My last blog post was about a 100 year old runner who was entering the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. I found the story very inspirational. He was attempting to break a slew of records, but most importantly set the world record for finishing a marathon at his age.Guess what?Fauja Singh, the runner in question, did manage to finish in a time of eight hours and 25 minutes. This is absolutely remarkable. 22,000 runners participated, and while Mr. Singh was the last one to cross the finish line, he did cross it under his own steam.Congratulations to Mr. Singh and to everybody who helped to prepare this amazing man for this event. 10/17/2011

I guess I dropped the ball on this one. When I switched from Remax to Century 21 earlier this year I had to scramble to change all of my websites, internet profiles and virtual business cards. It took quite a while, and I'm sure there are still dozens of places on the web where I'm still listed as a Remax agent. When I first started building up a web presence I didn't realize that it should be done with such a disciplined approach and I just haphazardly signed on to any site that would allow me to link back to my websites without paying too much attention. Consequently, I have no idea where my mug will show up. One of the most important profiles that I should have kept my eye on is my Google business profile since it shows up on Google maps and Google queries related to real estate in ... 10/04/2011

Being a top notch, high-flying real estate agent isn't always easy. There are certain sacrifices that have to be made to attain this lofty space that I occupy in the spectrum of human endeavour.  Today is Labour Day, and when most people are getting a day away from work to celebrate the fruits of their labour, there are certain very important jobs that I must to to ensure that everything will work smoothly. Since it is said that a picure is worth a thousand words, I have decided to represent my tasks in a pictorial form, thus giving this short blog post the gravitas of a 6000+ word post. I was warned that real estate wasn't going to be easy. 09/06/2010

I listen to the radio when I'm in my car. Usually every hour or so I catch the news, and being Canadian, one of the most important features is always the weather. The winter is a whole different ballgame for me, once the temperature drops below a certain point I can't really tell the difference anyway, so I'm resigned to suffering without caring just exactly how much I'm supposed to be suffering. In the last few years it would seem that the "humidex" plays a larger role in the delivery of the summertime weather presentation. The presenter will say "It's 29 degrees outside, but with the humidex it feels like 36." I always thought this was silly, because I don't know what 36 feels like. Just yesterday it was 36, but they told me that with the humidex it felt like 43. How the heck am I sup... 08/03/2010

Last week one of my listings sold. This particular property had been listed since the fall and I was starting to despair that it would ever sell at the price it was listed. There were lots of showings at this house, and a lot of other agents had given me some fairly positive feedback for it. I will admit that the house was listed at the upper end of its price range, but my client decided that this was the price that she wanted, and ultimately I suppose she was right because she did get that price. Personally, I would have prefered to have seen it priced a little bit lower and maybe had a quicker sale, however it was my client's call. The day after the house disappeared from the MLS listings I was contacted by two different people (one by email and one by phone) asking what had happened ... 04/21/2010