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Different Types of Grow Ops - The Remdiated Kind 

I am going to start off this post by letting you know this is the first in a series of 3 blogs dedicated to educating the masses on what a grow op is, was and will be.

There seem to be a lot more of these properties coming on the market in Calgary, now more than ever t ...

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This is a kind of wake up call for the Calgary real estate industry and maybe the industry as a whole.

Do you feel the earth moving beneath your feet yet?

That is the 'Shift'. The shift in our industry moving towards the release of more information to the general public as well as greater transparency in our industry and in my mi ...

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What does 'Almost for Sale' Mean?

The video that you see below is a sneek peek of a home that we are listing in Airdrie on Monday April 9th, 2012.

I can't tell you how much it is yet because it is not listed on the MLS® yet. However...if you are interested how much this house in Big Springs might be going for on Monday....my client ...

What is Condo Insurance Exactly?

There seems to be a lot of confusion about this.

Condo Insurance that is included in your condo contributions or fees, is insurance for the whole building and all the common areas.

So for example, if your builiding gets hit by hail and there is all kind of damage to the property, then the insurance would kick in and likely pay for all the necessary repairs. ...

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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 ...