I’m a real estate broker who started in the industry 13 years ago as a home stager. But my background is criminology. I have a Master’s degree in it and spent 18 years working for the Canadian government in federal corrections, mostly at national headquarters and a bit in operations. One of the saddest facts […]
An Elegant Old Beauty in NDG
A word on our blistering hot real estate market
If you know me, you know that I’m pretty temperate in the tone of my blogs and emails, that I don’t get off on ramping people up unnecessarily, and that I would never scream “Now is the time to sell!” just to artificially ramp up business. So it is somewhat surprising that I find myself […]
You Don’t Have to Wrestle Every Single Dollar Out of a Property
You really don’t. I know that sounds strange coming from a real estate broker but the truth is, at times there are things more important than a dollar – your sanity being one. Yesterday, I got a call from a woman whose dad had just passed away. She needs to sell her parents’ home and […]
All the home staging in the world won’t sell an over-priced home.
“All the home staging in the world won’t sell an over-priced home.” That’s what Nairn Friemann, a great New York home stager, told us during my first day of home staging training back in 2007. I was reminded of those words today as I went out to preview West Island homes for sale and saw […]
Home stagers do not hide problems!
Home stagers do not hide problems! I know many of you believe that we do, because I’ve seen the surprise on your face when I refuse to do it. And who can blame you for believing this when even the revered Mike Holmes, TV star and general contractor extraordinaire, puts out an article in The […]
