Recently I was asked to co-host a morning radio show program at one of our local radio stations- Ocean 100 FM.
One of their hosts is off so they decided to bring in a local person each day to share the studio. I jumped at the chance ! Since then many people have asked if I wished I did that instead of being a real estate broker. Of course for me it was just plain fun as I just had to chat ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on October 7, 2010
Imagine a blog about Social Media??? There are only millions of them. In fact I am sure any of you reading this are tired of hearing about it and we all cringe at the thought of someone being classified as a "social media guru". I have been asked to speak at a few corporate events on this topic but I am by no means an expert.
I wrote a previous blog about it awhile back as well
Many ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on July 27, 2010
Ron Barrett of Century 21 Northumberland Realty Ltd. is the 2009 recipient of the Liz Coady Award. The award was presented to Barrett on February 24 by the Prince Edward Island Real Estate Association (PEIREA) in recognition of his unselfish and untiring service to the real estate industry, the community and province of PEI. The Award is named in honour of the late Liz Coady, a Realtor who exemplified ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on March 13, 2010
On February 16 Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced changes to government insured mortgages. You can read the full release here
If you are like me..you read real quick and sometimes don't get the full explanation and can get bogged down by the details...so
First off---
YOU DONT NEED 20% DOWNPAYMENT TO BUY A HOUSE TO LIVE IN !
The changes are :
Require that all borrowers meet the ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on February 17, 2010
Recently the governing party of PEI introduced an amendment to the property assessment act in the recent session of the legislature. The present government came into power with an election promise of a “freeze” on property tax assessment…basically meaning that whatever your residential assessment was…it stayed the same, although the mil rate (the multiplier amount to determine ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on December 11, 2009
I recently received the below link from Kelly Lantz on her facebook status for a video of a skit in a British Comedy show about a pushy Realtor. Being in the real estate business for many years I found it quite funny but I then realized that to some people who have had bad experiences with a Realtor that this is how we are perceived. This may also be what they are telling their families ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on October 19, 2009
Like most people I remember hide and seek as a kid to be a great fun thing to do outside and to put off homework for as long as I could. As a parent now with young children...it still is...it allows me to play with the kids before I have to do my work around the house.
I always liked hiding more than seeking because you wanted to outsmart the person who was seeking but you knew eventually you ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on September 15, 2009
The end of August is always a different time of year ! One week you are sweltering in the heat, enjoying the Gold Cup and Saucer Parade in Downtown Charlottetown for Old Home Week and then after it is all done...you are thinking about long sleeve shirts, jeans, backpacks and the upcoming fall.
Here on PEI most people always say "Well after Old Home Week..summer's over !" It is not the mystical ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on August 25, 2009
Recently many of the Brokers in PEI discussed issues within the PEI Real Estate industry and one main topic was the continued use of print media.
In the 1980's the brokers got together to do a co operative tabloid real estate supplement within the PEI Newspaper "The Guardian". It was very effective for many years but with the Internet changing how people shop for many items including real estate ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on March 23, 2009
With all things going on with the media (more US but Canada is catching up) with words like bailout, stimulus, foreclosures, etc I wonder where it all went wrong ??? Sure there are lots of explanations with financial situations such as price of oil, selling off of mortgages, the NASDAQ, stock market, etc it all seems to be tied to confidence. It comes down to confidence in your job, your investments,the ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on March 1, 2009