Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog I’ll be honest: I wasn’t sure how to begin today’s blog post. Discussing the definition of affordable housing is a blog topic unto itself. This topic has been in the queue for quite some time, and while I knew that I would write it eventually, I didn’t know the shape it would take.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

It shouldn’t cost $950 per square foot to build B-level condos in the downtown core right now, but it does. This is why so few developers are buying land right now, and even fewer are building. TorontoRealtyBlog. Why is real estate so expensive in this city? Gawrsh, I mean, come on! Does anybody want to add some colour here?

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

But what I meant by “feel-good” in this regard was that we bought an exceptional house for a great price, after losing out on the house the first time around, after almost losing out a second time, and by beating out another buyer who was represented by an agent that went about the process all wrong. Imagine that?

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Easy Agent Pro

JUNE 24, 2022

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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

AUGUST 10, 2020

After I wrote Tuesday’s blog, I had a few very difficult conversations with condo sellers. Years from now, the mere mention of “2020” will give us all goosebumps. In previous years, hitting August 10th on the real estate calendar would just about spell the start of the annual summer slowdown. Bulls, rejoice.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 30, 2022

My point once again is that opinions, while an opinion can’t technically be wrong, since it’s somebody’s opinion , I believe we can find many instances where it is. ” That’s not really an opinion, right? 2) People often don’t understand cause-and-effect. “In my opinion, the earth is flat.”

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Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 14, 2021

As I write this blog post on Thursday afternoon, I have thirteen offers on a listing for a piece of land that has a dilapidated house on it. I’m not writing blogs discussing the war that was fought in Europe between 1939 and 1945 because I try to stay current. TorontoRealtyBlog. Welcome to 2009.

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RIS Media

APRIL 8, 2021

Of course, a healthy view of failure is necessary because not everything in business is going to go your way. My pal Dwight “The Catch” Clark once wrote this in a blog post for this very website , while describing his college years at Clemson. And during that session, Dwight caught everything.

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Redfin

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The Conversation Starter Guide is a great resource that includes a step-by-step process, questions to ask, and other tips and help make sure you’re asking the right ones while understanding your loved one’s needs and wants. But let’s face it, clutter has the ability to multiply as soon as you take your eyes off it.

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Lab Coat Agents

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Originally Featured On The Follow Up Boss Blog. Start a blog. We found that people that call in want to talk with an agent right now. Ask your average Realtor what the best source of free leads is and you’ll probably hear one of two replies: Cold calling. Door knocking. But let’s be real. Table of Contents.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

An old friend of mine emailed me last week with the following: Hey Dave – I was re-reading your multiple blog posts on the horrors and pitfalls of pre-con condo buying in Toronto. These blog posts are like bible verses that keep me from sinning. These blog posts are like bible verses that keep me from sinning.

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Toronto Realty Blog

JULY 21, 2021

They didn’t really own anything, but rather they had the right to use a condo or a hotel for two weeks per year, subject to restrictions and regulations, and it was available through one company that owned a slew of properties. TorontoRealtyBlog. “ My parents have a condo in Florida, ” said my first girlfriend, circa 2002.

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Lab Coat Agents

JULY 30, 2020

I may be wrong for thinking that but I j ust don’t agree or even like it. And yes, I do my daily affirmations, I pray and I stay grateful for everything ! Dear Serpa, Ok, I’ll take a chance and throw myself out there in private lol. I already have business cards, flyers, door hangers, and mailers (leftover from prior to COVID).

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Marco Santarelli

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Unlike the misconception, passive income ideas do require an upfront work to earn, like writing an e-book or building and monetizing a blog. The difference between active and passive income – Your business associate who does most of the work will consider the income that they earn from the partnership as active income.

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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

MARCH 10, 2023

It seems to me that our split between bullish outlooks and bearish outlooks are about 60/40, but this is based on who responds. Personally, I agree with everything except “half of that is still to come,” as far as the Toronto market goes, but this report is looking at the whole country. And what of economists?

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

There’s nothing wrong with sellers being apprehensive. There’s nothing wrong with sellers being apprehensive. There’s nothing wrong with them asking questions. And these stories are important! They are a constant reminder of just how good you have it. But I started in real estate in 2004. x 11 paper.

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Toronto Realty Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

If so, and this wasn’t your first rodeo, I’m sure you noticed a few differences between your previous experiences and that of 2020! Everything changed in 2020 as the pandemic threw us all for a loop, and the real estate industry was most certainly not exempt. But I was wrong. TorontoRealtyBlog. But we know that.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 31, 2021

You do that because you believe it’s the right thing to do. Because it was these two experiences last week that made me want to share a story from a few months back that never made it into my blog. ” How many of you have sold a house or a condo in your lifetime? How did you handle the closing?

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Easy Agent Pro

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The difference between fearlessness and bravery is that “… fearlessness is a state of being and bravery is a choice,” according to Tanner Christensen at creativesomething.net. “… you can’t control your fear response. We urge you to consider the source and only take your information from reputable ones, like our own blog.

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Toronto Realty Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

What’s the difference between a 7-day vacation and a 14-day vacation? ” Oscar Wilde famously wrote, “Everything in moderation; including moderation.” Then, I pulled the SI-joint in my lower back right before the long weekend and had to hobble around the house and the office for five days.

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Redfin

OCTOBER 11, 2022

“The paths are wide and you can see quite a bit of wildlife and gorgeous scenery,” shares Town and Tourist , a blog dedicated to providing informative travel guides. As a native to the city, I’m happy to share some of the best,” says Rachel Brown of Queen City Chic , a lifestyle blog.

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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

MAY 15, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog Nobody gets to the top in this business without a lot of help. Whether that help is asked for or merely given, need not matter. Help comes in all different forms and delivery methods and from many different sources. I’ve been with Bosley Real Estate my entire career; almost two decades. ” one agent asked.

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HomeLight

APRIL 5, 2021

What if they say “no” right away? There’s no right or wrong answer here. This is the show where you’re going to learn what’s working right now from the best real estate agents and industry experts in the country. Do a search for HomeLight Walkthrough, and the group should come right up.

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App Folio

MAY 27, 2020

Right now as people are at home, we’re seeing a huge increase in architectural requests. It streamlines the process where we have everything available for them.” . Between March and April, I think we saw a 10% increase in our [online portal] activation. Can you have an annual meeting via Zoom?

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HomeLight

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

…everything fell apart in March. And, you know, so I think I know something, right? Our first year is in the books, and what a year it was! A national pandemic shut real estate down, at least temporarily, and some states declared real estate agents “non-essential.” February seemed pretty normal too.

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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.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 29, 2021

But it was like one of those “planned demolitions,” where engineers place explosives in all the right places of a dilapidated building to take it down effectively, and people watch from afar and, for some reason, cheer. But given what’s going on in the news right now, I can’t quite help it. TorontoRealtyBlog.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

TorontoRealtyBlog I’ve never been one for outdoor advertising, but I suppose there’s a first time for everything, right? Let me provide some background… I started Toronto Realty Blog in 2007. This week, I bought a billboard at Yonge & Dundas Square. It’s massive! That was one of my ideas. What rules?

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 26, 2021

“You know that one blog you wrote, that one time?” Buyer, seller, cold caller, agent, friend, whoever – they read a blog post that I wrote at some point between 2007 and 2021, and it’s fresh in their mind, so they ask me about it. But do you know which blogs I do remember? TorontoRealtyBlog.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 18, 2024

I finished the last season at some point in 2023 and, while I had many, many questions about the show, the plots, the accuracy, the ending – and just about everything else that a show-watcher will dwell on upon the conclusion of the series, there’s one scene that I acted out in my mind, over and over. But what did Stan tell Henry?

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Toronto Realty Blog

JANUARY 16, 2023

This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end, my only friend The end of our elaborate plans The end of everything that stands. “This is the end…” As I sat down to reflect on 2022, write some blogs for the year ahead, and think about the real estate market and what to expect, I suddenly became optimistic. .

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

But I had a lot of fun here on Toronto Realty Blog as I always do, and I had even more fun sitting down to go through the year’s blog posts. Here are the Top Five Blog Posts of 2022 as we see them… #5: TRB Special Guest Posts: Chris Cansick, Matthew Morrison, & Tara Amina. Not blogging is simply not an option.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

Right off the bat, there’s a difference between him and his brand on the sign and, say, that of the Wright Sisters. TorontoRealtyBlog I was having a conversation with a prospective seller on Sunday who was one of those “all real estate agents are the same ” types. Other times, I could do it in six minutes.

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 14, 2021

Over the last week, I’ve been bookmarking several newspaper articles in anticipation of writing a long-overdue blog post for which I would basically need to lock myself in my office with complete silence for a full day. “Toronto,” I said. The whole table erupted in disagreement. In 2021, it’s everywhere.

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