Drewp, When you are looking to purchase a house, you check MLS and choose the house that best suit your needs. Do you check which brokerage has the listing? Do you say, "I'm not buying it because it's listed by Remax( Century or Homelife etc.)". No one does that. I can tell you that in RE...

Drewp, Sounds fair (not great). What do you think of no desk fee, $75/month, 100% commission and paying only $275 per transaction to the brokerage? I would suggest spending a couple of days in their office to get a feel of the place. Attend a few of their training sessions. I interviewed 4...

You will need a brokerage that provides good training and wont bankrupt you with their monthly fees. I can recommend one if you like. PM me.

UD - Jekyll and Hyde

"Irrational Exuberance" - from my friend Alan Greenspan

With 5yr fixed rate as low as 3.19% and variable at Prime - 0.9%, expect sales activity to start picking up again.

$40-60K max.

Townhouse by a mile

If your dad was the one that registered and you are the one that is purchasing then bringing an agent shouldn't be an issue. The issue lies with registering with the sales office or online with the builder. Once this occurs then your agent will not be paid by the builder. As suggested, an agent...

Apart from what you will learn from OREA; read a lot (search google daily for RE articles/news), make sure you are up to date on what's going on in the financial markets, not just in Canada but globally. Know about mortgages, current rates, government regulations relating to borrowing and...

BTW, I'm a Part Time REALTOR. This has no bearing on me doing my job with passion and providing gr8 service to my clients. I work just as hard to educate myself as anyone who does it FT.

Drewp, If you are really passioinate about RE and think that you will be disciplined to take the time to educate yourself,you like dealing with people and have a thick skin; by all means go ahead. So what if there are 30,000 realtors in the GTA. Are you going to just be 30,000+1 or are you...

I think Emerald City 2 @ $400 psf and direct access to the subway @ Sheppard and don mills is good value. Preview agent pricing really looks gr8 and includes parking.

I haven't seen that low rate on the 5yr fixed product. There coluld be lots of restrictions (prepayment and accelerated payment previleges removed) on that one.

Hamilton is undervalued and should see significant growth........take it from me I'm a Doc..opps REALTOR :cool:

Fantastic photos Jason. Really appreciate...Thanks!!

Nice Photos Jason, can we get an Elle update? :D