by Susan Doran | Feb 26, 2020 | Featured, Profiles
Arty Basinski dubs himself “the real estate agent for people who don’t want a real estate agent.” A Toronto-based sales rep who “tries to be as real as possible,” Basinski has what he refers to as “a side gig” as a circus drummer. He’s been at both vocations for about...
by Susan Doran | Feb 3, 2020 | Columnists, Featured
Opening my front door recently, I was greeted by several municipal workers digging a hole in the front lawn. Many Canadian homeowners aren’t aware that there’s a portion of their property frontage, often the first metre or two in from the sidewalk, that is a...
by Susan Doran | Jan 29, 2020 | Featured, Profiles
Winter is optional, or at least so says Calgary-based developer Cary Mullen. As founder of Vivo Resorts, a gated community of luxury condominiums and private villas on Mexico’s balmy Pacific coast near Puerto Escondido, the former Olympic ski racer has personally...
by Susan Doran | Nov 27, 2019 | Featured, Profiles
Desiree Tomanelli has her kick-ass Realtor image down. Suit. Heels. Cell phone in hand. Various mentors have advised her to change things up from time to time in order to stand out. “But I can’t seem to separate myself from ‘the look,’” says Tomanelli, who admits she...
by Susan Doran | Nov 4, 2019 | Featured, Profiles
Larisa Yurkiw, not long ago one of the top ski racers in the world, left the sport in 2016 highly regarded as someone who competes on her own terms. That reputation was hard won. Yurkiw was ballyhooed as Canada’s great Olympic alpine underdog skier. Hers has been...
