by Don Procter | Aug 2, 2016 | Featured, Profiles
Prior to designing the Re/Max Core office near downtown Ottawa about 18 months ago, the four owners took a close look at the new breed of agent they expected to hire: millennials. What they found was surprising. Millennials, they deduced, want what their predecessors...
by Neil Sharma | Jul 27, 2016 | Featured, Profiles
Sometimes it’s better to be a big fish in a small pond. Just ask Orvil Cairns. On the cusp of celebrating his 40th anniversary as a sales agent in Portage la Prairie, Man., the town celebrated the 74-year-old’s venerated career in June with a comedy roast-style...
by Susan Doran | Jul 4, 2016 | Featured, Profiles
It’s safe to say that virtually all real estate sales reps are up to speed on the importance of location. But Sahil Jaggi is downright obsessive about it – so much so that it’s not unusual for him to drive around various neighbourhoods in the middle of the night,...
by Diane Slawych | Jun 22, 2016 | Featured, Profiles
In Coober Pedy, South Australia, people don’t live in houses. They live in “dugouts,” – or at least, that’s the reality for about half the population. Going underground is nothing unusual in this town – billed as the “Opal Capital of the World” – where digging up dirt...
by Dennis McCloskey | Jun 1, 2016 | Featured, Profiles
When Richard Silver walks into the boardroom at Sotheby’s International Realty Canada’s Toronto office, the veteran Realtor exudes confidence, charm and class. The casually but nattily attired agent immediately puts his visitor at ease. No one would deign to call the...
by Jean Sorensen | May 6, 2016 | Featured, Profiles
MoneySense, a personal finance magazine, recently ranked Vancouver Island’s Port Alberni as the worst place to live in Canada. The magazine ranked the town last or near-last for liveability out of more than 200 communities. But that hasn’t stopped buyers from moving...
