Are you starting to get bored with how your house looks inside and out? Do you have an idea or a plan brewing in your mind for a few months now, even for a year, with how you can bring new life to your home? If you say yes but […]
Year: 2023
Some Facts About Collingwood, Ontario
The town of Collingwood is located in the centre of Ontario’s top all season tourist destination. Collingwood is a town which features old time charm in the historical buildings it has preserved with excellent recreation resources. This is a town where one can truly enjoy the art and theater scene […]
Smart Buyer’s Guide to Residential Cruise Ships
Residential ships are a way to share expenses instead of owning your own private yacht. The concept seems reasonable, but there is some price gouging going on in the business. The ship that started the current spate of luxury residential homes aboard cruise ships was “The World,” operated and managed […]
Matte Or Glossy Finish For Your Wall Quotes?
Wall quotes are decal sheets of vinyl that are applied to walls or other surfaces that are flat and hard. They are to be used as a decorative element in a room and consist of stylish quotes presented in equally stylish lettering along with occasional graphical art. They are ideal […]
Lower Prices For Southern Homes
Generally speaking, homes located in many southern states are lower in price than in many of our northern states. In my opinion this is related to higher property taxes, median income and available land. For example: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama have a much lower median home prices than say […]
American Mobsters – Mock Duck
No, Mock Duck is not an item on the menu of a Chinese restaurant, but rather the name of one of the most notorious Chinese gangsters to ever set foot in America. Real name, Sai Wing Mock, Mock Duck, was born in China in 1879. In the late 1890’s,he traveled […]
Health, Safety And Environmental Management for the 21st Century – My Experience in Kazakhstan
Introduction This article summarizes my experiences in developing a highly successful HSE (Health, Safety And Environmental Management) program within PetroKazakhstan (a Canadian owned oil company) which had very few HSE systems and programs before I arrived. In this paper, I try to present as clear as possible a picture of […]
How to Choose a Realtor – 7 Questions to Ask Your Real Estate Agent
Buying or selling real estate is probably the most significant transaction you’ll ever make in your life. That’s why it’s important to choose the best Realtor to help you achieve this goal. But before you hire the services of a real estate agent, there are important factors to consider. Many […]
The Origins of the Six Percent Real Estate Agent Commission
The commission paid to the Real Estate agent is a serious amount of money and a concern in any transaction involving the sell of Real Estate. Where did this six percent commission come from? The idea of a 6% Real Estate commission being paid to the agent originated during the […]
How Thousands of Our Clients Sold Their Homes Without Agents?
In the past, due to the lack of awareness about the home sale process, selling a home used to be a stressful task. The decision to sell a home can become a roller-coaster for the first-timers and if you have enough time and energy required to sell your home on […]