Sheridan "Sherry" Rondeau's Blog

In this technology-based age of humming, whirling, and swooshing of bits and bytes, it’s a well-known fact that prospective Buyers of real estate are better educated than ever before. Recent statistics indicate that 96% of Buyers actually select the properties they see from internet listings the...

    In earlier years of organized real estate, when house hunting, Buyers often assumed that the REALTOR® squiring them around was working on their behalf – that is to say, in the best interest of the Buyers.  It seemed like an unfair playing field, and the evolution of Buyer Representation becam...

It crossed my mind today that Winter weather, or the “off-season” wherever you may be is frequently regarded  by REALTORS®  as those months of the year when business is predictably slow, phones aren’t ringing and the vibrate isn’t buzzing with incessant reminders.  After Thanksgiving and Christm...

  We’ve all heard the old saying “how time flies when you’re having fun” -  these phrases were used most likely by our parents and grandparents. To my amazement, it is seventy years since the Glenn Miller Orchestra made “Don’t Sit Under the apple Tree” one of the most famous songs of the second W...

“Naturally, with a little help”… Over the Christmas break I had an opportunity to watch, again, the movie titled Funny Farm which was released in the late 1990’s. If the storyline has too many cobwebs now, you’ll likely remember the scene where the Sellers had penned up a deer – which was to be r...

  With the advent of this promising New Year, many people choose to make a resolution or two which they hope to fulfill and celebrate the achievement next December 31st.  With a business plan at least in Draft form and a brand new day timer with crisp unblemished pages waiting for the first appo...

  At this time of annual festivities, office parties, client gifting and a seemingly endless list of things-to-do;  let’s pause and reflect for just a moment. Surely we can take a short time for ourselves!  Last evening I watched on T-V the historic movie “A Christmas Carol”. This version starred...

  I am an admirer of pairs’ performances, such as ice dancing, potato bag races or other tandem sports. Practice & more practice of course is the key to accomplishing the goal set; and this also applies to many careers and other life aspirations.  Being one half of a team depends on tenacity, fo...

    “T’was a dark and stormy night…” and as the rain pounded down I sat at the office waiting for offer documents to be faxed through!  In this techno-savvy age where business people are familiar and regular users of all kinds of communication devices – it may be that while a client does have e-m...

  I recently had occasion to visit a newly-built real estate office building in a nearby town.  The destination location was hard won, neighbours had to be mollified, extra costs were incurred in the developing, and it looks truly fine. The reception area is ultra-modern and clean in design. New...