by Susan Doran | May 22, 2020 | Featured, Profiles
Century 21 Heritage House has had a 40-year run to date, but former general manager/partner Michael Slager says the brokerage almost got stuck at the starting line. “Interest rates were 18 per cent in 1980 when the company started,” he says. “We had only one sale in...
by Susan Doran | Mar 30, 2020 | Featured, Profiles
HomeLife Realty Services founder and CEO Andrew Cimerman recently received his 50-year pin from the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board, a marker of the passing years that has him jokingly reflecting on “whether it’s something to celebrate, or to be concerned about.”...
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...
