Kelley Skar

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Conditionally Sold in Calgary-What does it Mean for the Buyer?

Ok...back up....What exactly am I talking about is this just more REALTOR® and industry jargin? If you are a buyer or a seller, than no. If you have never bought and sold a home before...than maybe!

Conditionally sold refers to your home being taken off the ...

Calgary REALTOR®-Social Media Marketing to Sell Your House

Have you heard of Social Media Marketing? Do you think it is powerful enough to get your house sold? There are quite a few people that are ahead of the curve that obviously feel this way. Unfortunately from what I have seen lately, most people are doing this by themselves, without the help and guidance of their REALTOR®.

I think th ...

Calgary House Prices Market Factors-Episode #118

Ever wonder when the best time to buy a house or condo is? Have you ever asked the question that I get all the time? 

How is the Market? When are prices going up? What are sales like? These are questions that I hear a lot. I have done video blogs in the past talking about not being able to "Predict" the future in real estate prices, being as ...

Episode #117 - Calgary REALTOR® - Building Permit Application Process

Visit http://kelleyskar.com/ for more info| So on Friday I went downtown to apply for my building permit for my basement. It really was a lot more painless than I thought originally! The biggest hit was of course to the wallet, parking wasn't that bad, and there was literally NO lineup on the 3rd floor at City Hall! The g ...

Episode #116 - Calgary Real Estate - Back Up your Data

Visit http://kelleyskar.com/ for more information| I had a major issue earlier this week where my hard drive crashed on my laptop. Did this hurt? You betcha! I learned a very valuable(see $) lesson this week and that is to backup ALL of my data not just 60% of it! I have a couple of suggestions for the cloud such ashttp://dropbox.com/ a ...

Episode #115 - Calgary Real Estate - Competition versus Collaboration

Visit http://kelleyskar.com/ for more info| This post was orginally supposed to "air" on Tuesday right before my hard drive crashed on me! Anyway on Tuesday I was talking about competition versus collaboration within the real estate industry. What prompted this video was a check in on Yelp and a subsequent blog post by no ...

Episode #114 - Calgary Real Estate - What is As is Where is?

What is As is Where is? A very valid question when looking to purchase either a foreclosure or a Judicial Sale.

As is Where is refers to the state of the property as well as anything that may be in the property, essentially the bank or the courts are not making any warranties or represenatations that the appliances work, come wit ...

Episode #113 - Calgary Real Estate - Renting versus Buying a Home

Visit http://www.kelleyskar.com/| Renting versus Buying a Home. I know there are certain reasons as to why you may be renting at this point in time in your life. This post is really for those that are on the fence at this point, those that have the ability to make a purchase but for whatever reason have decided to continue re ...

Episode #112 - Calgary Real Estate - Finding the RIGHT Home Inspector

Visit http://www.kelleyskar.com/ | Calgary Real Estate Video Blog by Calgary REALTOR Kelley Skar| I came into the office today to find a Mike Holmes Inspection binder and found it very interesting knowing what I know of the Mike Holmes Inspections and there cost structure. I liken to this when picking the right inspector ...

Episode #111 - Calgary Real Estate - How to Handle a Pushy Host at an Open House

Visit http://www.kelleyskar.com/| Calgary Real Estate Video Blog by Calgary REALTOR® Kelley Skar| Recently a colleague had an issue with the host of an open house. Well actually his clients are the ones that were put off by the pushy salesperson but he was affected by it as well. I want to make sure that you kn ...