McKissock

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

McKissock Learning is back with an all-new guide stuffed with the latest income statistics from licensed real estate professionals across the United States. Whereas with salaried jobs you will earn a set amount each year, with real estate the income potential is unlimited. Insight #2: Agents are happy with their brokerage.

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Brokerage Agents As-is 57

McKissock

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

A joint study from the National Association of REALTORS® and Google found that: A whopping 89 percent of new home shoppers use a mobile device to search during the home buying process. Mobile applications are used by 68 percent of new home shoppers at the onset of their search and throughout their research.

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Agents As-is Development Marketing 82

Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

This year, with the 3rd and 4th falling on Saturday and Sunday respectively, and the 5th being Labour Day, I figured we’d see the TRREB stats on Tuesday, September 6th. If we see an increase every year, then this is less important. But in the two years prior to this past month, we saw the figure increase. September 1st.

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MLS Sales Brokerage Marketing 99

Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog It may come as no surprise to you that I receive a lot of feedback on these blog posts. I just received this email: Hey David, A long time lurker on your blog and audience to your Pick5 videos. Or more politely: our happiness at the misfortune of others. Only one year later Deliverance hit theatres.

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Marketing Land Sales As-is 82

McKissock

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Planning ahead to know how much you can expect before starting a new career will help you understand how much to save and how to adjust your budget during the career transition period. To help you earn more, we’ve put together a blog post that gets into each of those topics so you can maximize your potential.

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Agents Brokerage Property Management As-is 75

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.

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

Boom Town

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Somehow it’s that time of year again! Consider throwing a client appreciation party at your office space or partner with a bar to do an invite-only happy hour. Schedule an afternoon to be there giving out the goodies, and let your clients know they can pick up their gift between 3-6pm. Give an Annual Gift (In Person!).

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Agents Marketing Branding Closing 97

Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 12, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog As you can imagine, I receive a lot of emails from the blog readers. Consider the blog post from last month: “Should You Hire Your Cousin Vinny To Sell Your Condo? Consider the blog post from last month: “Should You Hire Your Cousin Vinny To Sell Your Condo?”

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As-is Property Management Title Agents 85

The Close

APRIL 25, 2022

Over the course of my 27-year career, I’ve worked with or coached highly successful real estate professionals of nearly every personality type. As a certified MBTI practitioner and real estate coach, I have used this assessment with more than 1,000 people—from brand-new agents to billionaire real estate CEOs. First-time buyer seminar.

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Sales Agents Development Lending 103

Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

I smirked and chided, “Geez, and to think I’m only twenty-five years old…” That’s when an agent turned and said, “You know……we were all young once.” At this year’s company awards, Christan Bosley announced the new members of the twenty-year club.

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Pre-approval As-is Construction Marketing 78

The Close

JUNE 17, 2023

Make the Whole House Smell Amazing They say that smell is the sense most closely linked to memory, so why not trigger some happy recollections for your guests by baking delicious-smelling treats before the open house? Here’s a great recipe for lemon bars from the excellently named cooking blog, Sally’s Baking Addiction.

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As-is Branding Agents Marketing 111

Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 8, 2021

Six years later, in 1927, the Babe broke that record by one, swatting 60 home runs. And then in 1998, Mark McGwire took steroids and hit seventy home runs, while Roger Maris’ two sons watched from the stands and pretended to be happy…. The 9-year average before this past month was 6,412. Are you a baseball fan? Yes, no, maybe?

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Sales Marketing As-is Agents 122

Realty Biz

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Without leads, there can be no revenue, and if your current digital strategy isn’t generating new and potential customers, it can be hard to justify spending more on online marketing. This is how many real estate pros get stuck in the digital mud, and before you know it, years go by and you're still cold calling and leaving door hangers.

Land 98

Land Sales As-is Marketing 98

The Close

MARCH 23, 2023

New luxury high-rises were popping up like weeds, and open houses looked more like trendy nightclubs with lines of eager buyers spilling out onto the sidewalk. This is one of the main reasons why around 30% of the agents I started working with at my first brokerage quit the industry after just two years. My local market was booming.

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Agents Branding Brokerage As-is 126

Louisville Homes

APRIL 16, 2021

Sure, it is a great feeling looking for a place to call home for many years to come, but it is more important to find the right person to help you on this journey. Naturally, when selecting a real estate agent, you want someone who’s been in business for at least 10 years. Ask them: How many homes have they sold in the past year?

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Agents Brokerage Finance As-is 98

Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 4, 2022

Did you just stumble upon this blog for the first time? Well, now you found this blog! By the time you’re reading this blog on Monday, the June TRREB stats might be released. There are three stats that I’ll interested in: average GTA price, total sales, new listings. TorontoRealtyBlog. Hey, how are you?

Sales 83

Sales As-is Banks Marketing 83

Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 20, 2022

Now, not everybody is happy with these actions. Get accustomed to seeing articles like this in the paper with regularity: “Ottawa’s Anti-Inflation Plan Offers Nothing To Struggling New Canadians” The Globe & Mail. The monthly payments, on a 25-year amortization, were “only” $492.70.

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Principal Fixed-rate mortgage Pre-approval Mortgages 97

Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog Happy Friday, folks! Others are brand-spanking new. It’s sort of like, as my father explained, how you bought booze in the 1960’s when you were 18-years-old. The new listing agent sends out a flyer advertising: “ Listed With Another Agent For Twelve Months. But can you blame them?

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Brokerage Agents Construction MLS 74

Redfin

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Whether it’s a gift you didn’t want in the first place, an expensive kitchen appliance you haven’t used in years, or a wardrobe that no longer suits you, it can be hard to part ways without feeling guilty. Unpacking boxes and setting up the new place. Step 3: Determine the area and size of the new home. Moving day.

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As-is Sales Staging Banks 68

HomeLight

JUNE 16, 2023

Key to this process is the short-term loan they provide to clients which allows them to make a cash offer on a new home before their current property is sold. Once they’ve closed on the new home and moved in, then the second stage of the process begins: putting their current home on the market. How does Flyhomes make money?

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Home sale contingency Staging Loans Closing 85

Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

There shouldn’t be over $200,000 of government charges, on average, for every unit of new housing, but there is. I know that a lot of the TRB readers dabble in pre-construction condo investing and many of the agents who read this blog sell projects as well. Over the last couple of years, the well has run a little dry.

Construction 78

Construction Marketing Development Land 78

The Close

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

After coaching agents for the past 11 years, I’ve noticed two common beliefs that agents have that cause ineffective marketing: The first is they want to provide value to their entire database, and second is they don’t want to come across too “salesy.”. One for each week of the year. 3 What fees do I have to pay to sell my home?

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Purchase and sale agreement Renovation VA loan Pre-approval 124

Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 14, 2022

But I find it ironic, looking back, that I was a fan of “The British Bulldogs” tag-team (I had their pajamas when I was 6-years-old), and then of Bret Hart, but I never knew that they were all family. Like a timeline of my childhood, teenage years, and into my young adulthood. Could be for work, or for a new life.

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Agents As-is Land Sales 88

Broke Agent Media

MARCH 1, 2023

28 is ridiculous and March comes as a surprise every year, no matter how long you’ve lived on this cursed planet! One thing the American public universally agrees on is that gaining and then losing an hour twice a year and having to adjust clocks for Daylight Savings Time is a SIN. First off, February needs to be at least 30 days.

Agents 96

Agents As-is Marketing Closing 96

A Student of the Real Estate Game

MAY 20, 2020

Here’s what I predicted in a blog post on March 22nd. Delinquency at our stabilized deals will jump from 1-3% to 10-50% and vacancy will grow from 4-8% to 10-30% over the next 3-4 months. New leasing will come to a screeching halt. It’s also a key factor in happiness levels.

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Closing 69

Realty Biz

AUGUST 18, 2022

The average American spends over 70 hours a year working in their yard. The good news is that there are many lawn care services out there who’ll gladly do the hard work for you. If you’re not happy, you can keep calling them back until they get it right. With these services, all you will have to do is mow it.

As-is 77

As-is Marketing 77

The Close

DECEMBER 15, 2022

If you want to crush your 2023 business goals, you need to have a solid marketing plan that you will stick to throughout the year. So, we’ve created a real estate marketing calendar and an entire year’s worth of marketing strategy to help you stay on track. This content can be repurposed on social media and on your blog.

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Marketing Branding Agents Land 102

Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 31, 2021

Did you buy a bottle of champagne for new owners and leave it with a hand-written note on the kitchen counter, after having the property professionally cleaned, despite that not being specified in the Agreement of Purchase & Sale? Nobody is forcing you to write a note to the new buyer and offer them champagne. I really do.

Closing 85

Closing Purchase and sale agreement Inspection Agents 85

The Close

JANUARY 24, 2024

Ricky Carruth I recommend Ricky Carruth’s video on real estate agent success to everyone I talk to: new agents, veteran agents, and especially agents who feel like they’re drifting in the doldrums. It’s fascinating to watch him navigate the intricacies of building a new business in a foreign land. Check out their helpful blogs.

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Agents Sales As-is Staging 52

Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

Or could you just pick up and leave right now, get back home, or up north, or wherever your happy place is? For years, I’ve told people, “The last two weeks of August are the slowest two weeks of the real estate calendar, save for Christmas.” I take my work home with me. Every night. It’s impossible not to.

Sales 110

Sales Marketing As-is MLS 110

Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 4, 2022

This is nothing new. But what’s new, as I’ve ranted and raved about on this blog so far in 2022, is that buyer agents themselves are simply giving up. With 65,000 agents licensed in the GTA vying for 90,000 – 100,000 transactions per year, suffice it to say, many have no experience; past or present.

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Agents As-is Sales Marketing 86

Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog In my life, I have sold and closed on two properties that were a “primary residence,” and both times, I decided to welcome the new buyer with a kind gesture. Missing drapes or fireplaces, per the blog post, but much, much worse per the comments! ” This was an eighty-year-old house.

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Closing Sales Purchase and sale agreement Agents 75

Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

So with summer in the rear-view mirror and Labour Day passed as well, I’m very excited about a new routine. To my running friends, I’ll say this: it was a tough year! In the real estate world, the end of summer can’t be anything but a turning point, and it’s the same every year. Mark my words.

Marketing 81

Marketing Banks Sales As-is 81

Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 12, 2021

Don’t worry, I’m not going to start this blog with lyrics from “Changes” by David Bowie. ” I looked at the time-stamp on the ticket: 3:56pm on a Sunday. “You know that at 3:56pm on a Sunday, on St. ” I think she was just happy it wasn’t her! TorontoRealtyBlog.

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Banks Lending Mortgages Loans 111

Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 19, 2023

The thing about writing three blogs per week, going on seventeen years, is that when you have an idea for a post, you’ve got to sit down and write it. I didn’t realize it at the time, but it’s a blog-worthy story. But do they expect to be in the condo townhouse for another five or ten years? Absolutely.

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Agents Title search As-is Closing 79

Yardi Marketing

APRIL 21, 2022

What she found has had a significant impact on PRG’s marketing mix — and will continue to do so as new data becomes available. And we also onboarded with our new SEO provider which happens to be REACH by RentCafe. Google Ads: 2,080 SEO: 1,952 ILS 1: 677 ILS 2: 511 ILS 3: 286. ILS 3: $349. Google Ads: $32.77 SEO: $65.96

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Branding Marketing As-is Development 52

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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