Last week, I came across a listing that could only be shown on Saturdays and Sundays between 2 and 4 pm.
It got me thinking about the importance of providing...
Last week, I came across a listing that could only be shown on Saturdays and Sundays between 2 and 4 pm.
It got me thinking about the importance of providing...
Selling a home in a seller's market isn't hard, but extracting the maximum amount of equity from your home sale is another story entirely.
In this...
Fortunately, math and numbers are still things we can count on.
That said, things are not always as they seem on the surface.
As the Saskatoon real estate...
Becky and I had an AirBNB request from someone interested in booking our property for a birthday party. We said, “no thanks.” This doesn’t...
Don’t kill the climax.
For a home buyer, possession day should be a fun and exciting experience.
There are always a lot of moving parts and things...
I had a call from a client of mine yesterday who has a townhouse in a pretty attractive area of Saskatoon that they'd like to sell. They've been...
As the real estate market heats up, if you're in the market to buy a home, you're more likely to hear these words. "Sorry, that property's...
If you've been following my stuff for any amount of time, you already know that I feel it's a big mistake for home sellers to market properties...
Transcript
We've talked at length about the four factors that are within your control as a home-seller.
As a quick review, they are again, the amount of...
I've been showing a lot of property lately and one thing is clear. Sellers be getting lazy.
Here are the three simplest and lowest cost ideas to help prepare...
Selling a home is hard work.
Keeping your house clean and prepped all the time, while you try to maintain some semblance of a normal life.
...Verbal offers serve one purpose; to "save time" for "professionals" who get paid well to not cut corners.
There's only one way to avoid misunderstanding...
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) announced mortgage default insurance rule changes this week that will impact home buyers using their...
The top challenge for Saskatoon home sellers...
...is getting buyers through the front door.
Pre-internet times, buyers often inspected dozens of homes...
We're all focused on reducing our exposure to Coronavirus. Businesses are busy figuring out ways to help customers through this challenge.
I've received...
Sometimes when you're marketing a home for sale, you'll encounter aggressive buyers who time pressure you to make a quick decision by putting a very short...
Some basic staging and professional photos go a long way in successfully marketing a home.
Buyers have a multitude of choices today and they qualify each...
In a recent video, I talked about "preparation" as a foundational cornerstone to begin your home selling effort.
But, where do you start?
Here are the first...
Licensed in 1993, Norm brings a wealth of experience to TeamFisher. He has worked in every imaginable capacity including sales agent, office manager, team leader, broker and now, broker/owner. Norm has written a weekly review of the Saskatoon real estate market for more than 750 consecutive weeks which may make him the most consistent industry blogger in the world.
Norm is known for his passion for technology and can most often be found exploring and experimenting with the next big thing in real estate marketing. He was the first Saskatoon real estate agent to promote a home online and has been an early adopter of new technologies ever since. “Everything about this business has changed over the past 20 years, and it will happen again in the next ten. An open mind and a curious attitude are all that’s needed to continue to find new ways to serve our clients by delivering a faster, smoother, worry-free transaction,” says Norm.
In his spare time, Norm enjoys Crossfit and cycling, some years accumulating over 2,000 kilometres on the road. He’s a strong supporter of the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation and enjoys raising funds by joining fun, fitness-related initiatives like the Grouse Grind for Shelter. In 2015, he trekked the Peruvian Andes to Machu Picchu. In 2017 he walked the southern highlands of Iceland across mountains, sand, snow, ice, lava fields and forest for seven days. Collectively those initiatives raised over a million dollars for Canadian women's shelters.