Episode 406 – Why Autumn Can Be The Best Time To Buy Real Estate

Episode 406 - Why Autumn Can Be The Best Time To Buy Real Estate

In Toronto, Autumn can be the best time to buy real estate for two reasons:  there are typically fewer buyers looking, and if sellers are serious they are generally more open to entertain reasonable offers. The law of supply and demand is at work in real estate, and we see this especially during the fall. George O’Neill has bought several… Play Video

Episode 405 – Halloween Houses In The Beach

Episode 405 - Halloween Houses In The Beach

Halloween is always a fun time in the Beach, Toronto, and many houses are decorated “to the nines”. George O’Neill shows two houses in particular, one on Silver Birch Avenue and the other (actually 3 or 4 houses together who cooperate on a fantastic display) on Joseph Duggan Road.  Each year these houses really go… Play Video

Episode 400 – Double Ending Deals Is Revolting.

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In sales there is a term sometimes used to describe when the sales agent earns a fee from both sides of the transaction, from the sell side and the buy side. The term is “double ending” and in a conversation it is often used as follows: ” in that last sale I doubled-ended it”. In… Play Video

Episode 399 – How To Manage Your Online Reputation

Episode 399 - How To Manage Your Online Reputation

George O’Neill was recently invited by the eMarketing Association, the world’s largest association for internet marketers, to speak at their annual conference held on October 12 and 13, 2011 in Providence, Rhode Island.  The topic was Managing Your Online Reputation.  The slides from George’s presentation can be obtained at http://slidesha.re/nAbXXV on Slideshare.  George was the… Play Video

Episode 398 – New Toronto Streetcar Facility

Episode 398 - New Toronto Streetcar Facility

The City of Toronto is building a maintenance and storage yard at the corner of Leslie St and Lakeshore Blvd in the Beaches for new streetcars which are expected to be in service in 2013.  George O’Neill believes this addition to the area will help ensure streetcar service remains great in the eastern part of… Play Video

Toronto’s wealthiest are the most indebted

This Bridle Path home was listed for $19.5 million in 2009.

The average Toronto household is carrying nearly $40,000 in debt on top of their mortgage, according to new statistics from Environics Analytics. And the households carrying the largest debt are in Toronto’s toniest neighbourhoods, including the Bridle Path, Rosedale, Leaside and The Beach, where single-family homes are pushing past the $1-million mark… Read More Source… Read More

Fire Station 227 gets a makeover

Captain Ryan Fairlie point out the iron work that forms the clock faces.

At Fire Station 227 in the Beach it’s not just the red trucks that gleam in the sunshine with spit and polish. The station itself is basking in the afterglow of a $1.6 million renovation that has restored the building’s exterior to its original 1905 condition. In the past, the city did minor patch-up jobs… Read More

159 Drayton Avenue

159 Drayton Ave. - Sold

Updated with flare, spacious detached home within walking distance of Danforth Coxwell subway station. Walk to Danforth Avenue shops or jump on your bike for a short ride to the Beach. 3 + 1 bedrooms, 2 full luxurious baths, gorgeous walk through kitchen with lots of counter and storage space, granite countertops with stainless back… Read More

Episode 393 – It is Cooler In The Beach!

Episode 393 - It is Cooler In The Beach!

George O’Neill is driving along the 401 Highway in Toronto, heading back to The Beach. But before he goes back, George shows us the temperature in mid-town Toronto, which is 36.5 *C, a very hot and humid day in Toronto. But, the good news is that back in The Beach, the temperature drops to (only!)… Play Video

SOLD: 7 Bellefair Ave – detached home in the heart of The Beach

7 Bellefair Ave - detached home in the heart of The Beach

Imagine having Queen Street East and The Beach at your doorstep. Walking through Kew Gardens to the boardwalk, you are only a leisurely stroll from Lake Ontario. This two and a half storey house features 3 spacious bedrooms, 2 washrooms, central air conditioning and a private driveway. Hardwood floors on the first floor. New berber… Read More