by Natalka Falcomer | Mar 1, 2018 | Featured
The scenario: your client is selling a property. You’ve done your due diligence and you’ve pored over all kinds of research to make sure you have the right listing price. You don’t list the property on MLS because you already have a few potential buyers lined up. What...
by Natalka Falcomer | Jan 3, 2018 | News
In this world there are three types of people: Those who take and never give (“takers”); Those who give only if they will receive (“matchers”); and Those who give for no reason other than to help (“givers”). Of these types, we typically meet takers in the corporate...
by Natalka Falcomer | Dec 8, 2017 | Advice for Agents
Instead of putting up an inspiration board for this New Year, I took it down. Because it got too depressing. As it turns out, I’m not alone. Setting goals seems like a good idea and we’re all told we should be doing this. For those of us who obsess with achievement,...
by Natalka Falcomer | Nov 15, 2017 | Featured, Legal Issues
If you have a client who is interested in buying a property, but it has a tenant, make sure to extend the closing date. Sixty days of written notice is required to terminate a tenancy.* Another glitch: the date the tenancy ends must coincide with the end of term or...
by Natalka Falcomer | Oct 6, 2017 | Advice for Agents, Featured
As a lawyer, manager of a brokerage and a member of the Real Estate Institute of Canada (REIC), I’m surrounded by rules of professional conduct and codes of ethics. All my actions – whether they’re related to my work or not – are filtered through not only the Law...
