by Rick Crouch | Feb 5, 2021 | Legal Issues, Real Estate Financial, Real Estate General
In Real Estate & HST Can Be Taxing – Part 1, I covered some of the basic circumstances where the matter of Ontario’s Harmonized Sales Tax otherwise known as HST can significantly impact the sale of real property for both Sellers and Buyers. In Part 2,...
by Rick Crouch | Feb 3, 2021 | Legal Issues, Real Estate General, Real Estate Help Tips
One of the issues that we as real estate professionals deal with in every sale transaction is the matter of taxes. Anyone that owns or has owned a property knows about property tax but there are a couple of other tax matters that come up in real estate sale and...
by Rick Crouch | Apr 8, 2020 | COVID-19, Legal Issues, Real Estate General
The COVID-19 virus has placed all of us in a situation most of us have never experienced before. As previously mentioned I have been a licensed real estate Broker in Ontario for over 20 years. Like many in our profession I have witnessed numerous ups and downs in...
by Rick Crouch | Apr 2, 2020 | Business Matters, Environmental Issues, Legal Issues, Real Estate General, Real Estate Help Tips
There is no question that with the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, we now find ourselves in very unique and life threatening circumstances. What was expected to take perhaps a handful of weeks to resolve is now poised to remain in place for months. Canada’s...
by Rick Crouch | Mar 1, 2020 | Business Matters, Legal Issues, Odds and Ends, Real Estate General
In prior posts titled “New Real Estate Act Proposed for Ontario” I outlined some sweeping changes that had been put forth to the Ontario government that would impact both consumers and REALTORS®. I further updated this information in a second post, New...
by Rick Crouch | Nov 21, 2019 | Business Matters, Legal Issues, Real Estate General, Uncategorized
Anyone that knows and or has followed me is aware that I have been active in the area’s real estate market for a number of years. After obtaining my real estate license in 2000, I have since become a licensed Broker, I obtained my Market Value Appraiser (MVA)...
