Agent Will

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• A client remarked on pricing "Don't be afraid of smart competitors. Be afraid of the less smart ones. They'll drag you down." #
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• Oh! This is cool. Bring one here, please. A condo with zero condo fees and zero carbon emissions. http://bit.ly/99q1f #
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• The pilot light on our furnace is costing us way too much per month for no benefit at all, in my opinion. Time to shut it off. #

• For those of you in #Vancouver who have an #iPhone or #Android phone you can now search for property on it http://bit.ly/h4SWB #

Got an iPhone?

How about an Android based phone such as the HTC Magic?

No? Me neither. But I sure do want one. Especially now. The property search provider, MyRealPage, whom I use to deliver outstanding search functions on this site has now gone mobile with the release of their iPhone/Android applications.

If you do have one of those phones then go here: http://listings.myrealpage.com/wps/rest/1001/l/mobile-inquiry

It’s still in Beta (just launched today though I played with it yesterday and it was brilliant!) so if you have any problems please let me know.  From what I understand you will want to save the URL sent back to you as an application to be launched from your home screen on an iPhone (I have no experience with Android based phones).

And what will it do for you?

• Automatically locate yourself via GPS and see all available listings for sale in up to 1km radius around you
• Have the application “follow” you by updating your position and nearby listings as you walk or drive
• Drag the map to pan around and see the nearby listings automatically searched for you
• Manually override your current location by entering the address of your choice
• Login into your Virtual Office Website (VOW) account to see and do more
• See full details of each individual listing, including all photos
• Email listings to family and friends
• Inquire about the listing with the agent/team/broker
• “Star” the listing for later review through the Virtual Office Website (VOW) account
• Sign up for a Virtual Office Website (VOW) account
• Make a phone call and/or send a SMS message directly from the contact forms

How cool is that?  Seriously.  I am now even more envious of iPhone users.  Go get it now and let me know how it all works out!

Get the Vancouver iPhone Property Search Application Here

• Just discovered that the 'GRANtable' outside 888 Beach is brought to us by Pechet+Robb, my fave Vancouver Special rehabbers. #
• It never ceases to amaze me how walkable and beautiful Vancouver is. Was just down by George Wainborn park. Stunning. #
• For a child, a day is made of 720 "two more minutes". #

Konami Code on Burrard Bridge, originally uploaded by agentwill.

This is an image only a video games lover could appreciate. Not that I am
much of a games player these days but we do have a huge community here in
the city that not only plays but makes some of the world’s leading games.
So as a tribute to all you players I am passing on a sighting I had of the
Konami Code someone scrawled on the Burrard Bridge. For those who don’t
know or remember, the Konami Code of Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B
A was what you entered to get into the cheat mode of many games first
appearing in the old Nintendo Game "Contra" from 1986. It continues today
in many games and can even be used on some websites as seen here:
konamicodesites.com/

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• Happy Birthday to George Vancouver, our city's namesake, who was born June 22, 1757, without whom we may be living in the city of…? #

• Driediger farms has the most consistently sweet strawberries of all the years we've gone there right now. Happy Father's Day. #