04 Mar First Time Home Buyer? How to Avoid Mistakes
It's spring and many first time home buyers are falling in love...
Karen’s Blog
03 Mar What’s the Best RATE you can give me?
Thanks to Kelly Edmonson from the Erin Kelly Team for this advice RATE is a 4 Letter Word When someone asks me “What’s the best rate out there?” I just want to scream! I mean really, before jumping into the RATE, at least buy me dinner! Seriously though, that is...
09 Feb Airborne Tumbling and Trampoline Club
My husband is always telling me to stop bouncing around so it's probably appropriate for me to sponsor a Tumbling and Trampoline Club! The Airborne T and T club operates on the Edison School property just north of Okotoks. They offer everything from birthday parties...
01 Feb Buying in a Sellers Market
The signs were there. Fall 2013- I had been involved in 4 consecutive multiple offers, inventory was tight and spring was going to be worse. January 31 the reality sank in. It is going to be one of those spring markets where houses come on...
22 Jan 2013 Okotoks Real Estate Market
Ever wondered what happened to house prices in Okotoks last year? Well here is a summary of house and condo prices as well as a break down by community. Market Study 2013 Okotoks Couple of interesting tidbits of information: single family home sales increased in Q3...
16 Jan The Calgary Real Estate Board ROAR Awards
A few years the Calgary Real Estate Board eliminated the "Million Dollar Club" Award. This was an award that many agents (myself included) strived towards achieving. Being a member of this club meant you were in the top 2-3% of the market based on sales....
31 Oct 10 Reasons I Prefer Touchbase over a Paging Service
We have a wonderful communication tool available through the Calgary Real Estate Board (CREB) called Touchbase. It allows agents to communicate instantly through the internet. As long as both agents are "on" the system (ie an active profile), it is fast, and reliable. Not to mention a very...
08 Aug Active, Pending, Under Contract. Is it Conditionally Sold or Not?
As a buyer, there is nothing more frustrating than finding out that the house you really want, that is showing up on realtor.ca, is in fact conditionally sold. "How can they do that, why is it still showing for sale?" What is active, pending, under...
30 Jun I Creep People on Facebook
I have a confession to make, I creep people on Facebook. Until yesterday I didn't even know you could creep people. My kids pointed out my behaviour as I was viewing non-friends' profiles on Facebook. These are people I am not friends with, hence I...
27 Apr Useful Apps for Buyers
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