All Of The Above - Duncan's Blog

Become A Better Person - Become a Realtor

There are many invisible services Realtors provide to their clients. We're marriage councilors, child therapists, travel agents, chauffeurs and many many more. I like all of these roles which is convenient since I'm paid well to perform them. The one... Read more →

Favourite Blog Post From 2007

Here's a fun post from years past: Today in the Globe and Mail, there was an article on the front page of the real estate section. It was a story about up and coming neighbourhoods here in Toronto where bargains... Read more →

Digital Transactions, The Better Way

I predict, right here in this blog, that within the next five years, the real estate industry (and other industries) will legislate the end of paper Agreements of Purchase and Sale and accompanying documents. There's a new product on the... Read more →

'Stop being frightened of our own shadow' (Rick Hillier)

There are many thousands of Canadians, particularly those who have been seduced by the fear mongering of our Prime Minister (the same guy who hides in closets when the going get's tough), who fear that letting in Syrian refugees will... Read more →

My Father Voted CCF, But Had To Keep It Secret

In 1962, me being the dumb 12 year old that I was, I playfully asked my father how he voted when he left the community hall voting booth at the foot of our road in a rural community in Northern... Read more →

Front Page Photo, If Published in 1993

In the 1993 Federal election, the prime ministerial candidates were Jean Chretien, Lucien Bouchard, Preston Manning and Audrey McLaughlin. I'm going out on a limb here and guess that if there was a photo published during that campaign of a... Read more →

Exciting Time To Begin A Career In Real Estate

In 1987, my first year in real estate, the business climate nationally was a bit volatile. Interest rates were high yet people were borrowing huge sums like mad men. Most of the couples I worked with at that time were... Read more →