I sit and I watch and I listen to them debate. And I wonder to myself “Can one of these guys really be President?” And then I catch myself and remember “There are as many points of view as there are people because everyone’s different. And just because someone thinks a certain way today doesn’t […]
I was hoping for a piece of apple pie this week given I ate humble pie last week in Selling Off Market, but it appears I’ll be eating humble pie again. It doesn’t taste nearly as good as apple pie, but at least it has no calories. So what did I do wrong this time? […]
In Where’s the Value? we looked at whether you’re better off buying an older home to renovate in central Toronto or buying a home that’s already been renovated. We also looked at whether there’s money to be made doing quick reno-flips in central Toronto. Most people looking to buy a home in central Toronto these […]
Let’s say you want to buy a new home in central Toronto. It’s not the same as buying a new home in the suburbs. There aren’t vast tracts of land upon which developers build hundreds of new homes from which you can choose. No. Your options are fairly limited because there is next to no […]
If you bought a home in central Toronto during the past 20 years or so, you probably made a conscious decision to choose central Toronto’s urban lifestyle over the much larger home you could have bought for the same price elsewhere. Good choice because Toronto is such a great place to live. But what happens […]
This isn’t the type of question to which there’s a “one size fits all” answer. (Just like most real estate questions, don’t you find?) Every situation is different so the best way to figure out which way to go is to analyze your own situation by asking yourself the following questions: 1. Why do you want to move? […]
If you were renovating your home and a building permit was required, would you obtain the permit or would you try to have the work done without a permit? Write your answer down now and compare it to your answer when you finish reading this. Building permits are always required when you build a new home and are […]
