by Diane Slawych | Apr 20, 2017 | Featured, Profiles
Twenty-first century developers are not the first to envision purpose-built live/work units. In the 1800s, Singapore had its own version, called the shophouse, typically a two or three storey building owned by one family who would operate a business on the ground...
by Diane Slawych | Apr 3, 2017 | Featured, Profiles
She’s had doors slammed in her face, worked during the crash in the real estate market, experienced rampant sexism and fled from gun-toting homeowners – more than once. Subject material for a Hollywood blockbuster perhaps? Not exactly. These are just a few of the...
by Susan Doran | Feb 27, 2017 | Featured, Profiles
There’s a saying, “There is no exit strategy for the typical real estate broker.” Well okay… that might not be an actual saying. But it’s clear that with the average age of real estate professionals in Canada hovering around the mid 50s, there’s concern around...
by Kelly Putter | Feb 22, 2017 | Featured, Good Works, Profiles
The word ‘extreme’ is thrown around a lot these days. There are extreme sports, extreme cheapskates and extreme home makeovers. There’s even extreme zip lining, yoga and pitas. This is the story of fundraising examples that could easily fall under the extreme category...
by Dennis McCloskey | Feb 7, 2017 | Featured, Profiles
Trudy Wilson works and lives 10 km north of Peterborough, Ont. in Bridgenorth (pop. 2,200), which is situated on Chemong Lake, part of the cottage-country Kawartha Lakes District. When the Re/Max Eastern Realty broker decided to create a charity event to raise money...
by Diane Slawych | Dec 23, 2016 | Featured, Profiles
Santa Claus gets to see the inside of many people’s homes on his travels around the globe while distributing gifts during the Christmas season, but rarely does anyone get a peak inside his abode. That’s partly because of its remote location near the Arctic Circle. But...
