That Good Victoria Real Estate Blog

Six weeks ago I joined active rain. Or activerain.  I'm still not sure.  With skepticism, as I have done with many , like you, many different potential marketing channels.  I came across the 30 in 30 challenge by accident, as frankly then, as now, I don't really know what I'm doing blogosphere-wi...

Should I be looking at fractional ownership?  Well I'm glad you asked as I would argue that I know more about this topic than your average bear.  There are several fractional ownership developments in Victoria.  The answer, of course, is - It Depends.  Another clear answer from yours truly!Depend...

I was out with a client today looking at properties in Victoria.  One in particular had obviously been tarted up for sale.  There was new paint, new flooring throughout, new tile surround in the main bath and a few other things.  Looked good for about a minute.Folks, if you're going to get your p...

If you're looking for a buyer's agent in Victoria, hire me!  I know, blogging is supposed to be promotion in disguise.  But today I thought I might bring it up in case anyone is wondering why they might want to hire me as their agent.Some reasons might include the multi year MLS awards I've won, ...

If you're looking at condo properties in Victoria, you're going to come across both self managed and professionally managed strata corporations.  As a buyer's agent I am asked if there is any difference between the two, or why a strata would choose to be self managed instead of hiring a property...

Social media camp is coming to Victoria at the beginning of October. There will be speakers addressing everything from twitter to klout to the future of marketing, whatever that means.   If this were raincamp then I would have no hesitation in going given the reviews I've read on it. However it's...

Dear Member:Congratulations! We are happy to inform you that the Real Estate Buyers Agent Council (REBAC) has conferred the Accredited Buyer's Representative (ABR®) designation to you.  Effective immediately , you may promote yourself as an ABR® designee in all your marketing materials.Yay for me...

Court ordered sales are often a misunderstood topic for home buyers in BC.  Watch enough late night TV and you get the idea that there's money in foreclosures, where you can get a million dollar home for just pennies on the dollar!  Everyone wants a deal.  There's nothing wrong with that, but if ...

In the past month or so my kids and I have been getting into geocaching here in Victoria. Geocaching is basically a hide and seek treasure hunt using gps devices.  The basic idea is to seek out the caches outdoors and to share your experiences online.  Geocaching.com is essentially the headquarte...

The Victoria Times Colonist does not deserve my business.  Or yours.  I've thought about this for a while.  I am a subscriber and get the paper delivered to my house every day.  Every day except Mondays of course as they don't publish a paper on Monday.  But that's a different issue I have for a ...