On this week's show we cover two main topics. Eryn and Linas discuss the recent news coming out of Ottawa to "address factors that could lead to excess risk" in the real estate industry. We focus on the two main financial policies soon to be implemented federally: making the "stress test" for mortgage approval more rigorous and closing the loophole where foreign owners could claim a capital gain tax credit on home sales in Canada.

The second segment on the show discusses real estate virtual...

On this week's show, we discuss strategies for setting up and executing your professional presence on the web. We emphasize the importance taking advantage of your fully featured and well designed (might I add free?) century21.ca website. We also discuss a variety of other topics, including generating content for your site(s), improving your websites' performance for search engines as well as purchasing multiple websites for the purpose of generating leads.

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On today’s show, we’re going to be discussing a newer practice that’s been cropping up in the real estate industry of late, especially in the hotter markets. Promotion of your listings before putting them on MLS. These listings are often presented as ‘Coming Soon’ in attempt to attract interest, and potentially sell your client’s home prior to putting it on the market to save on commission.

Is this in everyone’s best interests? Does this potentially prevent your client from getting proper...

The listing presentation. Even if you’re a brand new agent, you’ve likely got one. Listing presentations come in all sorts of colours and flavours, but what makes for a good one? What are the common pitfalls that most agents find themselves in when crafting, or giving a listing presentation?

On today's show, Eryn goes over the best ways to craft a listing presentation, and more importantly, how important it is to be flexible and adaptable while presenting. If you're a new agent or an experienced...