Why do realtors love open houses? #Real estate open houses are one sales tactic that may be more about the hype than about results. Some real estate agents play up the benefits far more than they should, considering how many drawbacks there are to the process. The fact is, open houses are rarely conducted to…
MLS is the biggest monopoly in Canada And the problem is that you can’t do anything about it, or can you? How the Competition Bureau saw it in 2010 In 2010, the federal #Competition Bureau threatened to completely flip the script and change the realty game. After years of investigations and talks, it said it…
State of MLS in the past years It has been a hot, HOT bunch of years in the #GTA. So hot in fact that it seemed like no matter what you did, the price was going up and the number of offers was sure to climb. So hot in fact, that OREA put out a…
How to sell your house in 2018 (using FSBO, mere listing) and save a lot of money In today’s day in age, it can get quite tough trying to navigate the #real estate industry. There are a lot of choices for a consumer to make, not only in the house they are trying to buy…
The future is coming Whether you like it or not, extremely smart engineers and scientists are currently ratcheting up their skills and making sure they stay on top of the best research in machine learning and #artificial intelligence. Some of these engineers are even creating extremely useful artificially intelligent systems in 2017. General Electric has…
Are realtors really worth 1/20th of your home value? If you are a bit older and have been around the block, you may have actually seen realtors do a lot of work. Before the era of mass #market computing, super easy advertising and consolidation that has led to the great advances we see in the…