Real Estate Marketing for 2026 and the Next 5 Years While sales in the US and Canada are frustrating most Realtors, some are enjoying a good sales year. They’ve found paths to success and you can too. Your fundamental challenges are visibility, brand image/impact, engagement and persuasion. That’s why a more thorough digital marketing strategy…
Finding Houses for Sale Finding a home for sale today isn’t easy. The shortage of single-detached homes in most of the country makes your search frustrating and a Realtor’s job tough if they take the project on. You’ll be paying them 2 to 3% commission on the price of the property, so you’ll want to…
Best Cities to Buy Real Estate in 2024 We’re nearing 2025 with a new incoming, pro-business, deregulating, lower-tax President and it’s going to have millions of Americans thinking about a move — either across town or to another metro area where life is more affordable and enjoyable. While jobs and personal economics rule, buyers are…
Boston Real Estate Market Is it a good time to buy a house or condo in Boston? The data is somewhat conflicting depending on the source. Redfin, GBAR and Zillow are showing prices trending down fast so it seems the market will need some support or this could get grim in September. The market was…
Austin TX Real Estate Austin Texas with its amazing climate, interesting culture and low taxes and cost of living has been drawing hoards of new residents for several years now. It’s driven prices up and made listings scarce, but while prices have stayed elevated, new listings and total homes listed for sale has rocketed. Homes…
How to Sell Your Home for the Best Price Chances are if you’re looking at the housing market stats or the MLS listings, it’s because you want to get the best price, perhaps better than the comparables in your neighborhood. You ask “How do I get the best prices for my home?” The answer is real estate…
Houses for Sale in Los Angeles Finding great homes for sale right now in Los Angeles is a tough challenge. Active home listings have diminished which means home prices will rise. Read more on the rebounding Los Angeles real estate market and the full California housing market and where it’s headed. This info might help…
Best Quotes for Home Insurance It’s still common to hear of house and condo fires where the home owner was not properly insured. Less common yet on the increase is claim denied. Yes, besides getting a lowest quote for your home insurance, you should ensure you have the appropriate insurance coverage. With that assured, you…
Creative, Sustained, High Value Real Estate Marketing Your choice to become a Realtor is brilliant. You’re right. It is the best profession and when you check out the Toronto real estate forecast for 2017 and beyond, you realize realty will continue to be profitable. But now you must evolve to become a digital realtor. As…
10 Ways to Get Homeowners to Sell After you’ve grown tired of waiting for people to call you to sell their home, you may want to try something new, something that’ll create increasing, consistent touch points with home sellers. Sellers, those ghostly inhabitants of your dream world. This is about creating a fat pipeline to your…
The Biggest Gamble of Your Life Home sales are rising and prices are still high. From Toronto to Los Angeles to Boston, buyers are about to jump on the opportunity to own their own home. Yet a home or condo priced $300,000 to $1 million is a major personal commitment. If you make a mistake…
Toronto and Vancouver Sizzling Hot Realty Markets Although the US markets such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Charlotte, and Miami are glowing brighter these days, Toronto and Vancouver are actually the hottest markets in the world right now. The Forecast for housing sales and combined with higher condo and home prices means realtors can raise their earnings considerably….
What Truly does Create a Successful Luxury Realtor? Realtors who specialize more in the luxury market likely have a few unique personal and professional traits that bode well for them. The stars in this niche might not match our picture of them however. They could actually possess negative traits. As long as they have these…
Positive Outlook for Montreal Housing Market While the Toronto housing market and Vancouver housing market struggles with government regulation and crash talk, Montreal seems to be waking from a sleepy, negative period that made it appear undesirable to outsiders. The changing perception of Montreal’s political stability might be the key driver of home sales here…
The Net Benefit of Real Estate Investors – $9 Billion! A joint survey by Bigger Pockets and Memphis Invest revealed some fascinating insight into the attitudes of real estate investors and the impact of real estate economics on the well being of the US economy. They concluded in their 2014 report, that 28 million real estate…
Buy a Home in Toronto, Canada Most people from the US, UK or other countries like Toronto a lot. One thing for sure, they’re coming here to buy homes and property. The really smart ones will buy property. Because, property is really rare and can be more easily built to purpose. Yet, the real demand…
Market Value Appraisal for Homeowners Well, if you’re reading this blog, then you may be considering selling your home, and the market appraisal is one of the first tasks to get done. You’re wondering “what will we get for our old place anyway?” And then that will beg your next question: how do we increase…
Sell Your Home for What It’s Really Worth! This home above sold for tens of millions of dollars in small city where the average selling price is $1.2 million. What gave the owners the firm belief that it was worth that much? It’s very likely they had no self-imposed limits on selling price and probably…
Exciting Trends and Business Opportunities: Solar Power What’s so exciting about residential solar power right now is not that solar panels are becoming inexpensive. It’s that homeowners can generate their own electrical power. As you’ll see in the video below, this wise entrpreneur is making a good amount of income from his installation ($5000 from 7000…