-years-old aren’t familiar with, but in my mind, I can still remember how it smelled. The process. The anticipation. The euphoria. Yes, how it smelled.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

I hope you enjoyed that “trip down memory lane,” as Marina so eloquently put it, with the Top Five Blog Posts of 2022 in Monday’s post. Believe it or not, this is the eighth year I’ve been working with this format; the top five blogs followed by the top five posts. Ah, right, the pandemic!

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GeekEstate

MAY 4, 2023

Without further ado… Who are you and what do you do? What problem does your product/service solve? What problem does your product/service solve? It is a fragmented market, and the systems have old API technology, hard-to-read documentation, and minimal support. What are you most excited about right now?

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Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 18, 2022

Perhaps this could have been included in Monday’s blog as a third tenet, except that this isn’t “new legislation,” nor is it going to kill condominium development. But before that happened, the Toronto Maple Leafs, for some reason, thought it prudent to lock-up 39-year-old goaltender, Ed Belfour.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog I’ll be honest: I wasn’t sure how to begin today’s blog post. It’s nothing new. According to what metric? Discussing the definition of affordable housing is a blog topic unto itself. What about 15%? What about 20%? What about 300%? ” Affordable how?

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Lab Coat Agents

APRIL 8, 2022

” It is recommended by many successful real estate agents and some of the top real estate coaches that three hours of lead generation per day is what is needed for a six-figure business. What brought in great leads a year ago or even a few months ago may no longer work today. Writing/Blogging/Articles – 15 Minutes.

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Realty Biz

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In today’s social media landscape , where information is abundant and oftentimes overwhelming, real estate agent needs to deliver to their prospects just the right message at the right time. Use your existing relationships with customers to create new opportunities. Megaphone with Great content speech bubble banner.

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GeekEstate

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Without further ado… Who are you and what do you do? I am 26 years old and originally from Germany, now making my mark in the US mortgage industry. My journey began when I came to the US in 2018 and quickly found myself working as the right-hand man to the CEO of LendUS, a $9 billion lender. My name is Luca Dahlhausen.

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Broke Agent Media

MAY 1, 2023

2020 to 2022 is what I like to call the golden era for real estate agent content creators. If that doesn’t work for you, the market was hotter than Jeremy Lin back in Spring of 2012 or just Jimmy Garoppolo right now—for a couple of sports references. Right now, we’re in an uncertain time economically and in the housing market.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

I’ve written blogs from the perspective of both tenants who have a bad landlord, and landlords who have a bad tenant, and all the while, we’ve debated the protections that tenants enjoy in this province in 2023, and whether or not they’re unfair to landlords. Both landlords and tenants can abuse the system and do.

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GeekEstate

APRIL 4, 2021

“Win Hearts, Minds, and Loyalty by Mastering Real Estate’s Most Versatile Tool” What is a CMA? ” “What’s the one thing all great artists share? … “Vendors” serving the real estate industry are voracious readers of Greg’s blog, Vendor Alley. ” ~ Investopedia.

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Realty Biz

MAY 6, 2021

Young and old, they use it every day for their own reasons. You create a blog about your business. This means that companies have thirteen percent to twenty percent new customers to attract each year via signage. The blog Word Stream has some ideas that you can use. What do your clients need most?

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

“When I have questions,” he explained, “Instead of bothering you, I just Google my question and add ‘Toronto Realty Blog’ and about nine times out of ten, an old blog post pops up that answers my question.” But what is for lease? What is this? That’s from January of 2020.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 31, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog When I sold my first condo back in 2009, I had no problem including all of my patio furniture in the sale, since I was moving to a new condo with an even bigger patio, and I had already purchased new furniture. ” This is sort of what I was angling toward. .” Do you see where this is going?

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

What’s the best film trilogy of all time? Although, they’re releasing a new movie as we speak, so is this a true “trilogy” anymore? I was 5-years-old. It should come as no surprise that I love writing blog posts in trilogies. TorontoRealtyBlog. ” Indiana Jones , perhaps? The Matrix ?

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

As I’ve written before on this blog many times, I was completely bewildered by the concept of condominium living back in 2004 because this thing called a “maintenance fee” made no sense to me. ” But what the hell did I know? What a deal! ” From the blog post: Less than $0.50 per square foot.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2020

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. Those long-term readers among you will recall the length of these “year-end” blog posts. It’s the end of the year!

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 4, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog Do you remember the good old days of pre-construction condominiums? When you could buy a bachelor condo at The Met for $99,000, with only 5% down, the comparable unit across the street in a 15-year-old building was worth $150,000. And that was it. No further payments. Nothing due in 30 days. Nothing in a year.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 20, 2022

I rolled my right ankle, essentially stepping on my own foot, by doing one of the following: a) Chasing a purse-snatcher down Bloor Street West after he stole an old lady’s handbag. I mean, it was just Christmas, and yet summer is right around the corner. I sprained my ankle on Saturday. Units Leased. Absorption Rate.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 10, 2023

In any event, I will tell any story about the rental market, good or bad, pro-tenant or pro-landlord, anti-tenant or anti-landlord, so long as there’s a learning experience for the TRB readers and those who randomly stumble upon this blog when they’re Googling tenants’ or landlords’ rights.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Then what would a newcomer to TRB think of this week’s blog posts? But what do you make of this “new listing” that hit the market this week, with the time-stamp in the lower right corner? TorontoRealtyBlog. I’m going to start with my absolute favourite! This kitchen is ass.

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HomeLight

MAY 16, 2022

But when Ryan Fitzgerald got into real estate seven years ago, that’s exactly what he decided to do. Reviews help new listeners understand what to expect before they start listening to the show. And you know what else is addicting? million — that’s million with an M — new visitors and 3.5

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

Virtually no listings, and most of what’s being listed was already on the market last year. What was it called again? What a complete waste. And what was that thing that happened in October of 2019? Um, oh, right – the federal election ! Remember this blog post? Time, effort, energy, money.

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