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The Mortgage Process


Purchasing a home is a lengthy process, which includes find your dream home. Needless to say, a house is a big deal, and you want to make sure you choose wisely. Below are few tips to get you on your way to home ownership.

Pre-qualify for a mortgage: It’s a good idea to understand what type of house you will be able to afford according to your income and your debt. Pre-qualifying for a mortgage will give you an advantage in the event you find a home that you love.

Find a property: Become knowledgeable about how homes cost in certain areas that you are interested in. It will give you a better understanding of what is out there and what you can afford.

Paperwork: Once you find a property, a real estate agent will draw up a…

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House Painting Tips


Preparing the area:

Fill holes by using a filler or spackle. Make sure to dry completely, then sand.

Scrape off old paint or sand walls so the area is smooth.

Clean walls

Priming the walls: Priming isn’t absolutely necessary, but it will help the paint adhere properly, and hide any dark colours or stains.

Stir paint: Paint colour will separate. Make sure to stir thoroughly, especially if the paint has been sitting for an extended period of time.

Gather your painting tools: putty knife, filler, sandpaper, rags, paint can opener, paint tray, stir sticks, angled paint brush, roller, roller cover, roller extension pole, drop cloth, and painter’s tape.

Tape the appropriate areas so you won’t get paint on the parts…

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Buying Commercial Property

 

There are many things that need to be considered when purchasing a commercial property. Check out the tips below to make sure all your bases have been covered.

Get a feel for the real estate market in the area that you are searching in. Can you get a sense of what it would be like in a few years? Will the area be booming or will things fizzle out?

Determine your financial situation. What type of money is needed to complete the deal? What do you financially need to be able to maintain the payments and the property?

Determine if the space will work for you and your plan. Have an idea ahead of time of the space you will require and what you need the space to include.

If you need to do upgrades, renovations,…

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Curb Appeal


Sometimes it only takes a few simple changes to dress up the exterior of a house add some curb appeal. Below are a few tips to perk up your home.

Paint the front door: Painting the front door a bold colour, like red, black, purple, or green, can add a boost to your home and make it stand out.

New lighting and hardware: Adding a new outside light, some solar lights, new railings, hardware for the doors, or replacing an old storm door can easily update the look of your home.

Repaint: Painting the trim, the stucco, or the siding can give a home the boost that it needs, and do so inexpensively.

Landscaping: By adding new shrubs, bushes, rocks, plants, or trees, the exterior can take on a fresh new look. Adding a new walk way by…

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Tips to Keeping Your Home Ready for Showings


The big part of selling a home is showing it to perspective buyers as it’s a must to make your home available to those who are in the market to buy. Without showings and open houses, there is really no point in selling your home. While it’s true that showing your home can be a juggling act that requires consistently being on top of things, with a few tweaks, you can make this part of selling your home less stressful.

Prepare your home for selling means decreasing the clutter and making everything more manageable. Once you have organized and prepped your home, it should be a little easier to keep things in their place.

Get the whole family onboard with pitching in. Many hands make light work. The kids,…

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Kid Friendly Activities Around Canada

 


Canada has a substantial amount of fun and exciting activities for the whole family to enjoy. Below is only a portion of things you can do with the kids.

1. CN Tower, Toronto: is the tallest building in Toronto and a defining landmark, about to quite 550 meters. The CN Tower presents the Legends of Flight film in 3D. Its family-friendly display explores the history of flight; from the Wright Brothers manufacture of the primary ever plane to today’s jetliners and aircraft carriers.

2. Royal Tyrell Museum, Drumheller: If you've got a Dino enthusiast on your hands, then this can be the proper spot for you and your family. Your kids will like to obtain the $64000 fossils and bones that are still assault the…

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They say the three most important considerations when buying real estate is location, location, location. But what does that mean? How do you break that down? I mean, it sounds cool but how does anyone apply it in a useful way to navigate the biggest purchase of their life? Recently I took the time to break it down and map it out in a useful way to the average buyer. I drew on the years of experience I had helping people buy homes in the new home industry where, as a sales professional I had little control over the physical location. I was in one community sometimes having inventory on only one street. I also spoke with people in my own circle about how they found their perfect home. What mattered to them and how did that fit the paradigm of…

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