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Blog by Joel Carcone

New Lower Lonsdale Condo Listing

July 30th, 2005

SOLD - (SOLD IN 5 DAYS): 1 bedroom and den/office in the landmark Calypso. A San Francisco like setting on Lonsdale - North Shore (North Vancouver). Street level with seperate entrance and patio for outdoor living. Features in suite laundry & dishwasher.

Thank you to all Sponsors

July 26th, 2005

(VANCOUVER SUN, SATURDAY JULY 23, 2005)

In Saturday's Vancouver Sun the Canadian Progress Club extended an thank you to all the sponsors of the 2005 Plywood Cup Corprate Challenge.

"The sponsors generouse support made this event a great success and helped to raise in excess of $20,000 for: BC Special Olympics, Big Brothers, Big Sisters, and Small Talk".

I was proud to be a part of the winn ...

FSBO to FSBR – (For Sale By Owner to For Sale By Realtor)

July 22nd, 2005

Here is a classic example of why it pays to have a realtor working for you. As it turned out to be a success story, I feel no harm is sharing with you a clear example of why we all should employ a professional when dealing with the single most important investment of our lives; our real estate.

I recently sold a townhouse. At the same time my clients listed their town house a For Sale By Own ...

Interview on CKNW 980 AM (Vancouver Radio)

July 18th, 2005

real estate agent vancouver blooging

With blogging becoming the new buzz word in the business and marketing community and with the exposure I received in last Friday's Vancouver Sun - CKNW 980 AM did a story to better conceptualize blogging and internet marketing.

Sign up on www.cknw.com and then check the vault : Tune in to 6:15pm Monday July 18th to AM 980 to hear the full coverage.

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So what’s a blog anyway?

July 17th, 2005

As a result of popular demand among my family, friends, associates and competitors I wanted to put in my two cents in about what blogging actually is. The article in Friday's Vancouver Sun about me and blogging sparked a series of questions on blogging. So heres a blog about blogging.

In a nutshell a 'blog' is exactly what you are reading. Quite simply it's a 'web-log' or a diary. But, with ...

Vancouver Sun - Blogging

July 17th, 2005

Gillian Shaw
CanWest News Service; Vancouver Sun
July 15, 2005

VANCOUVER - If your real estate agent is one of a growing number of blogging realtors, you can get a healthy helping of industry gossip, news about the greatest listing that never made it to market, and advice on everything from interest rates to staging your home for sale.

"Blogging is a necessity and it's another tool,'' said ...

New Construction – First choice among Investors

July 15th, 2005

As can be seen throughout Vancouver there is new construction in almost every region. Investors both large have and continue to cash in on the seemingly ever expanding real estate market.

With the market increasing in areas as much as 15-20% in a year and the average large scale project taking anywhere from one to three years to complete, buying today before construction breaks ground can me ...

Joel Wins the Plywood Cup Corporate Challenge – Racing, Fun, Sun and all for charity

July 12th, 2005

Plywood cup

This past weekend was the Annual Plywood Cup Corporate Challenge. What is that? In case you did not catch it on the news it is an annual event that held to raise money for the charities such as Big Brothers, Big Sisters, The Special Olympics, and Small Talk.

17 teams of four from various corporations (as well a 2 teams from the tall ships) were given 2 sheets of plywood, a handful of nails ...

Specialists VS Generalist – Real Estate in an era of intense competition

July 12th, 2005

Would you let your family doctor perform open heart surgery on you? If you were going under the knife would you not want a specialist who has performed numerous surgeries like yours? I think the answer is simple - most people when it comes to their lives would opt for the best person for the job.

This same principal is now quite evident in the marketing of real estate. Although the majority ...