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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....
We just finished talking about the huge role land value plays in determining overall value in central Toronto and about whether a townhouse will be as good an investment in the long run as a similarly priced detached or semi-detached...
“Under all is the land.” That’s the first thing I remember reading when I took the real estate licensing courses way back when. I also remember thinking to myself “Why’s that so important? Sounds like it could be a quote from the bible or...
When I was in real estate school 30+ years ago we spent a lot of time on the concept of Fair Market Value. The definition we were given was something along the lines of “the highest price a buyer will pay and the lowest price a seller...
We just started working with new clients who are looking for their first home. Young professionals. Smart. They ask a lot of questions and they catch on quickly. They sent us this email yesterday: “We saw this home on realtor.ca. It looks...
I’ve been told that I’m a highly disciplined and extremely organized individual. This isn’t all that surprising given that my mother says I was a little soldier when I was a young boy. She used to put a watch on my wrist and tell me to be...
If you’ve been following along diligently the past few weeks, you know what stale listings are and how to avoid them and you’ve seen firsthand what happens in the life of a listing. Now it’s time to find out when you should bite the...
We just finished discussing stale listings – what they are, why you don’t want your listing to go stale and what you can do to avoid that from happening. Now let’s look at a simulated real life example to see what happened when Jim and...
Real estate is a language unto itself, full of terms and expressions that have special meanings. A stale listing is usually thought of as a listing that’s been on the market for a while and hasn’t sold. How long does it take for a listing...
Human nature is funny. How you feel about things depends on how you look at them. Attitude is everything. There’s a saying in real estate circles that goes something like this: “You know it’s a fair deal when the buyers think they paid...
Michael L. Meltzer, B.Comm., LL.B., Broker
SAGE Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage
2010 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M4S 1Z9 | Mobile 416-410-8585 | Office 416-483-8000
Michael L. Meltzer, B.Comm., LL.B., Broker
SAGE Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage
2010 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M4S 1Z9
Mobile 416-410-8585 | Office 416-483-8000
Michael L. Meltzer, B.Comm., LL.B., Broker
SAGE Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage
2010 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M4S 1Z9
Mobile 416-410-8585
Office 416-483-8000