Next week Niagara moves to the Gray Zone. It is a light at the end of the lockdown tunnel I suppose. Is it ideal? No. Is it going to be challenging? Yes. Does it mean there is a light at the end of the tunnel? Maybe. Does it mean that the decisions politicians, doctors and scientists make are going to be perfect? Absolutely not. I stay away from political posts on my social media and I try to remain out of them in my blog so this is definitely not going to be political. This is about the fact that every single per... read more

Each morning we as Realtors® wake up looking for new clients.  Wondering what the day brings.  We actively look for new ways to reach out to people we know, friends, family and in many ways people we don't know.  It isn't easy.  

When you are a real estate professional starting out in this business you are faced with a boat load of challenges.  What brokerage to join? How to you do your job?  Where is the money coming from while you look for that first deal? The biggest challenge for me personally wasn't directly real estate related.   The hard part was having 3 kids under the age of 5 to maneuver.  Now let me say this up front to my kids before they read this.  I love them all "to the moon and back" but there are t... read more

For months maybe even years I have been teaching our team about the importance of writing a blog.   Posting, sharing and building an audience through this medium is a long term project, but I believe an important one.  I am also a practice what you preach kind of teacher.  If I stand up in front of a group of new energetic members of our Coldwell Banker Momentum team and tell them they should be doing it, I should be too.  Our brokerage is about to start another round of training so it was time ... read more

When you sit down and try to figure out what to do with a blog and/or podcast everyone struggles with what to write.  How do I constantly develop content that will interest people?  How do I keep them engaged and wanting to come back time and time again? The struggle is real. Blogging isn't easy. So when I sat down and made the decision to take on this task I asked myself if I could do this long term?  Would my story or stories be interesting enough?   But then like anyone in real estate I ... read more