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Visit Century 21 Explorer at the Ottawa Big Backyard and Cottage Show

margaret.burniston@century21.ca — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Join us April 13, 14, 15 at the new CE Centre for Ottawa’s Big Backyard and Cottage show. This event is packed full of great exhibitors, sessions, and vendors. Stop by booth #519 to see us and enter our unique ‘this event only’ draw. Our team will be on hand to discuss you cottage, recreational, waterfront, and land needs. Plus, we’ll make it one stop shopping with a residential team on hand too. Show hours are Friday 12-9, Saturday 10-6, and Sunday 10-5. We have a small selection of entry passes available on a first come, first served basis.

Don’t forget to mark your calendar and see us at the Show!

Do You Want Your House at Shown at the Ottawa Ottawa Big Backyard and Cottage Show?

matthew.macadam@century21.ca — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The Ottawa Big Back Yard and The Cottage Show, is being hosted through the weekend of April 13th-15th, 2012. I will certainly be there presenting all of my Listings! If you have a house that you would like to have presented there, please call me ASAP and we can arrange everything. Hundreds to potentially thousands of people will attend throughout the weekend to see your Listed House. Consider this to be the best Open House you could ever ask for without anyone actually coming into your home! A great opportunity for all Sellers all over Ottawa and the Valley!

Come Visit us at our Century 21 Explorer Realty Booth and see some amazing properties!

Hope to see you there,

Matthew MacAdam

SPRING CLEANING

sandee.rosien@century21.ca — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The time is here. Spring, even though as I write this blog it is snowing in Newfoundland, and the weather man is calling for mixed precipitation tomorrow in Ontario.

It is time to “shed everything winter”. Get rid of the extra coverings that keep us cozy on those cold winter Canadian nights and open up the windows to let spring in!

Getting rid of unwanted stuff that you have accumulated because it was too cold to get rid over winter is a great place to start. I always go room by room, doing the usual spring cleaning duties, washing down the walls, laundering the drapes, dusting things that have been missed when we didn’t have enough sunlight to care ;), and making a pile of items that I no longer have a need for.

There was a time when these items would end up in the dump or in another pile for the ‘yearly yard-sale”, but not now . . . Now they end up online, at one of those websites for used items. Kijiji, used Ottawa, and on group sale pages on Facebook.

I will have to admit it, I am a Kijiji junkie. I have bought and sold many items on this great site over the past few years, and I currently have about 20 saved searches for things I would like to buy.

Having my morning coffee, I am not watching the news on television; I am scanning the matches that came to my inbox over night. What gems will I find? What deals can I get? And of course “well if they can get that amount for that thing, I’m selling mine too . . . after all I never use it”!

Here is to spring cleaning! Shedding all that is winter and welcoming all that is spring!

Skipping a mortgage payment: Pros and cons

sandee.rosien@century21.ca — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Here is a great link to an article regarding skipping mortgage payments.

http://www.moneyville.ca/blog/post/1149399--skipping-a-mortgage-payment-pros-and-cons