Humour
How to Win Over a Seller
These tips are great for entertainment, but please do not use them practically. It will not end well...
The Viral Snowfort
This video went viral in 2022 for satirically critiquing the Toronto housing market. It remains entertaining to this day.
Asking My Boyfriend Real Estate Questions: Part 5
What does POA stand for? What is a power of sale? Can you close on a purchase on September 30?
$600,000 For Half of A House
Do you want to buy a house in Toronto and have $600,000 to spend? Look no further. Oh wait… theres a catch. This homeowner is selling 50% of their interest in this triplex. Is this the start of a co-ownership wave in Toronto?
What $800,000 Buys You, But Not Actually
When will Toronto blogs stop posting false information and start fact checking their articles? This article shows 5 properties that "you can buy for under $800,000," yet from the time the article was published and this video was filmed two had sold for over $900,000, one was re-listed for over $1,000,000 and one was clearly under priced. The only one that would actually sell for under $800,000 was a complete gut-job.
Failed Photoshopped Listing Photos
Trying to boost interest in your rental listing? Why not try poorly photoshopping a model into your listing photos?
Testing My Boyfriend’s Real Estate Knowledge: Abbreviations
ELF, POTL, HVAC, and CAC are all common abbreviartions in real estate. Do you know what they mean?
Real Estate Pet Peeves: Part 3
Why are people including photos of the faucet running on their listings? Also, what is the point of including up-close photos of the staging if the staging isn't included?
Real Estate Pet Peeves: Part 2
Sending buyer agents on scavenger hunts to find the lockbox, trailing dirt through other peoples homes, and assuming just because you have the lockbox code you can show up whenever you want. The list of real estate pet peeves is endless.
Real Estate Pet Peeves: Part 1
What is the point of listing a property with "offers anytime" at a price far below what the seller is willing to accept? Also, exterior square footage doesn't count towards the total square footage so stop trying to sneakily increase the number.
Asking My Boyfriend Real Estate Questions: Part 4
What is an insured mortgage? What is a duplex? What are the rules around rent control?
Asking My Boyfriend Real Estate Questions: Part 3
What are property taxes based off of? How much is the Land Transfer Tax rebate?
Asking Kids Real Estate Questions
Do you think kids know about what's happening in the real estate market? This kid was pretty spot on with average house prices but not so much with average income...
Asking My Boyfriend Real Estate Questions: Part 2
What is the average lifespan of a roof? How often should you service your furnace? What is a title search?
Asking My Boyfriend Real Estate Questions: Part 1
What is the minimum down payment? What is a reserve fund? What is a status certificate? See how well a non-realtor answers these questions.
The Best Listing Photo
Maybe just turn the TV off before taking photos of a house for sale… Just a thinking.
New Job Alert: Holding A Spot In Line To Buy Pre-Construction
This pre-construction project launch was so in-demand that prospective paid people $5,000 just to hold their spot in line.
These Listing Photo’s Don’t Make Sense
So if I rent it, do I get what’s in the photos or the actual “never lived in” condo?
Title Fraud By Their Own Tenant
Imagine renting your house out and then seeing it listed for sale on realtor.ca a few weeks later - except you weren’t the one who listed it. Title fraud and people posing as homeowners attempting to sell other people’s homes are happening far too often.
Imagine Finding Out Someone Sold Your House While You Were On Vacation
Imagine going away for a few months and coming home to someone living in your house, which is no longer your house, because someone who wasn’t you sold it… Yes, you read that correctly.
The Most Useless Floor Plan: Part 2
The viral floor plans got worse… It turns out the only floor plans with ridiculous and non-functional layouts are rental replacement units, not condo units. This means the units that are required to be provided to tenants who previously lived in the properties that were demolished will be the ones used to "optimize" profitable space.
The Most Useless Floor Plan
Welcome to Toronto, were you can buy a 0 bed condo, consisting of 50% hallway space, for over half a million dollars. This floor plan went viral for its sheer thoughtlessness. Who looked at this and thought it would be an appropriate layout to propose?
Frequently Asked Questions About Listings
What is a foyer? Why do pillows always look like they've been karate-chopped? All your burning listing questions answered.