Archive for February, 2008
The Greatest Real Estate Agent in the World
February 24th, 2008 Categories: Vancouver Real Estate
This was posted by Ardell DellaLoggia at Brio Realty.
http://www.searchingseattleblog.com
Is it possible to have THE greatest real estate agent in the world? And if so, what would be the Top Ten items that they’d have to meet in order to qualify for The Title?
*Making the most money?
*Doing the best job for their client (defined as percentage of repeat business and referral business). Happy clients translate into repeat and referral business.
*Networking online and building relationships, same as we do offline?
*Innovative marketing? Evidence of always being on the cutting edge? Ongoing education?
*Voted #1 by your piers?
*Voted #1 based on what you give back to your community?
*Voted #1 by the community at large?
*Most knowledgeable about all the homes in your neighbourhood?
*Superior negotiating skills?
*Superior customer service which goes beyond any level that is provided by your piers?
What do you think should be in the Top Ten List? What would you expect from the Greatest Realtor in the World? Who would you nominate and why?
Or is it an impossible task?
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The Greatest Real Estate Agent in the World
February 23rd, 2008 Categories: Real Estate Definitions, Vancouver Real Estate
This was posted by Ardell DellaLoggia at Brio Realty.
Is it possible to have THE greatest real estate agent in the world? And if so, what would be the Top Ten items that they’d have to meet in order to qualify for The Title?
*Making the most money?
*Doing the best job for their client (defined as percentage of repeat business and referral business). Happy clients translate into repeat and referral business.
*Networking online and building relationships, same as we do offline?
*Innovative marketing? Evidence of always being on the cutting edge? Ongoing education?
*Voted #1 by your piers?
*Voted #1 based on what you give back to your community?
*Voted #1 by the community at large?
*Most knowledgeable about all the homes in your neighbourhood?
*Superior negotiating skills?
*Superior customer service which goes beyond any level that is provided by your piers?
What do you think should be in the Top Ten List? What would you expect from the Greatest Realtor in the World? Who would you nominate and why?
Or is it an impossible task?
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Do You Understand Your Vancouver Property Tax Notice?
February 23rd, 2008 Categories: Real Estate Definitions, Vancouver Real Estate
They arrive every January! In Vancouver the taxes are due by the end of January and June.
1. Owner’s name and address - each owner will receive a notice
2. Folio Number - a unique property identification number
3. Access - a code used to epost tax payments
4. Property Value - Class. BC Assessment’s classification of property. e.g. residential, business, farm
5. Assessed - 2007-2006-2005 BC Assessment’s assessed values of land, buildings and total for the last 3 years
6. Average - 2007 Land Three year average of the assessed land value
7. General School GVTA (Trans-link) Taxable values that the tax rates are applied against for each taxing authority
8. PID - parcel identifier used to cross reference to land Title and BC Assessment
9. School - residential. Funds local schools minus the HOGrant
10. Net School Taxes - Total school taxes after the HOG is deducted
11. BC Assessment - Funds BC Assessment operations
12. Municipal Finance Authority - funds the agency that provides capital financing and other financial services to local governments
13. Regional Districts - Funds shared operations and services such as sewer and water
14. Transportation Authority - Funds Trans-Link and other regional transportation (GVTA)
15. Net Other Taxing Authorities - taxed owing to other taxing authorities
16. City of Vancouver General Levy - The municipal tax
17. Net City Taxes - Municipal tax less the unused Homeowner Grant
18. Total 2007 Taxes - Total minus pre-payments
19. Total Outstanding Taxes - What you own. Column A+no homeowners grant. Column B= basic grant. Column C=additional grant
Have a vancouver property tax question? Contact City Hall http://www.vancouver.ca
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Vancouver Entertainment
February 23rd, 2008 Categories: Real Estate News
Ballet B.C. is hosting The Royal Winnipeg Ballet from February 28th to March 1st at the Q.E. Theatre. RWB will be dancing Sleeping Beauty.
Buy a ticket online http://www.balletbc.com
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Royal Winnipeg Ballet
February 22nd, 2008 Categories: Vancouver Events, Vancouver Real Estate
Ballet B.C. is hosting The Royal Winnipeg Ballet from February 28th to March 1st at the Q.E. Theatre. RWB will be dancing Sleeping Beauty.
Buy a ticket online balletbc.
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Waterfront Homes Kitsilano Vancouver
February 22nd, 2008 Categories: Kitsilano, Vancouver Real Estate
So this is the view the owners of homes on Point Grey Road get to enjoy every day!
Do you know the exact spot I took this picture from?
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Hastings Mill, Kitsilano Vancouver
February 22nd, 2008 Categories: Kitsilano, Vancouver Real Estate
It is a beautiful Vancouver day and I was in Kitsilano, so thought i’d snap a picture of the old hastings mill.
Do you know where the hastings mill is? Do you know it’s history? It is located nex to Point Grey Road, Vanouver’s most expensive waterfront property.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hastings Mill
Hastings Mill was a saw-mill on the south shore of Burrard Inlet and was the first commercial operation around which the settlement that would become Vancouver developed in British Columbia, Canada.
In June, 1867, Captain Edward Stamp began Stamps Mill at the foot of what is now Dunlevy Street. Stamp lost ownership of the mill after a falling out with his English investors, after which the name changed. The early settlement was in effect a company town; people shopped at the Hasting’s Mill Store and sent their children to the Hastings Mill School. This would change after the CPR chose Vancouver as the terminus for the transcontinental railway. Nevertheless, the lumber industry remained the backbone of the new settlement’s economy, and Hastings Mill was the “the nucleus around which the city of Vancouver grew up in the 1880s,” and remained important to the local economy until it closed in the 1920s.[1] The building that housed the Hastings Mill Store was transported by barge to the foot of Alma Street at that time to begin its new life as the Old Hastings Mill Store Museum. This was also the only structure to survive the great fire in 1886 and was used as a hospital and morgue for the fire’s victims
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Where In Vancouver Am I?
February 21st, 2008 Categories: Vancouver Real Estate
So this is the view the owners of homes on Point Grey Road get to enjoy every day!
Do you know the exact spot I took this picture from?
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Vancouver Home & Garden Show Energy Saving Ideas
February 21st, 2008 Categories: Green Condos, Vancouver Events, Vancouver Real Estate
Vancouver Home & Garden Show displays lots of ‘green’ ideas.
BC Hydro are offering Power Smart Mail-in Rebates for purchase of the following:
outdoor timers, dual rate energy meter, 8 outlet power bar with timer, UPM programmable thermostats, UPM 7 day programmable low voltage thermostat, touchscreen programmable thermostat.
In addition, Powersmart offer these tips to save energy: turn off the lights when you leave a room. Unplug your cell phone charger when charging is complete. Turn off your computer and printer when they’re not in use. Turn off your TV, DVD player and stereo when they’re not in use. Look for the ENERGY STAR symbol when choosing electronic appliances. Replace incandescent bulbs with energy efficient CFLs. Turn down your thermostat 1 degree. Wash your clothes in cold water.
They also offer a list of “No-Cost Options” and “Low-Cost Options” (under $50) to save energy.
Visit BC Hydro for more details on the above and all PowerSmart programs.
Have an energy saving tip you’d like to share with us?
Or found another Green idea at the Home
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Vancouver Home & Garden Show Home Energy Saving Ideas
February 21st, 2008 Categories: Vancouver Real Estate
Do you find lots of interesting ideas at the VHGS? I do!
BC Hydro are offering Power Smart Mail-in Rebates for purchase of the following:
outdoor timers, dual rate energy meter, 8 outlet power bar with timer, UPM programmable thermostats, UPM 7 day programmable low voltage thermostat, touchscreen programmable thermostat.
In addition, Powersmart offer these tips to save energy: turn off the lights when you leave a room. Unplug your cell phone charger when charging is complete. Turn off your computer and printer when they’re not in use. Turn off your TV, DVD player and stereo when they’re not in use. Look for the ENERGY STAR symbol when choosing electronic appliances. Replace incandescent bulbs with energy efficient CFLs. Turn down your thermostat 1 degree. Wash your clothes in cold water.
They also offer a list of “No-Cost Options” and “Low-Cost Options” (under $50) to save energy.
Visit www.bchydro.com/powersmartfor more details on the above and all PowerSmart programs.
Have an energy saving tip you’d like to share with us?
Or found another Green idea at the Home Show you’d like to share?
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