Latest Toronto realtor Podcast Episodes
REPLAY - Real Estate Fraud – Thieves Selling Your Home Without You Knowing
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - June 24, 2024 07:00 - 33 minutesSend us a Text Message. This episode originally published in March, 2023. You may have seen or read about this story on CBC. But wait until you hear all the details. CBC Toronto been running a series of articles on real estate fraud of a different kind the last couple months. Thieves posing ...
REPLAY - Tricks, Tips, and the Best Techniques to Hosting a Very Profitable Yard Sale
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - June 10, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutesSend us a Text Message. This episode was first published in August 2022. They're a weekend tradition across North America... especially in the summertime. The yard sale or garage sale is a great chance to "edit" or clean out that storage room you want to turn into a home office. Depending on w...
REPLAY - A Tale of Dirty Tricks in a Declining Market
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - May 27, 2024 07:00 - 36 minutesSend us a Text Message. This is a flashback to episode 64 of Sold in the 6ix originally published in Spring 2023. Sometimes things can get nasty. Wrong. Dirty. Real Estate agents do their best to protect their clients in every conceivable way. But sometimes, even after a fair deal has been s...
Naughty Agent VI
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - May 13, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutesSend us a Text Message. In this episode of Sold in the 6ix, Desmond Brown discusses two cases of unethical behaviour by real estate agents in Ontario. The first case involves an agent who allowed a buyer to start renovations on a property before the sale was finalized, resulting in a $10,000 ...
Home Inspect for the Unexpected
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - April 29, 2024 07:00 - 35 minutesSend us a Text Message. A house is more than a home; it's a story waiting to be told. In this episode, Des checks in with veteran home inspector Richard Gaughan in a deep dive into the evolving dynamics of property evaluation. Amidst a market that once raced past such precautions, they explo...
A Registry That Exposes Bad Tenants and Landlords
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - April 15, 2024 07:00 - 34 minutesSend us a Text Message. In this episode we dive into the innovative business model of Openroom, founded by Weiting Bollu. Openroom is revolutionizing the rental market! It’s an online database that has the names of tenants and landlords who have been found at fault by the Landlord and Tenant ...
Smart Strategies for New Real Estate Investors
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - April 01, 2024 07:00 - 28 minutesSend us a Text Message. Make real estate investment your new reality. Desmond and real estate guru Todd C. Slater explore the path to investment success for the average person. They look at the significance of defining your investing "why," the strategic approach to financial readiness, and th...
Real Estate and Estate Planning in the 6ix
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - March 18, 2024 07:00 - 36 minutesSend us a Text Message. It’s no secret Canada’s over 65 population is swelling. With 7.6 million Canadians now aged 65 or older, the importance of having affairs in order is more important than ever. Guest Garry Cass explains the difference between a power of attorney and a will, and the impo...
Blueprint for Change: Tim Hudak on Boosting Ontario’s Housing Market
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - March 04, 2024 08:00 - 33 minutesSend us a Text Message. Desmond and his guest Tim Hudak of OREA explore the complexities of Ontario's housing market, starting with a focus on the affordable housing report. A few years ago, the Ontario government announced an ambitious plan to address the housing crisis, aiming to build 1.5...
Dreams in Tight Spaces: The Laneway House Blueprint
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - February 19, 2024 08:00 - 30 minutesSend us a Text Message. In this episode Des interviews Ashley McInnis, a real estate agent who built a laneway house in Toronto. McInnis shares his experience with the process, from obtaining permits to dealing with construction and financing. He explains the project cost around $350,000 for...
Naughty Agent Part V: When Realtors Cross the Line
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - February 05, 2024 08:00 - 35 minutesSend us a Text Message. The Naughty Agent series in this podcast discusses cases of disciplinary action taken against real estate agents in Ontario. In this episode the first case involves an agent who responded to a Kijiji ad from a woman looking for a place to rent. The agent made sexually ...
The Ripple Effects of a Supervised Drug Consumption Site
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - January 22, 2024 08:00 - 45 minutesSend us a Text Message. The Leslieville neighbourhood of Toronto is coping with a “Safe Injection Site” (also called Supervised Consumption sites). Journalist Derek Finkle of the National Post lives in the community. He says the site, which opened in 2017, has drastically changed the neighbourh...
Toronto’s Housing Tomorrow: 2024 Analysis and Forecast
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - January 08, 2024 08:00 - 35 minutesSend us a Text Message. There’s good reason for optimism in the Toronto real estate market. Steve Tabrizi, COO of RE/MAX Hallmark joins Des to look at the current state of the real estate market and their predictions for 2024. They discuss the impact of interest rate hikes on the market, the in...
Real Estate-related Holiday Gift Ideas
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - December 18, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutesSend us a Text Message. Well buying someone a home or commercial property is a dynamite gift but let’s be realistic. Maybe something a little more realistic? Tamara Grierson of Staging Life shares her ideas for holiday gifts for the home. She discusses different types of decorations, includ...
Naughty Agent – Stories of Realtors Doing Bad Things Part IV
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - December 04, 2023 08:00 - 29 minutesSend us a Text Message. Des and Jennifer discuss recent disciplinary decisions by the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) against real estate agents. Three cases: one where an agent contacted sellers whose houses were on the market and tried to convince them to terminate their current con...
The Impacts of Higher Interest Rates Being Felt Right Now in Toronto Real Estate
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - November 20, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutesSend us a Text Message. Higher rates have slowed overall sales but prices in markets like Toronto have increased by about 3% since last year. Those not buying or selling but whose mortgages are up for renewal are facing challenges, with some being forced to sell or risk losing their homes....
How to Avoid Legal Problems when Buying Pre-Construction Condos
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - November 06, 2023 09:00 - 36 minutesSend us a Text Message. People who bought pre-construction condos years ago are now struggling to close the transactions due to changing market conditions and rising interest rates. Mark Morris, a real estate lawyer, is dealing with many such cases. Morris explains the current falling mark...
Challenging the Narrative of a Softening Market
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - October 23, 2023 09:00 - 33 minutesSend us a Text Message. Des teams up with Asif Khan to discuss the current real estate market in Toronto. Despite sensational headlines suggesting a plunge into a buyer's market, they argue the market remains a seller's market, albeit quieter in terms of units sold. Prices continue to climb, wi...
Green Belt Reversal: Unearthing Ontario’s Real Estate Controversy
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - October 09, 2023 09:00 - 35 minutesOntario Premier Doug Ford has reversed his decision to open up the Green Belt for development, following backlash from opposition parties, media investigations, and findings by the province's auditor general and Ethics commissioner. The report suggests developers had inside information about the...
Greenbelt Reversal: Unearthing Ontario’s Real Estate Controversy
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - October 09, 2023 09:00 - 35 minutesSend us a Text Message. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has reversed his decision to open up the Greenbelt for development, following backlash from opposition parties, media investigations, and findings by the province's auditor general and Ethics commissioner. The report suggests developers had insi...
The Nasty Battle Over The Mandatory Realtors’ Health Plan: The Response By The Association
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - September 25, 2023 09:00 - 36 minutesSend us a Text Message. The Ontario Realtor Wellness Plan has been initiated by the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA). The plan required agents pay increased annual dues of $760 and participate in a mandatory wellness program. In this episode we talk with Stacey Evoy and Tania Artenosi of ...
A Mandatory Realtor's Health Plan: The Nasty Battle by Those Who Don't Want It.
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - September 11, 2023 07:00 - 37 minutesThis is part one of two episodes we’ll dedicate to the Ontario Real Estate Association’s Wellness plan. Barry Lebow calls himself a Realtor for Angry People. His services focus on divorces, partnership breakups and family wars. He finds himself leading a different battle these days. He...
The 15-Minute Neighbourhood
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - July 03, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutesSend us a Text Message. Imagine a world where everything you need is just 15 minutes away. Where you work, shop, where you get health care and schooling. A new RE/MAX head office report says this is happening and it’s called the 15 Minute Neighbourhood: Lessons for Small Communities. Is...
Protecting Realtors: Self-Defence Strategies for Safety
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - June 26, 2023 08:00 - 38 minutesSend us a Text Message. Realtors meet people every day and naturally are focused on trying to make the best impression. They don’t know the people they’re meeting with, they’re total strangers really. Over the years there have been cases where realtors have been attacked and even killed. Rob A...
Closing the Doors on a Career – Tess Kalinowski
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - June 19, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutesSend us a Text Message. Anyone who follows real estate knows the name from her Toronto Star byline. Tess Kalinowski is synonymous with solid information and good stories in real estate. Spanning a 40-year career, the last chapter of it focused specifically on Toronto real estate, Tess share...
Naughty Agent – Stories of Realtors Doing Bad Things Part III
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - June 12, 2023 08:00 - 24 minutesSend us a Text Message. Phantom offers. Ghost offers. An example of this is when the selling agent lies and says there is a second offer hoping to nudge the price of potential buyer. What’s the penalty for that? This and other real-life stories that went before the Real Estate Council o...
“Crazy” is Here. The Return of the Wild Real Estate Market
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - June 05, 2023 08:00 - 25 minutesSend us a Text Message. Just a few months ago real estate sales were down 44% year over year. There was a lots of talk about prices diving down even further. Asif Khan and Des published an episode that looked at all the data and came to a very different conclusion. The episode was called “T...
Follow Up to “My Tenant Won’t Leave”
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - May 29, 2023 09:00 - 26 minutesSend us a Text Message. In May 2022 we shared a story with you about a first-time buyer who bought a condo that had a tenant in it. The seller has guaranteed the tenant would be gone by the time the transaction closed so the buyer could move in. But on the closing date, the buyer still couldn’t...
A 1-On-1 Sit Down With Tim Hudak at Realtor Quest 2023
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - May 22, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutesSend us a Text Message. RECORDED LIVE AT REALTOR QUEST 2023 AT THE TORONTO CONGRESS CENTRE It seems odd to say but for Tim Hudak the transition from politician to CEO of the provincial real estate board was a natural progression. It was when he was a Member of Provincial Parliament that he m...
Getting Organized and Finding Space
Sold in the 6ix - Toronto Real Estate - May 15, 2023 09:00 - 26 minutesSend us a Text Message. There are two kinds of space – the kind Gene Roddenberry was focused on in the 1960’s drama Star Trek – that kind of space is supposedly infinite. But there’s another kind of space that’s not only finite, it’s increasingly in short supply. This is the space you and I ...
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