One of the simpler summer time pleasures in Quinte is taking advantage of the many local fruit and vegetable stands that seem to pop up all over the place. It usually starts with the strawberries, and as the summer wears on they will be selling…

Thank You Justin Bieber. You are an inspiration to all of us. "Find out what's possible if you never give up". That's a great motto, and coming from someone like you makes it extra special. We can all relate to the long hard struggle your life…

A few months ago I wrote a blog post about a dog named Willy. His owners were downsizing and moving to an apartment, and even though it broke their hearts, they knew that it was best if Willy found a new home. We did manage to find Willy suitable…

Ladies, ladies, ladies, I read a lot of real estate blogs and articles and a recurring theme seems to be (gasp) the horror of "mancaves". I know a lot of you crinkle your noses at the very idea of a mancave existing in a house that you are…

Many teachers have been reluctant to use Facebook. The reasons for this are pretty obvious. If I were a teacher, I wouldn't want my students to know a lot of the personal details of my life (and I probably wouldn't want to know too much about theirs…

QUINTE REGION CAREER FAIR Are you new to the area and looking for a new job? If so you need to go to the Quinte Region Career Fair being held on:   Thursday April 29, 2010 Quinte Sports Centre, Wally Dever…

Carrying Place is a small town (hamlet maybe) close to Trenton. People pass through it on their way into Prince Edward County (from the highway 401, there's only 2 ways into the county), and as the expression goes "blink and you will miss it". There…

Open House: Sunday Feb. 21, 2010 - 24 Elizabeth Road. Gorgeous views of Wellers Bay with this immaculate and very nicely 3+1 bedroom home. Renovated baths and kitchen, new furnace and oil tank in 2002, new windows in 2008, woodburing fireplace…

Are you suffering from the mid-winter blahs yet? If you happen to be reading this from anywhere north of the Carolinas, chances are you probably are. I know I am. Today I decided to write about something a little warmer, and just thinking about…

The Bay of Quinte Region rests serenely on the north-east shore of Lake Ontario one of the 5 Great Lakes of North America. It has a 4 season climate with hot, humid summers and the winters, although variable, can be very cold and snowy. We do not…

Here we are near the end of 2007 and I'm trying to figure out where the Quinte Real Estate market will be heading next year. In order to see the future I pulled out the old crystal ball from storage, dusted it off, tied the scarf onto my head,…

have you ever been taken by a tenant or worse a government agency. As a landlord I have watched others and myself suffer at the hands of tenants all using the tenant tribunal and thier use of government politics to get around providing the monies…

I have come to enjoy all the great things that the Quinte area has to offer to my family and me including the things it doesn't have. Here are a few of my favorites: Traffic delays that slow my trip by only a few minutes rather than a few hours…