by Rick Crouch | Mar 30, 2021 | Real Estate General, Real Estate Help Tips
In prior posts I have discussed the matter of “multiple offers” as that has been a common denominator in countless real estate transactions over the past year or more. We have all heard or read in the media about homes especially modest ones in the...
by Rick Crouch | Mar 26, 2021 | Real Estate Financial, Real Estate General, Real Estate Help Tips
In life, I believe that we are never too old to learn nor do we ever “know it all.” Over the last two days I have been participating in an online real estate conference with REALTORS from a variety of backgrounds and markets including some in the U.S. In...
by Rick Crouch | Feb 10, 2021 | Real Estate Financial, Real Estate General, Real Estate Help Tips
In Parts 1 and 2 of my previous posts of Real Estate & HST Can Be Taxing, I wanted to illustrate the many situations as to how how Ontario’s “Harmonized Sales Tax” (HST) can impact the real estate selling and buying process. Before we leave this...
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 | Jun 24, 2020 | Business Matters, Real Estate General, Real Estate Help Tips
One of the frequently asked questions I get asked in a real estate transaction is what happens to the Buyer’s deposit if a real estate transaction fails to close? Many times Seller(s) assume they automatically get to keep the Buyer’s deposit, in reality...
by Rick Crouch | Apr 17, 2020 | Real Estate Help Tips, Real Estate Statistics, Uncategorized
Since mid-March when the COVID-19 really took off, I have spent an hour or two several days a week on calls using Zoom video conferencing connecting with Sotheby’s Realty colleagues across North America. From Ontario, across Canada to Vancouver BC, south to...
