If you are thinking of putting your home up for sale, the challenge always becomes what price to price it at. Too High, no buyers or even showings for that matter. Too low, and you;re giving it away. Do we ask the neighbours who want the neighbourhood to be the top of the market and probably are not real estate experts? How about the Realtor, don’t they always price things too low for the purpose of a quick sale? This week Open House Real Estate Radio and Host Ronn James discuss the phenomenon of what to ask and why.

My tagline, motto and website all say it. Heck even every piece of clothing I wear has this statement across the back. So am I freak or on to something, you decide.

The open house ritual is no for everyone. Many Realtors belief it is the single biggest waste of time. Rookie Realtors believe that it is a way to get noticed (and meet potential clients) and sellers, well they fall into 2 camps. One loves them and the other group hates them. Join Open Houses Real Estate Radio for the real deal, comings and goings of the real estate open house

Can you imagine going from a stay-at-home mom, with a part-time home based business to a Canadian mogul in real estate investment in just 3 years?

Then imagine that the motivation for this sudden career change was the fire that almost destroyed your home, only to be dwarfed by the news that your 11 month old son had days to live and when you brought him home to peacefully pass away, a miracle happened and he thrived only to leave you with 400,000 worth of medical bills.

The thought of losing everything had this Mom in survival mode. If her son could cheat death, she could lead her family out of financial harm.

Her story is now a legend, her name is Savannah Ross and she is RichMom.com

Join Open House Real Estate Radio and Host Ronn James, Real Estate’s Most Wanted as we meet and learn more about Savannah Ross, RichMom.com

Well Let’s start with some suggestions of how to properly hire a Realtor and you may not have to fire them. Hiring (and firing) a real estate agent is the same as hiring a work-at-home, 60K a year sales associate for your company. If you considered what it would take for your company to hire someone like this, why would hiring someone to sell your home be much different? Tune in and learn what it takes to hire the best-fit real estate agent you can. Also, how to spot the real estate agent that you might have to fire, before you make that mistake.

What goes down, must come up (again). The daily hot topic is interest rates in the media. This week Open Host Real Estate and host Ronn James, discuss the interest rate roller-coaster dating back to 1982 to our present day changes.

Guru’s galore flood the market today with how to make it big in real estate. This week Open House Real Estate and Host Ronn James Real Estate’s Most Wanted discuss the pros and cons of real estate investment.

Before you head into another church of real estate salvation lets look at what you need to know before saying YES, YES, YES to real estate success.

Not intended to solicit properties currently listed nor those under buyer representation. All information is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed.

The public is encouraged to conduct their own investigations, analysis, due diligence, draw their own conclusions, and make their own decisions. Any areas concerning taxes or specific legal or technical situations should be referred to lawyers, accountants, consultants, real estate agents, or other professionals licensed, qualified or authorized to render such advice.

So its Saturday morning, the coffee is hot and fresh and the toast is buttered just right, time to flick on the computer and have a little look at whats new on MLS.

Several hours later and just one more screen to go and the voyeur-in-you-nistic drain is starting to show. Screen fatigue is real and the carpal tunnel syndrome is aching through your mouse hand.

You played well, young real estate jedi, but you have not mastered the MLS Force.

Open House Real Estate and Host Ronn James, Sales Representative with Stonemill Realty, discuss realtor.ca junkies and intervention of saving their real estate lives.

Not intented to solicit properties currently listed nor those under buyer representation. All information is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed.

The public is encouraged to conduct their own investigations, analysis, due diligence, draw their own conclusions, and make their own decisions. Any areas concerning taxes or specific legal or technical situations should be referred to lawyers, accountants, consultants, real estate agents, or other professionals licensed, qualified or authorized to render such advice.

The Competition Bureau isn’t letting up (this time) and now they are taking a run at TREB (The Toronto Real Estate Board) This week Open House Real Estate Radio and host Ronn James, Sales Representative with Stonemill Realty discuss the issues surrounding this never ending battle between good and evil. Except, who’s who? You decide when we present our opinion of this changing industry.

Not intented to solicit properties currently listed nor those under buyer representation. All information is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed.

The public is encouraged to conduct their own investigations, analysis, due diligence, draw their own conclusions, and make their own decisions. Any areas concerning taxes or specific legal or technical situations should be referred to lawyers, accountants, consultants, real estate agents, or other professionals licensed, qualified or authorized to render such advice.

Wondering what’s going to happen in 2010?
Should you be buying, selling, upgrading or downsizing?
This week Open House Real Estate Radio and Host Ronn James talk about the trends and strategies you’ll want to consider in 2010 if real estate is on your mind.

Not intended to solicit properties currently listed nor those under buyer representation. All information is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. The public is encouraged to conduct their own investigations, analysis, due diligence, draw their own conclusions, and make their own decisions. Any areas concerning taxes or specific legal or technical situations should be referred to lawyers, accountants, consultants, real estate agents, or other professionals licensed, qualified or authorized to render such advice.

Open House Real Estate Radio and Ronn James, Sales Representative, Stonemill Realty explore the hiring of your next real estate agent.

Do we hire our friend, family member our neighbour?

What about the experience level, does it matter?

What do we really get when we hire the local team, especially when the team only has a single face?

Find out how to pick the right real estate agent, for the right job, to make the sale or purchase, right for you!

Not intended to solicit properties currently listed nor those under buyer representation. All information is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. The public is encouraged to conduct their own investigations, analysis, due diligence, draw their own conclusions, and make their own decisions. Any areas concerning taxes or specific legal or technical situations should be referred to lawyers, accountants, consultants, real estate agents, or other professionals licensed, qualified or authorized to render such advice.