The meteoric increase in real estate prices across the GTA has certainly been well documented, in some cases ad nauseam with certain media outlets. Being in the business, it seems every week I have some variation on the same conversation, usually “Holy crap, did you see what 123 Main St. sold for last night? Those people must be nuts!!” Every night new sale records are set, with no end in sight. The poor buyers have the deck stacked against them [...]
It seems appropriate to kick this blog off with a tip to Busta Rhymes and his pulse pounding hit "Gimme Some More". Between this song and his meaty supporting role in "Finding Forrester" (who hasn't pined to see Busta and Sean Connery in the same movie), Busta was on top of the world. But just as quickly as he rose he soon fell, flying too close to the sun with his blingy wings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHHT7dTmw8U Now for the matter at hand. [...]
It seems like the topic of bully offers just keeps coming up in this blog, and believe me when I say I am sick of writing about it, much like I'm sure Tom Petty is sick to death of playing "Free Fallin" every night to a crowd of paunchy middle-aged sad sacks. But the reality is that it has become sadly inevitable, so here we go. This blog is (as usual) being written with mixed feelings. On the one hand [...]
The other day I received a call from my good friend John, as always at the most erratic of times. This time it woke me out of a blissfully deep sleep, at 6:52 in the freakin’ am. Before I could even say hello I heard that unmistakeable voice – “What’s the deal with this community housing??” John is what you might call a serial entrepreneur. Rotund and sweaty, he is like Mark Ruffalo gone to seed, if those seeds were [...]
Harold The Jewelry Buyer wears many faces to the public – diamond and gold flogger, irrepressible (and disturbingly creepy) TV pitchman, and a central character in an underground diamond war that has to be read to be believed. Here is the link to The Star article covering the last point. Suspected Arson - Gold Wars But recently Harold has donned yet another cap – Real Estate Saviour! By now I am sure you have seen the ads, with Harold sitting [...]