by Connie Jeske Crane | Mar 5, 2020 | Featured, Profiles
What does it take to survive and thrive in the real estate business for decades? That’s not a theoretical question for Claudio Cerrito. At 53, the Toronto Re/Max Hallmark Realty sales rep just marked his 35th year as a Realtor (if you just did the math, yes, he became...
by Diane Slawych | Feb 28, 2020 | Featured, Profiles
When the residential building La Pedrera was constructed on a prominent corner of Passeig de Gracia in Barcelona, it was immediately ridiculed by critics. Today it attracts thousands of people a year – local citizens and visitors from around the world who regularly...
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 Diane Slawych | Feb 13, 2020 | Featured, Profiles
Two different experiences led Jesse Abrams to believe the process of getting a mortgage could be greatly improved. First, while working in digital marketing, one of his former clients was a large Canadian bank. “I learned how out of touch they are with home buyers,...
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 Jim Adair | Jan 27, 2020 | Featured, Profiles
At a time when government relations skills are increasingly important for organized real estate, Jason Stephen’s background is serving him well. Shortly after earning his degree in history and political science, Stephen left his home in Saint John, N.B. to spend a...
