All Of The Above - Duncan's Blog

The Look of Success

The lengths people go to to look successful! I'll tell you. I love standing on the Danforth on a warm summer evening, chomping on an ice cream cone and watching the streams of people walk by. For the most part,... Read more →

Real Estate Pulpit Strikes Again

This is not a house flogging blog for the most part. There have been a couple of instances where this principal gets thrown out the window. It takes a pretty special house for this to happen and guess what, today... Read more →

Privacy in Real Estate

Many of my sales (listings) are featured in the Toronto Star. Both weekend papers have taken a shine to some of the properties I've sold so I do very much enjoy waking up to reading my name and successes. I'd... Read more →

The Bad with the Good!

I was doing an open house the other day in a particularly hot neighbourhood. This part of the city was recently discovered by the Buyers and so they are doing what they can to increase the home values. The locals... Read more →

12 Kerr Road -An exceptional listing

I seldom use this blog as a pulpit for my listings but when I sign up a special property, it makes for a good story. This is one of them. The property is 12 Kerr Road at Greenwood and Queen... Read more →

Let's Get Down To Business

The battle is over. The good guys won. There will be no new Land Transfer Tax and the powers that be at the Toronto Real Estate Board are congratulating themselves on a well fought campaign. I'm not sure their efforts... Read more →

Minor feature, huge cost!

First item listed under Home Buying Guidelines in my Homebuyer's Handbook is "if you have to resell soon, don't buy an unusual house". Of the four houses I showed yesterday, two fit this description. On the surface, to read the... Read more →

Changing your phone server!

I recently received an email from a lawyer friend informing me (and all of his other contacts) that his email is up and running again after a two week break down. As it turns out, he switched from Bell to... Read more →

News or Propaganda

I'm a newspaper junkie. I read at least two each day. Sadly, I believe very little of what I read. My generation grew up listening to the lies of the Nixon administration so I've become quite cynical over the years... Read more →

Self Made Success Story

I'm not sure if the subject of this posting would consider himself to be "successful" but as far as I'm concerned, there's no doubt about it. I was at a farmer's market in Bala Ontario yesterday and I met a... Read more →

Africa or bust!

Last month, Karen and I were frantically preparing for an unlikely vacation (at least for us). We were learning to play golf so we could accompany some fellow RE/MAXers to Colorado to play the coveted "Sanctuary" course. The week before... Read more →

Stompin' Tom Promotion

In 1990, Stompin' Tom played a cross Canada 75 city tour. My friend, Tinti Moffat, (see left) one of Anne Murray's management team at Balmur Entertainment asked me to manage the tour for Rocklands Entertainment. This was a long awaited... Read more →

Snippets!

Again, this blog has been recognized for it's originality and professional value. George White, the editor of the RE/MAX Times, International Edition called again a couple of weeks ago. We sort of became acquaintances when he used my blog in... Read more →

Buyer's Lament

The title of this entry is Buyer's Lament and while lament might be too strong a word for what I am about to write, that's too bad. I like the way those two words sound together so I'm leaving it... Read more →

First Time Buyers

This has been the year of the first time buyer for me. I'll have to check my list but I've sold my share so far. This is a special type of sale. As a Realtor, I appreciate the importance of... Read more →

Fear Mongering over Land Transfer Tax

Let me begin by saying the new Land Transfer Tax about to be levyed by the City of Toronto is misguided at best. However, that is not what this posting is about. What it's really about is an antiquated Canadian... Read more →