Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

I always find that when I’m having trouble getting a point across, whether that’s because those on the receiving end are dense, or because the subject matter is complicated, I am more successful coming up with an analogy or a metaphor. When I tell this agent, “We’re only selling one locker,” his head explodes.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 25, 2022

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. I guess part of me just felt like this post would prove to be a fool’s errand.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 28, 2021

When last we spoke, I had just obtained a bully offer on my listing for a whopping $1,600,000, and had emailed the 55 other showing agents that we intended to work with the offer that evening. Saturday evening. I can’t imagine a world in which it takes more than ten. But do you know what I can do?

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

And at the very same time, it seemed to last forever… Case in point: I went to look up a blog post that I wrote about a seller’s bully offer dilemma, thinking it was back in February, only to find it was on March 10th. TorontoRealtyBlog. Wow, the first four months of the 2021 real estate calendar have flown by!

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HomeLight

APRIL 29, 2022

Disclaimer: iBuyer company program details can frequently change. If you’re planning to sell your home in 2022, you may be weighing the possibility of working with an iBuyer such as Offerpad and be curious to learn more about this option. So how does Offerpad work? What is Offerpad? Offerpad is considered an iBuyer.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 10, 2022

I’m not gonna lie; I was thinking about today’s blog topic when I woke up this morning. Would you believe that this song has more plays on Spotify than “Patience?” “Wind of Change,” and not Winds as would be more grammatically correct, was on their 1990 studio album, “Crazy World.”

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Louisville Homes

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In a seller’s market , many homes for sale wind up in bidding wars. In a seller’s market , many homes for sale wind up in bidding wars. However, sellers will always prioritize buyers who are paying in cash. Thus, if you really like the house and you can afford to pay the whole amount at once then go for it. Cash is king.

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

We can talk for ages about real estate marketing and how high-quality 3D walkthroughs have been a game-changer, but for now, let’s just say that my clients enjoyed using this tool after they had purchased and as they waited for closing. ” Can you please contact the listing agent and ask him to take all this down?

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog I sold a house last weekend which I can only describe as a “feel-good deal.” Relationships can get deals done but a lack of a relationship (and in this case, a buyer and buyer agent who rub the seller and listing agent the wrong way) can ensure deals aren’t consummated.

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Lab Coat Agents

OCTOBER 11, 2021

That’s why it’s so important to have a purposeful, structured lead generation plan that keeps your team fed and your business growing. In this article, we’ll show you how a real estate funnel can give you a clear picture of your business, plus four expert strategies (and tools) to help you convert more leads, more consistently.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Is it weird that the “Top Five” blogs, that I have written, are being chosen by me ? In any event, I’ve been running this feature now for over a decade, but in its current form, with the top five blogs and the top five stories each being featured in their own post, I think we’re into our sixth or seventh iteration.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 2, 2022

Just listen… When we find ourselves in red hot sellers’ markets, it necessitates buyers needing to do everything possible to improve their chances of success on an “offer night” for a property with multiple offers. You know, not every story or topic necessitates 2,500 words.

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The Close

AUGUST 23, 2022

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Agents are seeing it and talking about it, buyers are feeling it, and some sellers are making moves where as they wouldn’t have six weeks ago. Today’s blog will highlight an example of how and why the market looks to have made a comeback, specifically, sale price that even the buyer and the buyer agent admitted made little sense.

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

That’s seven attempts with two resulting in the seller accepting our bully offer, but I will stop short of saying, “Two were successful ,” since the offer doesn’t always have to be accepted in order for success to be achieved. How can that be, you ask? Ultimately, you are attempting to purchase the property.

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Have you ever called somebody, and upon them answering the phone, you start talking and just go, go, go, until suddenly, they interject and say, “Sorry, I”m on the other line, can I call you back?” In fact, it deserved more than just one. Can’t get a showing? TorontoRealtyBlog. ” How embarrassing!

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog Thanks to the readers for suggesting blog topics before the long weekend! As you saw in Tuesday’s blog post, I took one such suggestion to heart. And because I’m a cynic, you can correctly assume that my “most-favourite” topics were ones that infuriated me to no end. ” Yeah.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Selling real estate is easy, right? Not only does “a home sell itself” in Toronto, but you really just have to put a sign on the lawn, set an offer date, and voila! I know many of you like the photo -themed blog posts, and while some of you skip the market stats blogs, others thrive on them.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Not only are my fingers tired from writing Monday’s blog, but also from hand-writing three-hundred Christmas cards! Any layman can identify those scribbled CAPITAL BLOCK LETTERS as the hand-writing of a 40-year-old man. Any layman can identify those scribbled CAPITAL BLOCK LETTERS as the hand-writing of a 40-year-old man.

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Thankfully, the good folks at IKEA made relatively cheap, flimsy, wobbly storage units that only have a 12% chance of falling and crushing a member of my team, so I think we’re coming out on top of this one too! TorontoRealtyBlog. Which instructions? The ones that came with the IKEA Pax Wardrobe. and thus we had to find a new home.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

– Scenario #1: A property in North Toronto is listed for $1,099,900 and is likely “worth” about $1,400,000 in this hyper market. He tells me, “My seller would jump at a bully offer of $1,450,000. But low and behold, another buyer submits a bully offer on the property. TorontoRealtyBlog. ” Cool?

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 1, 2021

I’ve been writing blogs now for almost fourteen years, and although I’ve only ever had two RECO complaints in that time, I’m aware that organized real estate is watching. If you do, you’re an idealist. If you do, you’re an idealist. TorontoRealtyBlog. Does the public want to read the following?

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 10, 2021

I was showing houses in Roncesvalles on Saturday and agent who was waiting outside with his clients, having the appointment after us, shouted, “Hey man, you’re the blog guy. I don’t quite think of myself as “the blog guy,” but what the heck. ” Sure, I’ll take that.

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GeekEstate

JANUARY 3, 2022

October sure felt like it—we hosted three networking events of more than 50 people and a private dinner for 22. October sure felt like it—we hosted three networking events of more than 50 people and a private dinner for 22. Well, as long as its stranglehold on buyer demand remains, Zillow can be whatever it wants to be.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 15, 2021

While you might suggest that $460,000 over the ‘asking’ price isn’t really a deal , I can assure you that on an offer night, this could have gone for $2,100,000, and my buyers would have been priced out. TorontoRealtyBlog. On the east side, my clients submitted a bully offer that was a whopping $525,000 over the $1.2M

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