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I’m not a designer.
I’m not an architect.
I’m not a builder.
I’m not an interior designer.
I’m not a city planner.
There are a lot things that I am not, in the context of designing and building houses.
However, I know enough to opine that the “conceptual drawing” of this house simply has green magic marker scribbled in place of the trees:
Tell me I’m wrong.
Tell me it’s art.
Tell me it’s adding that “je ne sais quois.”
But then tell me that, for $5,000,000,” you could have done better than your 5-year-old drawing this goddam tree:
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This next one was very interesting!
I had a listing earlier this year for a house that needed some love, but it was by no means a “gut” or a tear-down.
We sold this property for $915,000 amid nine offers.
Here’s a text message I received from one agent:
I had no clue what to make of this.
Buy the land? Huh? There’s a house on top of it!
Was this agent trying to out-smart us? Or was he just not all that smart himself?
Now, here’s the best part.
Three days after the property was sold firm for $915,000 and updated on MLS, I received this text:
I ended the thread there.
I know that you probably wish I had continued, just for fun, and the sake of this blog. But we can probably guess where this conversation would have gone, right?
Create your own caption. Wrong answers only…
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This property brought out all the incompetent agents.
Here’s an agent asking me for my email address in a thread after I’ve sent him my email address:
Every agent was like this. One after the next.
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Do you know how you can guarantee this next one isn’t from my phone?
Ninety-two unread messages! If I have two, it gives me anxiety.
This is from a colleague who said, “You should put this on your blog!”
This is also an example of a listing agent who doesn’t understand the concept: “Don’t put it in writing.”
This is, by definition, discrimination.
I understand that many landlords don’t want roommates, but you do NOT put this in writing.
How stupid could this agent be?
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Here’s a message that one of my colleagues received on his basement apartment rental:
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Remember on Sesame Street when you played, “One of these things is not like the other”?
Let’s try the game with this…
“No Brainer”
“Badly Needed”
“Unnecessary”
Hmmm…
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Here’s a “lead” from the Realtor.ca website from a chap named Julian, inquiring about our $1,199,000 listing which sold for $1,585,000:
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Here’s a Sales Centre in 2021:
Here’s a sales centre in 1922:
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Here’s an awesome advertisement for the “City of Leaside” dating back to 1913.
I love this for so many reasons.
They have “a million dollars worth of lots,” which is about $500,000 shy of an entry-level home in the area today.
“Leaside is a town with mayor and councillors…”
Where’s my *heart* emoji?
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I suppose building standards have changed since 1913.
Here’s a subdivided lot with two new builds:
Just how close were these houses built together?
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I’m not clairvoyant.
I have no crystal ball.
But I don’t feel like I’m going out on a limb here when I suggest that this property might prove difficult to lease…
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Last, but not least, I think I posted this last year, but I’m not certain.
So you wanna be a landlord, eh?
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Now, having nothing to do with real estate, I just felt the need to share this.
My daughter asked me the other day why instead of saying “PVR” a television show or “record,” I say “we need to tape the F1 race on Sunday” instead.
I showed her this:
Have a great weekend, everybody!
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