Here we are in what is known as the "Dog Days of Summer" Well, nobody told the real estate market to slow down for the Summer and it keeps on booming ahead.

I am pleased to introduce a new service for my listing clients - a free home makeover by Faila. See the article on this below.

Contact me if you are interested in investing in real estate - it's a great opportunity right now.

Now all my clients will have the opportunity to sell their home for top dollar, more quickly and efficiently. I am now including a free Home Makeover for my clients who are listing their homes.

This service will be provided by a new Home Staging service called homeMakeovers by faila

This service has a retail value of from $600 to $800 and includes a walkthrough, evaluation, recommendation report, and shopping for items (optional) and a final walkthrough, with sufficient notice, for touch-ups before showings begin.

My latest client report clearly shows the amount of money you can "earn" (or the amount you are saving, if you like) by buying a home rather than renting.

This report clearly shows you the dollars earned by buying a $200,000 or a $300,000 home compared to renting for $1,000 per month. I think you will be astounded by the amount of money you save by buying.

You will also see that there are conditions that renting can be a better choice financially.

This is a report you will want to share with any of your friends or family who are renting.

PDF, 5 pages

Your referrals that result in a buy or sell will be rewarded with $400 gift certificates! The referred will also be rewarded with my best service AND with a $200 house warming gift. Follow the link below for details.

Instantly receive these helpful reports from my website. One of my website's most popular features.

My website receives well over 100 unique visitors per day. See for yourself why the "Toronto Real Estate Resource Centre" is so popular.

The vision of a new home with the ability to upgrade finishes, alter floor plans and be the first to occupy a property lures buyers into builders and developers model homes every day.

These new construction focused buyers might see a picket fence, but they should be prepared to ask the right questions and see red flags before signing on the line.

Here are the Do's and Don'ts that may save you heartaches, time and money ....

PDF, 4 pages

Short videos about where to renovate for maximum return on your investment.

Fun to watch these transformations. The art of staging a home for sales is dramatically shown. These are tv segments from recent episodes of "20/20" and "The Today Show" - are well worth the time to view. The video clips are each about 20 minutes long.

The links for the videos are at the bottom of the website page (so please scroll down to find these).

Here is an interesting graph I made showing the price growth of single family dwellings in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) from 1972 to June,2006.

PDF, 1 page

Select Schools (Canada) provides parents and homeowners with school quality reports.

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