Reality of Rental Real Estate
Certified Real Estate Investing Coach and Property Manager Renee Huse talks about the pros and cons of rent to own and other real estate investment opportunities.
Certified Real Estate Investing Coach and Property Manager Renee Huse talks about the pros and cons of rent to own and other real estate investment opportunities.
Copper Creek Developments, a CIR Best My Nest vendor partner, talks about the steps involved in planning and implementing your home renovations and how to avoid delays and disappointment by managing your time and cost expectations.
Some Brokerages and Realtors use Guaranteed Sales Programs as a marketing tool to get more leads. As you will see from the article below (found on the Real Estate Council of Alberta’s website) website – RECA) this is rarely the best option for consumers, which is why CIR REALTY firmly stands against it and will never adopt this as a sales or marketing strategy. Here is the article that is on RECA’S website and is written as a consumer facing...
Many time you will find yourself doing a real estate CMA and have a question about how to properly make a price adjustment for a special feature or fixture. This video will help you ask yourselves the right questions and give you resources to help get the numbers right. https://youtu.be/78YRqlTbDaw?si=MzyYws_waQuHE5Mw
Reuben Meyer from A Buyer’s Choice home inspections discusses the prevalence of radon in Calgary homes and what you can do to educate your clients, mitigate risk, and remediate problems.
Kirsten and Lindsey discuss tactics you should use to drive online traffic to your listings.
The most common question Realtors are asked is, “How’s the market?” Use these basic steps to ensure you have the perfect response to gain confidence and trust with your contacts.
Chad Lacey with Basement Systems Calgary (one of our Best My Nest vendors) discusses their “fix it to list it” program that is available to sellers to help them guarantee their home before the sale.
Master Bedroom Makeover Contest and tips on selling stale listings FAST with home staging experts Steve and Kim Hanson from ReStage Home Staging.
Special guest Cheryl Bryk discusses the Upcoming Wave in Senior’s Housing with hosts Lindsey and Audra.
Lindsey Smith and Audra Reinhardt role play the Ninja seller pre-listing interview process and provide tips on how to ensure your interview goes smoothly. The pre-listing interview helps you set expectations for your client and at the end of the day, demonstrate yourself as a true trusted advisor before you sit down with your clients. The pre-listing interview takes place before a real estate listing presentation when working with sellers. If you would like to receive a copy of the...
REALTORS® rejoice! Representing buyers and sellers can require many activities that take up a lot of time. The biggest time-saving systems in our recent era have been email (ok, not that recent, but worth mentioning) and DocuSign or other clickable signature software (goodbye driving across town for a last set of initials!). I am willing to stand up and say that if done right, the recent changeover to the SentriLock lockbox system may go down in the “Time Savings Hall...
In this 20 minute video, CIR REALTY Broker Delegate Audra Reinhardt discusses protecting your client during rural real estate sales and common issues that may arise. As someone who has lived on a farm for the past 20 years and has focused on rural, acreage and agricultural real estate for the past 5 years, Audra is an expert on knowing the most important questions to ask buyers and sellers, what issues to look out for and why specialized companies who focus...
If you representing a seller in an older home, here are some strategies to avoid putting your client in a position where the buyer could come back with a list of financial demands, or a price reduction request, after getting their home inspection.
Show them how using you as a real estate agent can net them $39,000 more than FSBO’ing! Thank you so much to our friend Steve Harney and his team at Keeping Current Matters for providing this great infographic on why people should think again before attempting a for sale by owner real estate listing.
RECA considers May 18, 2016 as the start date that all listings must be measured using the new Residential Measurement Standards (RMS). CREB has maintained their measurement guidelines for MLS® listings and has stated that all listings must be measured by the CREB guidelines for the Total Area in Matrix. In order to comply with the RMS rules, you must disclose in the Public Remarks what the measurements are based on RECA’s criteria (RMS =___ft2). This means you...
General Steps in the Seller Process First contact and general information gathering Preview Home or CMA without preview Pull Title Listing Appointment Present Listing Presentation Sign Consumer Relationship Guide Sign FINTRAC Sign Exclusive Seller Brokerage Agreement Gather data for MLS® listing Prepare all the marketing for the listing Professional Photos Feature Sheets Sign Installation Enter the listing into Matrix All documents submitted to CIR REALTY Coordinate showings with sellers Offer is received, negotiated and accepted Conditions are satisfied All documents...
1. “We want to wait.” – This is actually a stall and not an objection. Ask “What specifically is causing you to hesitate?” and find the real objection. Prices may go down in the market. If prices are on the rise, they will miss out on future gains in a new home and could lose money overall if they are up-sizing. Interest rates may go up and this reduces the strength of buyers. Seasonal traffic may change...
According to the NAR Profile of Buyers and Sellers, over 50% of consumers found the home they would eventually purchase on-line. Here are some ideas on how you can make sure your listing is internet-search ready: Realtor.ca – The primary resource for home hunters in Canada is Realtor.ca. In addition to accurate data on the features and specifications of a home, make sure these items are taken care of: Photos – Use a professional. Great photos can increase traffic to...
How do you know if Dower Rights apply? If there is one person on title, if that person is legally married, and if either of the two people have lived in the property since they were married, dower rights apply! What does that mean for sellers? The spouse needs to sign off of the property before it is sold. Learn more from real estate lawyer and CIR REALTY’s Partner Jeff Kahane at Kahane Law Office. Copyright, CIR REALTY 2016...
A bareland condo is a property where only the land is condominiumized not the building that sits on the land. Therefore, when you are selling a bareland condo, you must be sure that the vendor has a copy of the RPR for the structure that is on the land. Also, the buyer will need to have fire insurance when the transaction closes. But how do you know if a condo is a bareland condo? You can call the condo association...
There are many different items and documents that a seller with need to have and/or be educated on when it comes to to list and sell their home for sale. Here is a list of items that a group of local REALTORS brainstormed to help you start the process: Mortgage verification statement Lawyers info Banking info CMA Marketing plan; preparation Warranties List of service dates for the home Utility companies used Tax info property assessment Real Property Report (RPR) All...
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