READ THE SMALL PRINT
Think about this for a minute. You want to sell your home and an agent advertises I can list your home and if it doesn’t sell in 30 days or less, I will buy it. Too good to be true, right? Pretty much. Sure they will buy it. For well under market value. Remember those lovely faux hand written pieces you used to get in the mail form “buyers” willing to buy your home without you even having to go through the arduous process of listing it? Well, this is another variation on that
May 53 min read
AI SCAM ON LISTINGS
Things just got a whole lot goofier in the Real Estate listings department. There have been numerous reports of AI Generated pictures that don’t show what the real listing looks like. Well, there’s a surprise. NOT!!! What did you expect? Whenever there is a new tool that you can use to cut corners and do the work for you, what did you think the lazy sector of realtors would do? Believe me, there are people in the business that will do as little as possible to make a good buck
May 52 min read
WHAT IS FINTRAC?
Ever heard of FINTRAC? If you are any kind of Real Estate junkie and like to keep up to date on all the latest news about buying and selling you more than likely have heard of this governing body. Short for Financial Transactions And Reports Analysis Centre of Canada. Their mission is to get rid of money laundering and anyone will tell you Real Estate could be one of the go to businesses to launder your off shore bucks. There are myriad rules in place about how much of a down
May 53 min read
PLEASE DON’T POLITICIZE REAL ESTATE
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Dickens wrote this in A Tale Of Two Cities in 1859, but it could have been written yesterday. Need proof? Take a wander through any of the social media sites and check out the finger pointing and name calling. It is astounding. And a huge amount of the bitterness is around political beliefs. Even the Winter Olympics couldn’t escape the wrath of the political effect. The great divide comes from whether you lean left or rig
Apr 82 min read
WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A HOUSE?
Over the last 22 years I have had more than a few clients looking to buy a new (to them) home. Some have been easy to please. Some not so much. But for the most part it was an enriching and rewarding process. I take great pride in being able to match up the right buyer with the right house. That’s not always easy. In fact, it is seldom easy. For a myriad of reasons. Wrong size home. Wrong size lot. Don’t like the area. Needs too much work. Why is that street light there? (yes
Apr 82 min read
COMMUNITY THAT CARES
In one of my previous missives I talked about having crazy neighbours and ended the piece mentioning that we were lucky to have neighbours like Ross and Debbie that aren’t afraid to help out. That means a lot. One of the big things about Port Perry has always been the fact that the town is populated by a great number of people that genuinely care. For the welfare of the community, the buildings, the environment and the people that inhabit the area. Take a look around at what
Apr 83 min read
MENU OF LISTINGS
Since there haven’t been a whole bunch of new ones these days, maybe it’s a good time to talk about listings and the different types you may encounter when it’s time to sell your humble abode. There are many different types of listings and you can pretty much choose the one that best suits your needs. Make sure you have reputable and reliable agent and also make sure that you discuss EVERY step along the way. If you ever have a question about something and the agent’s reply i
Apr 83 min read
