by Rick Crouch | Sep 22, 2021 | Business Matters, Condominiums, Legal Issues, Municipal Affairs, Real Estate Financial, Real Estate General
Over the years, many Buyers looking to purchase a recreational property in the southern Georgian Bay region have wanted to acquire something that provides short term rental potential to help offset their ownership costs. The Internet has certainly aided in making...
by Rick Crouch | Sep 1, 2021 | Business Matters, Community Affairs, Odds and Ends, Politics, Uncategorized
Today is the first day of September. Many kids are back in school, for most summer holidays are behind us, we are back to a regular work schedule and life is getting back to normal as best as it can with COVID 19 still unwilling to surrender. On September 20th,...
by Rick Crouch | Mar 17, 2021 | Business Matters, Real Estate Financial, Real Estate General
Over the past year, COVID 19 has not been the only hot topic in daily news reports and in other media. Canad’s blistering hot real estate market has also garnered a lot of attention not only here at home but elsewhere as well. Over and over we repeatedly hear...
by Rick Crouch | Mar 5, 2021 | Business Matters, Real Estate Financial, Real Estate General
Having been in the real estate business for over 20 years I have never put much credence or trust in Buyers being “pre-approved” or “pre-qualified” for a mortgage. Over the past couple of years, the demand for residential housing in many parts...
by Rick Crouch | Jan 13, 2021 | Business Matters, Politics, Real Estate General
Having previously lived in the U.S. (Chicago) and travelled extensively across the country, combined with the fact I have American friends and family living there, I perhaps have a little more interest and insight into U.S. politics. My U.S. residency (1992-1996)...
by Rick Crouch | Jan 8, 2021 | Business Matters, Community Affairs, Planning and Development, Real Estate General
It was in 1985 and newly married that I moved to the Collingwood area as the result of a corporate transfer. A lot has changed in our area since that time and more change is sure to come. My career began with Canadian Tire and with the auto and tire knowledge I...
