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Dan St. Yves: Over the hill or just starting to climb?

Dan St. Yves: Over the hill or just starting to climb?

Unlike government roles with mandatory restrictions for retirement age, and social media/marketing/communication director roles that can’t possibly be filled by anyone over 20-years-old, real estate allows individuals as much freedom as they desire to work well into...
Dan St. Yves: Cursed by dishwashers

Dan St. Yves: Cursed by dishwashers

For such an unassuming appliance, you’d think a humble household dishwasher might function like a toaster or a waffle iron – efficiently and without qualms. As I reflect on three dishwashers I’ve lived with, I beg to differ. One of my first dishwashers was in a home...
How about Train Your Dog To Cha Cha day?

How about Train Your Dog To Cha Cha day?

Despite being housebound for most of the last 18 months, as our collective lives start to get back to a bit more day-to-day normalcy, it just might be time to add a new holiday to the calendar. I think it might not be such a bad idea to get ahead of the curve, and...
Dan St. Yves: End of summer, back to work quiz 2021

Dan St. Yves: End of summer, back to work quiz 2021

Decades ago as a lark, I unilaterally decided to write and self-distribute a monthly in-house newsletter for my colleagues at Royal LePage. Somehow that thing caught fire (figuratively) and I kept it up for six years, never missing a month of sliding a paper version...
Dan St. Yves: Farewell, family home!

Dan St. Yves: Farewell, family home!

All things must come to an end. Even if you determine along the way that despite your best efforts, you may never see the light at the end of the tunnel of some projects. I’m thinking of one project in particular – clearing out 60+ years of shared lives under one roof...