Fireman's Brigade
A few Saturday's ago I attended the Fireman's Ball, it was sold out the first time I attempted to find tickets, but I was determined. The Daybeats are a fabulously talented local band and were playing that night so... ...
Top 3% in Canada
2010 was a very busy year for myself and real estate in general. I had the honour of working with amazing clients and their referrals. Last week we had our annual Royal LePage Awards Ceremony and for the first time... ...
CMHC releases first quarter report.
The Canadian Mortgage Housing Association has recently released its first quarter report for this year. Locally, the housing market has been fairly slow. CMHC states '"Measures recently announced for government-backed mortgage insurance will moderate ...
Royal LePage Shelter Foundation Garage Sale
Spring time is not to far away and many of us are spring cleaning, take this great chance to donate your gently used items to the National Garage Sale for Shelter! Penticton MAY 14 2011 at the Curling Rink. The local proceeds go to S.O.W.I.N.S.... ...
Fencing the Yard and containing the critters
Little Miss Renovation again. You may or not know this but I have 2 large dogs, Merl and Karma. They are lovely huge animals that have lots of animal and human friends, but if you approach my home they will scare... ...
Pricing Strategy
Penticton is a small town and generally we follow trends from the bigger cities, it is always nice to be aware of the real estate industry in these areas. One of the Realtors® brought this situation to light at our Wednesday... ...
Commercial Real Estate at the Conference
So the first day was wonderful, day 2 is when the courses began. I had signed myself up for the commercial courses as I have an extreme interest in revenue properties, and do a lot of business to business social networking. I... ...
A taste of the Provinces, the Slippers Episode
Still at the Fairmont Hotel in Banff - I was torn between the "tweet up" and the Royal LePage reception. Both sounded like they would house like minded people. I opted for the Royal LePage Reception as loyalty has its perks.... ...
Banff Western Connection Conference
It's Monday morning. Last week on Wednesday at 5am I hustled out to the Kelowna Airport to fly to Calgary and from there take the airporter to Banff.... I love conferences; every time I go I take away so much knowledge and... ...
Naramata – the locals' secret
Some things you should know about Naramata Schools The local school goes to grade 5 and then kids attend middle and high school in Penticton There is a school bus service throughout most of Naramata. There is additional school bus services between Pe ...
Parking Stalls -"the more you know"
As you may have purchased a condo or are thinking of a future condo/townhouse purchase I think there is some value in understanding the parking issues that can arise. Sometimes a listing will say comes with 1-2 parking stalls. Maybe one... ...
Penticton thinking about Prison?
As an active blogger and twitterer.....I have found a blog that I really enjoy reading! As it turns out there is a city councilor who embraces social media and has been doing a great job asking for the publics' opinion and sharing... ...