salt spring island real estate: Spring up date it has been busy busy on the island. - 04/03/08 10:33 PM
Salt Spring has been busy at least for me but when you are the One Percent person it is busy. So busy in fact I have a new agent working with me. She is a real keener and will make your move here easier. She is very knowledgeable about Salt Spring. … (1 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring island real estate home for sale artist or potter only please. - 01/13/08 08:42 PM
Actually anyone with at cool 649k can buy this south end home but it would really suite an artist or potter. The thing is if you are moving to salt spring you need and image and I'm not talking Hugo Boss I'm talking Fulford image. What is a Fulford image? It … (4 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: What is the Salt Spring Island real estate market doing? - 12/29/07 12:02 PM
The Salt Spring island real estate market is in a state of "price compression".
Price compression is when the bottom end houses do not go down in price (they are in the 400k range and they are selling fast) but the top end houses over 2 million are dropping asking prices and are … (8 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island home for sale sweet rancher - 12/09/07 06:43 PM
Salt Spring Island home for sale sweet rancher. Very well price house that is new to the market. This house is priced to sell fast. I'm hoping for an offer this week. If you are looking at Salt Spring Island real estate market for a less than 500k this house is the value … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news - new listing coming on Monday - 12/06/07 12:01 PM
Very hot new listing commercial / rental property. I think this is a great deal and should sell fast. If you are on my A list for rental I will tell you about this in the next few days.
It could be rented out or turned into a condo. It is nice … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate reality check if your house is listed at over a million - 12/02/07 02:42 AM
Salt Spring Island reality check if your house is listed at over a million it will sell soon. A million is just not a million any more. With the USD in free fall the Canadian government is in close pursuit and will have to devalue the currency fast. Start up the … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news "craigslist" - 12/02/07 12:34 AM
Salt Spring Island real estate news "craigslist"... as some of you know I like Craigslist. I try and post on there as many times as I can. I have had 100s of ads on Craigslist and find it great.
I was cruising Hawaii craigslist and saw a Cal 20 sail boat for … (1 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news new listing existing B&B - 12/01/07 11:00 AM
Salt Spring Island real estate news new listing existing B&B. Run it as a B&B or make it into a family home or island get away. Great sunny south end location with valley views. Owner made 20k last year running the B&B part time and not going at it full on. … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Gulf Island real estate news my statistical blog is stuck between... - 11/29/07 10:36 AM
Gulf Island real estate news my statistical blog is stuck between... two real estate boards. I did not know that half the Mayne Island real estate listings and half the Galiano Island real estate listing where on the Vancouver real estate board and half where on the Victoria real estate board.
So if you … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news I know what to do now with my other blog - 11/24/07 02:05 PM
I have two blogs going and have been struggling to find out what to do with the other blog. I now know I am going to do daily stats on the other blog. Here is the link http://www.escapetosaltspring.com/blogs/scott_simmons/archive/2007/11/24/salt-spring-island-real-estate-news-251-mls-listings.aspx
I will put the stats for all the Gulf Island including; Salt Spring, Galiano, … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news - 11/20/07 09:24 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate news. New listing on Salt Spring Island at 196 Elizabeth dr has a conditional sale. It was listed on the 15 of November and sold on the 18 of November. The market for houses between 400 and 600 is very strong if the house in nice … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news - 11/15/07 11:02 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate news. It has been so busy in the last two months. One Percent Realty is just starting to pick up steam on Salt Spring Island. My phone is really ringing a lot. With all the calls and emails it has been great. Not to mention the sales. … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news NEW LISTING - 11/15/07 10:55 PM
Yes there is a new listing on Salt Spring island today. Check out the virtual tour of it here http://www.escapetosaltspring.com/Listing/VirtualTour.ashx?listingid=1385189 . It is a very nice house and very well price. There will be no showing until the 24 of November. Yours truly is going to help the home owner do … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news - 10/17/07 08:21 AM
Salt Spring Island real estate news. Sorry for being so tarty and not blogging for a few week but it has been so busy. I have had so many customers here I have been run off my feet. I'm not complaining it was fun but a very tiring three weeks of … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate buying tip - 09/19/07 10:47 AM
Salt Spring Island real estate buying tip. Talk to the neighbours. That's the big tip. For those of you that have been here cruising around the island with me you will know how well this works. There are 260 listings on Salt Spring. No one can now everything about all the … (2 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate reality check LOL - 09/18/07 12:02 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate reality check. Every morning I like to do the same routine, we are all creatures of habit. I like to have a coffee in my morning chair and check on my wi fi phone the Gulf Islands real estate market. I log in and have a look at what … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news "the dollar" - 09/15/07 10:59 AM
Salt Spring Island real estate news "the dollar" The Canadian dollar is at .97 to the US dollar. It has not been this high since 1977.This is great for Americans selling there island properties but not good for Americans buying Salt Spring Island homes. The reality of it is not that the CAN $ … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news - 09/13/07 06:02 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate news... I had it all explained to me yesterday. The difference between full service and what I offer at One Percent Realty (supposedly less than full service). I had a nice realtor point out my down fall in service. This is such as oversight on my … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island agent news "my first death threat" - 09/02/07 12:38 PM
Salt Spring Island agent news. It has come to my attention that the real estate business is a little gruff. Without naming names I will tell all what happened to me this week.
One of my regular duties is to watch the marked and see what is selling what is not. What … (18 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news new waterfront listing - 09/02/07 12:11 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate news new waterfront listing. It is a nice low bank waterfront property. Low bank is getting to be so rare what makes it so nice is you can walk out walk on the beach. This beach is so interesting it is at the end of long … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news"The Lock Box" situation - 09/02/07 12:07 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate news "The Lock Box" situation.
Lock boxes where invented 50 years ago and are used in many places around the world but not here on Salt Spring. I'm the only agent that has embraced this simple device on all listings.
How it works it that the homes key … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news - 08/27/07 06:24 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate news. I have a listing on Salt Spring that has two lots. They are 1/4 acre each on one lot is a 450 sq ft cabin. You can buy both lots for $399 and then sell off the cabin for $250 and keep the extra lot. … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news - 08/27/07 06:16 PM
The listing total listing numbers are about 271 today plus a few for sale by owners and a few temporally off the market. I put the actual number of places for sale on Salt Spring at about 300. Now with a population base of 10,000 that is a high number.I like to compare … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news The other agents wont show your listings... - 08/23/07 06:43 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate news "The other agents wont show your listings"... Because One Percent realty charges so little to sell a house there is a rumor that other agent wont show one of our listings.
It is not true. Over the last week I have had 4 showing at two … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news - 08/23/07 06:29 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate news there is going to be an open house at 180 Bittancourt this Sat and Sun 12-2.For some reason the Driftwood did not run my ad for the open house. I noticed that there is going to be a few open houses this weekend. In the … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate new listing 152 Mountain View Dr - 08/23/07 06:20 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate new listing is at 152 Mountain View Dr and it is a really nice house. It was built in 1990 and looks like it is brand new. I have been in lots of Salt Spring Houses and not many show this well. As a stagger I found so little … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news 169 Head St listing is hot - 08/17/07 09:14 PM
I can't believe how many calls I have had over that listing. I will say it again; "It is on two titles" "It is two lots". It does not need to be subdivided it is two lots. You can keep them both or sell one. I estimate the selling price of one … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news OPEN HOUSE this weekend - 08/17/07 09:01 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate news OPEN HOUSE this weekend yes you have read that right I'm hosting an open house. I know that there have never been many open houses on Salt Spring but that is all changing. I think I have started a new trend. One other agent is … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate NEWS Flash I'm a appliance snob.... - 08/16/07 12:41 PM
It's true I'm a total snob when it come to appliances. Yesterday I was pre viewing Salt Spring Island real estate for a customer coming to the island this weekend. They are looking in the million range and I was not impressed with the kitchen appliances.
I have built and renovated quite … (2 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate B&B - To B or not to B - 08/10/07 11:37 AM
Salt Spring Island real estate Bed and breakfast - To B or not to B. How corny but it is a common question I get all the time. The B&B question? How hard is it to run a B&B and how much can I make?
Over the last 5 years June and I … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news; The OPEN HOUSE has come to the Island. - 08/09/07 09:13 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate news - Open House? What is an OPEN HOUSE? A open house is what agent all over the world do on weekends to show buyers the homes that are for sale. Now I know there has been very few open houses on the island before but … (2 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news Open House this Saturday and Sunday - 08/09/07 06:11 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate news Open House this Saturday and Sunday at 180 Brittancourt Rd. Salt Spring Island 12-2.
Due to limited parking I will be parking at the sailing club and walking over. It is only about 100 yards away from the club.
This is really a unique property … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate blog is now on page one of Google - 08/09/07 06:01 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate blog has moved up to page one on Google for Salt Spring Island real estate. Yippee it has been a long road to move up. The nice thing is that my web site is now on page two second from the top.
It has been very … (5 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news NEW LISTING - 08/08/07 09:38 AM
Salt Spring Island real estate news NEW LISTING. Yes there is a new listing on the island this morning. It is a sweet little Panabode cabin that is on two lots. The lots are on two titles and are being sold as a package but you could buy them and sell … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate NEWS there was an OPEN HOUSE - 08/05/07 11:25 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate NEWS there was an OPEN HOUSE. There was an OPEN HOUSE on Salt Spring for the public. Really there was. I know that there are normally no OPEN HOUSES on Salt Spring. I have lived here 6 years and can count on one hand how many Open Houses … (2 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news a new listing so new I cant tell you... - 08/05/07 11:10 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate news a new listing so new I cant tell you... Actually it is not signed up yet but I sure hope it is signed up tomorrow night. It is a very sweet little home. Water view, sunny and quiet. I really get great Carma from the … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news release FOR IMITIATE ISSUE.... - 08/05/07 11:04 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate news release FOR IMITIATE ISSUE.... The Open House on Salt Spring Island the long weekend in August was a total success. Well almost no offer but very close. Now what is that old saying only horse shoes and hand grenades count at being close. But I … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate open house a huge huge huge..... - 08/04/07 08:03 PM
Can you believe that was the first open house I have ever put on Salt Spring Island. Now I know Salt Spring houses usually never have open houses but after the response we are getting I think that will change. The line ups to see the house where out of this … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: New Salt Spring Island listing - 07/30/07 09:29 PM
New Salt Spring island listing is on the water. I mean really on the water. 250' of Low bank waterfront at it's best. It is the first time that this house has been on the market. It is a 984 sq ft cozy 2 bedroom cabin with a 22 ft trailer. Someone … (4 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate agent overhead cost - 07/21/07 07:52 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate agent overhead cost.
How can One Percent Realty agent Scott Simmons charge so little to sell your Salt Spring Island real estate? It's easy I have very little overhead.
Cell phone $50 per monthweb hosting $50 per monthagency fee zerooffice rent zeroreceptionist cost zeronew car (sorry mine is payed for no … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate agent story - 07/21/07 07:43 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate agent story. Back in the day, between 1994 and 2001 I owned a small hot tub factory and two stores. What made my stores so successful was the way I priced the hot tubs. I had two prices one for the 7'x7' hot tubs $5238.14 and … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news my first week as a listing agent - 07/20/07 10:47 PM
I had been working as an buyers agent buying Salt Spring Island Real Estate until last Friday when I made the switch to One Percent Realty and it has been an interesting week. I have seen the other side of real estate, the listing side. The thing about it is that … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate bulletin "Is this agent plugged into the net enough?" - 07/17/07 02:44 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate bulletin "Is this agent plugged into the net enough?"In the last 24 hours I have managed to lose my first listing (I have been a buyers agent up until this last weekend) even before they signed up. I was surprised at the reason why. They though the other … (2 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate video clip - 07/15/07 01:29 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate video clip on One Percent Realty. This news clip is great and it sums it all up. I really think this is the wave of the future on Salt Spring Island.
So watch the clip and see how the One Percent Realty system works. They are a … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news from the One Percent Realty agent - 07/14/07 09:17 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate news. Well it's official I'm now with One Percent Realty. I just could not resist. Most of my long time readers will know that I'm what they call a frugal person. I don't like to waste money. After running my own business for a decade and … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate news release is about to be released on this blog - 07/13/07 06:26 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate news release is about to be released on this blog. This is a big news story from me about me. Not that I'm self centered but I just have some information that will change the way houses are sold on Salt Spring Island from now on.I … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring island real estate announcement..........coming soon - 07/13/07 12:49 PM
Salt Spring island real estate announcement. There will be an announcement made on this blog that will change the face of Salt Spring Island real estate sales and marketing.
The anticipation is killing me I would like to tell everyone now but I have to wait until I get the official email … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate tip "home staging" - 07/09/07 11:31 AM
Salt Spring Island real estate tip "home staging". If a Salt Spring Island home for sale is empty it is just hard to get a warm feeling from it. Some of the houses are so big you just kind of wander around looking at these bare rooms and wondering. I have showed a few … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate tip if houses where given car names - 07/03/07 12:47 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate tip if houses where given car names it would make it easier to identify with them. Over the last 100 years the car manufacturers have crafted an image of their vehicles and it is just so ingrained. If houses could borrow these names it would make … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate tip don't let the island burn down - 06/27/07 10:45 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate tip don't let the island burn down. Starting on Canada Day July 1 there will be a total burning ban in effect.
no backyard small brush pilesno incinerators (burning barrels)class a land clearing machine pilesThis ban will be in effect until September 30. This year the fire … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate tip on moving here - 06/21/07 03:40 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate tip on moving here to Salt Spring. The tip of the day is Just do it. I have lived here for six years and I have met very few people who ever regret moving here. I have met hundreds who say they would like to or have thought … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate tip - 06/19/07 09:16 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate tip "shopping for a home on on the Internet is like going to a mall blindfolded". The blindfold would only come off when you were in the store and had the product in your hand. You could get a feel for the product but where does it fit … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate tip leave your Mosquito spray at home - 05/31/07 02:05 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate tip leave your Mosquito spray at home when you are coming out to Salt Spring Island BC to view homes. In the summer the Gulf islands dry out and we get very few Mosquitoes. Which is nice, my wife is from Saskatchewan and had an old … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate will be efected by the new OCP - 05/30/07 10:46 AM
Salt Spring Island real estate will be affected by the new OCP (New 2007 official community plan). I have worked my way through some of it and it is quite interesting. Read all about the new rules here http://www.islandstrust.bc.ca/ltc/ss/projects.cfmThis is still in the planning stage but from what I have heard … (1 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring island real estate home destroyers - 05/30/07 01:06 AM
Salt Spring island real estate home destroyers if you have an old shed or barn you want removed don't hesitate to call. I would rather have then working at anything that sitting around watching TV. When you live on Salt Spring life in an adventure and anything can happen in a regular … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island Home for Sale agent tour is tomorrow - 05/29/07 07:59 PM
Salt Spring Island Home for Sale agent tour is tomorrow. Yes it is the agents tour day for Salt Spring Island real estate tomorrow. I always like going and looking at the homes and seeing if there are any matches for my customers. In a perfect world I would be taking my video … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island Real Estate tax notice came in the mail yestatday - 05/24/07 11:35 AM
Salt Spring Island Real Estate tax notice came in the mail yesterday. Taxes are low here. They really are after living in Calgary. Taxes are about 1/10 of what they pay in Calgary for a similar valued home.
Mind you in Calgary there is no Home owners grant http://www.sbr.gov.bc.ca/rpt/home_owner_grants.htm
and their is no … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island real estate farm or acreage buying tip - 05/16/07 09:54 PM
Salt Spring Island real estate farm or acreage buying tip. When you buy your place you will need some farm implements. Such as a tractor, my favorite is the mini Kubota. If I win the lotto, I would buy one the next day. It would be the deluxe version: 4 wheel drive, … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Frank Lloyd Wright and Salt Spring Island houses? - 04/10/07 11:31 AM
Frank Lpoyd Wright and the Salt Spring Real Estate connection. The connection is in the Salt Spring homes that where designed by one of his students Hank Schubart. He appreciated the same "organic" & natural qualities in design issues. Hank Schubart moved to Salt Spring Island in the 1960s, and quickly built a good reputation … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Eco Homes on Salt Spring Island - 04/10/07 11:15 AM
The energy used to operate Salt Spring homes accounts for about one third of the energy we consume on Saltspring island each year.
The Salt Spring Energy Strategy 2012 target is to reduce that amount by about one fifth. Here is how:
Retrofit one thousand existing salt spring and Gulf island homes for energy … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Round Salt Spring Race 07 - 04/10/07 10:55 AM
If anyone is intrested in sailing in the round Salt Spring island BC race just send me a note and I will find you a ride. You will get to see all of Saltspring and a lot of the Gulf Islands.CheersScottFor info on Salt Spring Island Real Estatehttp://www.escapetosaltspring.com/ … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Buying story about a couple looking to buy Salt Spring island real estate - 04/10/07 10:46 AM
This is a fiction story, Bob & Carol Smith wanted to buy Salt Spring Real Estate, Mary the agent and XYZ brokerage are made up names. This is just an example of what could happen. Bob and Carol Smith were looking for Salt Spring Island real estate. They had Mary a … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Video clips on BC real estate Market from a Salt Spring real estate agent - 04/10/07 10:40 AM
British Columbia Real Estate Video clips on interest rates, Ozzie Jurock video on BC real estate information. Ozzie Jurock is a expert on BC real estate. Ozzie Jurock is a frequent guest on "Money talks" on CKNW98 radio which is broadcast through western Canada. Ozzie Jurock is also featured on the TV news when there … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: For all the Salt Spring Island Real estate listings visit my site - 04/09/07 09:55 PM
I have it broke down to:
All the Salt Spring mlsSalt Spring condo mlsSalt Spring waterfront mlsSalt Spring building lot mlsThere are about 250-300 listings on Salt Spring Island so to help you find what you are looking for I also have a private client search (PCS) which will show you more information. Such as … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island Rentals - 04/09/07 09:44 PM
If you are going to rent a home on Salt Spring Island or for people renting Salt Spring properties there are a few places to look for Salt Spring rental information.
The Driftwood classified ads. The Islands Marketplace free classified ads. The Salt Spring rental market is tight in the summer months. A lot of the … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Salt Spring Island Property Development - 04/07/07 11:27 AM
Three Point Properties put on a very interesting and informative presentation of their new south Salt Spring development. They have two properties and are doing a density swap as per the OCP (official community plan). The Hughes farm on Fulford Ganges Rd will be divided into three properties and one of … (0 comments)
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salt spring island real estate: Life is great on Salt Spring Island. We even print our own money! - 04/06/07 04:08 PM
Do you know we have our own Money. On Salt Spring Island you do not have to use Canadian dollars you can use Salt Spring dollars. Salt Spring dollars trade at par with the Canadian dollar but it only makes sense to use our own community currency. It is even better when tourist buy them … (0 comments)
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