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The need for helping businesses understand how to use social media is rising.  The rewards are clear when effectively incorporating social media into your business, as are the consequences if mistakes are made. You would think it is all common sense, but there are some key aspects to consider when posting online professionally. Below is a useful guide I found …

I got another story for you today! I love the open market and what it allows individuals, professionals and businesses to do!  The open market offers freedom and allows individuals to compete among other professionals and businesses and offer innovation in products and services.  This also drives the price lower for the consumer as more entities are competing for the …

Have you ever liked a home that you’ve just seen on your first trip and can’t justify liking it without going out again to see other houses? I’m dealing with it right now! If I had a real estate agent, I would force him or her to take me out and see other places just because, “we have just started …

I’m starting a new home search! This will not be the first home I’ve ever bought but its definitely a first experience to buying a home to live in exclusively. I’ll explain! The first home that I ever bought was with my brother and the whole family was to be living in it. We still own that house in Brampton …

I know these are harsh words but hear me out! I recently had the pleasure to represent a buyer during the negotiation of their new investment property. The property had four residential units which were all occupied by tenants with the longest one, a sweet old lady, there for over 10 years. This information wasn’t disclosed on the listing nor …

This is blowing my mind away! I came across a news clipping from The Globe and Mail about a property in Willowdale that sold for $1,180,000. At first glance, no big deal, we see properties selling for over a million all the time here so why is it news worthy? It sold $421,800 over the asking price! YIKES! That’s 56% …

TORONTO — When Debrah and Joel Weiss first moved to Toronto, they wanted nothing more than a proper house with a sprawling yard and lush garden. Four decades later, the retired couple is part of the condo craze — lured by the promise of a life free of clearing snow and scooping out eavestroughs, drawn to the gleaming glass-and-steel towers …

Here’s a list that I got from our friends at BuzzBuzzHome which is for the stores opening in Ontario The list of the first 24 was released today, which includes: London Westmount, Westmount Shopping Centre Kawartha Lakes, Lindsay Square Mall Newmarket, Upper Canada Mall Milton, Milton Mall Shopping Centre Cambridge, Cambridge Centre Toronto, Centrepoint Mall Mississauga, Square One Shopping Centre …

Click here to watch video Following the release of Yahoo’s most-searched list, Google has released its annual Zeitgeist report, revealing the most popular search terms of 2011 by region and worldwide. The search giant analyzed billions of searches performed in 2011 and compared them with searches from 2010 to identify emerging trends. YouTube sensation Rebecca Black was the number one fastest-rising search term …

Skate Culture events continue at Harbourfront Centre, including this Saturday night’s 1 LOVE T.O. Holiday Ice Skating Party on The Natrel Rink. Other seasonal programming continues at Black Creek Pioneer Village, Casa Loma, and Toronto’s historic museums. Evergreen Brick Works is holding a Winter Festival on Saturday with a winter farmer’s market, skating, food and more. These are the final few days for the Lowe’s Toronto Christmas Market, which …