by Sean Tait | Sep 22, 2017 | Featured, Profiles
In 2013 Leigh Ann entered a rent-to-own (RTO) program through Clover Properties, an Ontario-based RTO company. She ran a day care from her home but had accumulated too much debt and not enough down payment to qualify for a mortgage. “Because I was self-employed, the...
by Toby Welch | Sep 18, 2017 | Featured, Good Works, News, Profiles
It’s official. Real estate salespeople are a giving group of people. CREA reports that from 2012 to 2015, the real estate community raised and donated $91.2 million for charity. This number is likely lower than the true figure as some agents don’t publicize the...
by Susan Doran | Sep 1, 2017 | Featured, Profiles
Several years back, Ryan Hodge found himself in a dead zone. “I had experienced a really successful year but didn’t feel it. So I knew something had to change,” he says. Hodge, once a top agent with Re/Max, chose to leave that behind in 2013 to start up an independent...
by Connie Adair | Aug 25, 2017 | Featured, Profiles
Many agents focus on helping their clients purchase primary homes, but that means they’re missing out on a big segment of buyers – people looking for second, third or retirement residences, says Cary Mullen, a two-time Canadian Olympian, World Cup ski champion and...
by Dennis McCloskey | Aug 21, 2017 | Featured, Profiles
When George Webster was enjoying boyhood summers with his family exploring the clear waters of the 30,000 islands in Georgian Bay, Ont., little did he know that one day he’d be selling some of the familiar – and now multi-million dollar properties – as a successful...
by Diane Slawych | Aug 9, 2017 | Profiles
Contrary to popular belief, the Indigenous people of Cuba didn’t entirely die off after the Spaniards colonized the island. Tainos, who were the last Amerindian group to settle on the island, can still be found in Cuba’s eastern provinces, though the chances of...
