I was once told by this real estate agent that new home sales were easy, ⤽I just sign in my client, leave my card and go. There⤙s no reason to be there, the sales people take care of everything.⤠I remember the words, although I can⤙t remember the agent ⤓ I wonder why?That was some time ago, but I remembered those words because on the weekend, I received a really nice compliment from the Area Manager at Excel Homes. He pulled me aside while my cliecouple is considering future apartment designnt was out of the room and said how nice it was that I stayed the whole time with my client to help with questions, decisions and just being there as a support. He said real estate agents often don⤙t even come in the door with their client and just hand him their card.
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Christine Ordze
About Christine Ordze – Your Calgary REALTOR Years before becoming a Calgary Realtor, I was 16, living in Anola, a small Manitoba town, and I was bound for New York to be a world famous artist. At that time no where in my mind did I imagine becoming a Calgary real estate agent. No, back then real estate agents had the reputation for swindling home owners out of their hard earned money, right up there with door to door vacuum sales people and ambulance chasing lawyers. Instead of New York, I moved to Winnipeg and successfully secured a diploma in marketing, a more conservative choice back then. Years passed and after many rented apartments and a couple of cities, I planted my feet in Calgary in 1995. It was a great choice since I loved the mountains and the lay back personalities, and this is one city where cowboy boots are an acceptable part of business attire. A couple of years in and I found myself married, and within six years had three amazing boys. During this time we sold our house and moved up to a larger one to accommodate our expanded family. Just as when you have your first child and other mothers pass on their horror stories to you, the same is true for home owners. Although we sold our first house with a real estate agent we decided to go all out for the fully stressful experience of doing it on our own.... yup we purchased “For Sale By Owner” without a real estate professional to support us. After the dust settled, I thought about the many stories from family and friends (and the most willing to share strangers) and how terrible and stressful buying or selling their home was, as well, my own experience. I concluded that this huge investment should be a happy time with little stress, not a painful experience! So I decided this is the career I want to be in – helping people successfully find the best home to match their lifestyle – without pressure and strain of contracts, finances and anything else I heard in those stories. I've been a Calgary Realtor since 2009 and I love it! I'm always meeting new people and helping them with a very positive step in their lives. It also makes for a flexible schedule so that I can spend time with my boys, and be an active member at the school and in the community. At the end of the day though, I just like to relax with a glass of wine and enjoy a jigsaw puzzle, digging in the garden, or painting my next world famous piece, among other things!
Ever wonder why condo fees go up and payment for a special assessment gets slipped under the door of Calgary downtown condos? Well so did I!The other day, I had the opportunity to sit down with Kyle Kalloo of C-Era Property Management to talk about condo management and to fill me in on why condo owners get dinged with this extra expense. Now Calgary luxury condoswhat I found out I thought was important to share with owners of our Calgary downtown condos.
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Source: http://www.innercityyyc.com/important-info-about-fees-in-calgary-downtown-condos-from-a-property-manager.html
HOA is the acronym for Home Owners Association. This is a fee charged to each of the home owners in the communcalgary downtown condosity to maintain its public areas. This money is usually for community memberships, or maintenance of a park or lake and is paid by the home owners once per year.Most HOA fees are found on the title of the property under a restrictive covenant. You may also find that the closer you are to the amenity the higher the HOA is. This is a mandatory fee for the home home owners so make sure that this fee is paid up to date by the seller when buying the property.
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Source: http://www.innercityyyc.com/calgary-downtown-condos-hoa-fees.html
When living in a single family home you own the dwelling and the land and have very few restrictions. Although when you live in a condo there can be living restriction decided upon by the condo board. One of which is whether you can have a pet or not.Calgary downtown condosWhile working with your real estate agent make sure he/she knows you have pets or have the intention of getting a pet, even the type and size is important. The reason is that all condo buildings have restrictions on these critters.
Source: http://www.innercityyyc.com/calgary-downtown-condos-pet-friendly.html
Source: http://www.innercityyyc.com/calgary-downtown-condos-pet-friendly.html
Have you heard the stories going around about multiple offers on properties two minutes after it⤙s come onto the market and it sells for $100,000 over asking price? Well, that may be a bit exaggerated and I⤙m sure there are stories out there that are, although the excitement and craziness has stirred up activity like that when buying a home in Calgary⤙s seller⤙s market.There were several times that I presented an offer for my clients where we competed with one to five other offers. And during those times, I saw buying a home in calgaryafterwords, that the property sold for 10-15% (or $40,000 to $80,000) over asking price.
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Source: http://www.innercityyyc.com/expect-offer-buy-home-competition.html
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