by Diane Slawych | Aug 19, 2015 | Featured, Profiles
It took a trip to Charleston, South Carolina to learn a whole new lexicon when it comes to houses. “Earthquake bolts,” “piazzas,” “single houses,” and a popular shade known as “haint blue,” are about as common in Charleston real estate parlance as condos and...
by Susan Doran | Aug 4, 2015 | Featured, Profiles
Edgar Nelson Rhodes (often referred to as E.N.) opened Rhodes and Sons in downtown Ottawa in 1940, a year when Canadians were still considered British subjects, women across the river in Quebec had just been given the right to vote, the average wage was $8,400...
by Carrie Brodi | Jul 13, 2015 | Featured, Profiles
After 47 years as a real estate agent, Vern Morton found himself seated in front of a pile of forms. He was just about to sign off on a long and unbroken career and enter a new chapter of his life, one that did not require he get up each morning to show homes or put...
by Neil Sharma | Jul 7, 2015 | Featured, Profiles
Zia Abbas has managed to conflate his realty savoir-faire with an indomitable work ethic to reach professional heights few salespeople could ever dream of. The 46-year-old Abbas was a multi-award winning Re/Max agent and in June he became president of Realty Point, a...
by Yvonne Dick | Jun 8, 2015 | Featured, Profiles
Getting into the real estate business takes a lot of mental preparation. The same is true for mountain climbing. “To climb a mountain takes lots of mental and physical strengthening,” says Trevor Stuart, an associate with Royal LePage South Country in Lethbridge,...
by Diane Slawych | Jun 5, 2015 | Featured, Profiles
Chattel, as every sales agent knows, is a common term found in real estate contracts that refers to tangible movable or immovable pieces of personal property such as furniture. Rarely does the word refer to an entire home itself, that is, unless you’re in the...
