Agent Will

Documenting Life and Real Estate in Vancouver
 

In Brief for 2009-04-28

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Subject removal and showings all on a beautiful day. Oh yeah, and hockey will be back soon! Life is good. Go Canucks! #

In Brief for 2009-04-27

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Busy day ahead hoping to remove subjects on a property if financing approved. Started with a great conversation with @IanWatt about balance. # RT @NetChick: BREAKING: pipe burst at new convention centre has the delegates of the first major conference on the street due to a flood. #

Busy out there? You Bet!

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Let’s get one thing straight. I was as pessimistic about the market as anyone for many months. What we saw last year starting in late 2007 and really ramping up throughout the whole Spring of 2008 was nothing short of a collapse of the real estate market. This ultimately peaked in total despair in December [...]

In Brief for 2009-04-25

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

With low interest rates there are some screaming good cash-flow positive properties in Vancouver right now. Whoda thunk? # Canadian Capitalist did a great guest post on Mortgage VS Life Insurance. http://bit.ly/ZJziu I always recommend the life insurance route. # Attach a camera to a kite? Why not? This Vancouverite did. http://bit.ly/P8FWQ Now we just [...]

In Brief for 2009-04-24

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Yes! Deal on the Heritage house is done. Subjects removed. Let the renovations begin! # On hold with the City of Vancouver trying to find out to what extent there was a grow op in a condo. This info needs to be more transparent. # Peh! I just took in a mouthfull of #starbucks coffee [...]

In Brief for 2009-04-21

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Why aren’t I blogging/tweeting as much? Too busy working and when not then enjoying sunshine with the family. That’s why. Go Canucks, Go! # Two inspections today to attend (I try to attend all of them and learn from each one). Was a very busy (in a good way) weekend. # Bank of Canada cut [...]

In Brief for 2009-04-20

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Nice. Got to sleep in. Today is going to be a day off (?) after one great weekend of showings and offers and zipping all over town. #

In Brief for 2009-04-18

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

Police chopper is circling (past 5 mins) over my house in Burnaby noisily. No search lights. No Canuck Fans partying on streets. What’s up? #

In Brief for 2009-04-17

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Another multiple offer?!? C’mon. I thought so many said the market was dead. This makes 3 in 4 weeks. # Don’t care that Ashton Kutcher got 1m followers. I’m more concerned about all the splogs now abusing twitter clogging searches. # Referral Friday: I need a home inspector who is familiar with heritage homes >100 [...]

In Brief for 2009-04-16

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Game on! Canucks and Giants in playoffs… How long can Spring go on? Love Vancouver with sunshine and hockey! # How is it that half the people I follow on Twitter seem to be at the game? OK. I’m at the game, too # Oh, wow, really? Not good. Chunk of Woodwards tower fell off [...]