Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

While I have a very lengthy and somewhat contentious blog post lined up for next week, let’s first take a look at some stories from the week that are now in the rear view mirror… The Weird Gets Weirder It’s a difficult market out there and many agents don’t know how to work within it. Wait, hold on.

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Many of you are going to say Lord of The Rings , and that’s fair, although I consider that to be the same movie divided into three. We had so many parts of that movie all wrong. How the hell was I supposed to know who a Libyan was? TorontoRealtyBlog. What’s the best film trilogy of all time? The Matrix ?

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 31, 2022

What’s the best rental scam I’ve ever seen in practice? Well, I suppose it depends on how you define “best.” While I’m going to detail a rental scam that I witnessed, first-hand, earlier this year, first I need to regale you with the story of the truly “best” scam I’ve ever seen work.

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog If it’s fair to draw just one conclusion from Monday’s blog post, it would be this: maintenance fees have increased substantially throughout the downtown core over the last decade. As I showed you on Monday, I wrote blogs about this way back when. Blog reader Daniel wrote: Very good point!

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Realty Biz

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

As an investor, you always have your eye on how you can make a greater profit. Which is why that 6% in realtor fees you have to pay every time you sell one of your beautiful flips or rentals rankles you. Which is why that 6% in realtor fees you have to pay every time you sell one of your beautiful flips or rentals rankles you.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 4, 2022

Hey, how are you? Did you just stumble upon this blog for the first time? Well, now you found this blog! I was in high school and I suppose that instead of going to parties and talking to girls, I figured I’d curl up with a hardcover and learn about the “information super highway!” TorontoRealtyBlog.

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

If a property came onto the market today for $599,900, you went to look at it, and you were quite interested, how much would you offer? Is it under-priced for an “offer night?” ” Has it been re-listed before? And above all, how do you value the property? The listing agent has all the leverage here.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 25, 2022

Everybody and their mother want to talk about “blind bidding” but many of those people aren’t interested in a discussion. Many people already have their minds made up! Blind bidding has to go! From there, we could ask, “ Why ,” and that’s a whole other topic.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 14, 2023

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.” ” So I laid down a challenge right then and there: send me your crazy happenings and we’ll see how many we can come up with by week’s end.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 25, 2022

Last week, no fewer than seven blog readers emailed me the following article: “Landlords Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Raise Rents Between Tenants, Says Toronto’s Top Housing Official” For what it’s worth, I saw the article on my own too. And not as a real estate agent, so please don’t go down that road.

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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. 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.

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Louisville Homes

JULY 23, 2022

Today we’re going to look at the best way to buy a vacation rental property. Now, one good way to get started is to buy a vacation rental property. Now, one good way to get started is to buy a vacation rental property. But how do you know you are making the right steps and choices? Condition of the Property.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 10, 2022

If I asked you right now, “Name three songs that feature whistling,” which are the first three that would come to mind? I’m not gonna lie; I was thinking about today’s blog topic when I woke up this morning. If you don’t know the song, go to Spotify or YouTube and play it. TorontoRealtyBlog.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

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. How far would you go to protect your principles? Just a little? Or maybe not.

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Toronto Realty Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

She knows every one of my clients by name, hears all the stories, and knows which listings we’re bringing out. This is going to be the busiest August on record in the Toronto real estate market, you can mark my words. TorontoRealtyBlog. What does it say when the “long weekend” feels a bit too long? Yeah, maybe.

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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. ” Affordable how? Discussing the definition of affordable housing is a blog topic unto itself. Ah, but how much profit? “It’s not the job of the private sector to build affordable housing.”

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Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 15, 2022

I asked, “Dad, what happened?” That immediate feeling in the pit of my stomach that I had only previously known from going off the top of a roller-coaster at Canada’s Wonderland was now passing through my body, from my head to my toes, as I dropped the phone and laid down on the carpet in my bedroom.

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The Close

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Then, once you get your foot in the door, you’re going to need a rock-solid listing presentation if you want even a slight chance of getting the listing. Then, once you get your foot in the door, you’re going to need a rock-solid listing presentation if you want even a slight chance of getting the listing.

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HomeLight

DECEMBER 31, 2020

If you go the rental route, you could get stuck with a property that becomes too expensive or time-consuming to manage. Several agents asked if he was interested in selling, but he decided to rent it out. List vs. lease: How to navigate the dilemma. Bad renters turn investment sour. A missed $185k opportunity.

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Norada Real Estate

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Over time we realized the challenges that owners face, and the questions we wished we had asked as investors. These 83 questions are the questions that we would ask, and many of them are the questions that other property managers will hope you forget. 2) How many rental units do you manage?

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The Close

MARCH 1, 2022

The formula is simple: We supply the food and prizes for up to 60 people, and they supply the guest list. Close Insider Tip: All the hard work you’ll put in for your housewarming parties will go to waste if you’re not effectively following up with the leads you get. Our best CRM for 2022 is LionDesk. Visit LionDesk. Related Article.

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2020

A few months ago, I received a phone call from a Toronto reporter who asked me a question that I simply could not answer: “When did the business of ‘holding back offers’ begin, and who started it?” ” I mean, that’s like asking who invented the Internet. Not every listing, but most.

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Toronto Realty Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

A friend of mine sent me a text on Thursday: “Awesome blogs this week dude!” ” I wrote him back and said, “Well, only a couple of comments on Wednesday’s blog, so maybe it’s not all that enthralling?” I listed and sold a condo in November for $520,000. TorontoRealtyBlog.

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

One of these books says that it’s a “good idea” to look for properties that have been foreclosed on and can be bought for 50% of fair market value. ” I would always ask, “You mean in Toronto , right? A power of sale can come in many different shapes and sizes. You know the guy? Not Rockford, Illinois?

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Toronto Realty Blog

JUNE 17, 2022

There are a few ways that I could start today’s blog. We’ve talked in the past about the rights of tenants in the province of Ontario and how overbearing those rights are. They’ll go a long way toward showing the non-believers and/or the newer readers that we’re right. TorontoRealtyBlog.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 21, 2021

But I asked the natural question that just about anybody in my position would ask: “ Where in Florida?” How do you own a hotel, I wondered. Here’s how www.investopedia.com explains it: What Is A Timeshare? I didn’t know much about Florida back then. Still don’t. This made sense. Time flies!

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GeekEstate

AUGUST 4, 2022

Members of the GEM (“Geek Estate Mastermind”) have access to original strategic analysis, a weekly digest to stay in the proptech know, private highly curated events, and a private forum complete with over 220 long-form essays in the archives. Want to get involved? Apply here. — Drew Meyers. Apply here. JULY MONTHLY RADAR.

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Easy Agent Pro

JANUARY 4, 2021

For real estate agents, this means uploading a product catalogue of your listings to Facebook, and then having the best matches show up automatically in potential leads’ feeds. Let’s go through the list together. How are Dynamic Facebook Ads For Real Estate Agents Different From Normal Facebook Ads?

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HomeLight

AUGUST 10, 2022

DISCLAIMER: This blog post is meant to be used for educational purposes only, not legal advice. But, oftentimes, it’s challenging to project how taxes will impact your equity. How Much Is Your Home Worth Now? How can I estimate the taxes I’ll owe on my home sale? How can I estimate the taxes I’ll owe on my home sale?

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HomeLight

DECEMBER 2, 2022

This is especially true around the many colleges and universities, where parents may purchase housing for the duration of their children’s college years or where investors are managing properties for college housing. Here’s how the process generally works: You request an all-cash offer. Need to Sell Your Gainesville House Fast?

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Redfin

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Spring unveils distinctive challenges and opportunities for vacation rental property managers and investors, whether you’re situated in the sunny landscape of Miami, Florida , a region with milder temperatures like Portland, Oregon , or dethawing from all the snow in Chicago , Illinois. Swap out heavy curtains for lighter ones.

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Marco Santarelli

MARCH 27, 2023

How to Make Money Fast as a Woman? As a freelance writer, you can create content for a variety of clients, including blogs, websites, and marketing materials. This can include samples of articles, blog posts, and other content you've created in the past. Another way to make money fast is to sell items you no longer need.

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Toronto Realty Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

I mean, how do you all avoid the water flushing up your noise and wetting your brain? One thing I can honestly say that I do not remember is exactly how long I stood on the edge before I finally stepped off and jumped. I swear, I never thought I was going to reach the surface of the water. TorontoRealtyBlog. Yeah, that one.

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Redfin

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

To help you get a better understanding of how a home swap works, the benefits of this arrangement, and how to get started, we spoke with some of the top home exchange and travel experts in the country. There are many benefits to using an official home swap company for a house exchange. Looking for a change of scenery?

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We all know how that goes. 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.

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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. 4) Prices Outside The City Of Toronto.

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App Folio

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

To learn what renters care about most, the best way to find out is to ask them directly — and that’s just what the latest report by NMHC and Kingsley Associates has done. The 2020 NMHC/Kingsley Apartment Resident Preferences Report surveyed over a quarter million multifamily renters in the U.S. Affordability. Quality of Management.

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