A new slogan

Hey,

I'm working tonight on my marketing. I would really like people to help me out with some of the marketing plan. I would like to convey the message that I am the right choice to be the real estate agent of your choice, plus the real estate agent that you recommend to your friends. I think my competitive advantage is my accounting background. I want to portray the fact that I can help you save thousands of dollars by making the best deals possible, from a tax perspective, and from a real estate perspective.

I know I can use my CA to an advantage. I want to incorporate it into the plan. I'm going to put a poll on my blog for people to vote. Please do so. featherslam.blogspot.com

PS. Stayed tuned for a new website....

Sold!

My first deal is done. I completed it a couple of days ago, but with things being so hectic, I haven't had time to upload any information for people. Onto the next deal....

Some articles

http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2009/07/13/10121156.html

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/03/11/housing-report.html

Be warned, the CBC article is pretty terrible. They quote numbers without actually diving into them. They mention that a home in Ottawa could cost an extra $17,000 after July 1, 2010. This number is pretty unrealistic if you assume a home of about $300,000 (which is the average house price roughly in Ottawa). There is a rebate of 75% that should be available to home buyers. The rebate reduces in amount after $400,000, but incremental costs of $17,000 are still on the high side.

New ideas

Last night, I had someone come up to me and ask me about new homes. I'm glad they did. First, I know that it gives me a chance to share more knowledge with people through this blog. It gives me ideas for topics to talk about. There is nothing more relevant than talking about what people have questions about.

Today's post will be short. Shorter than Danny Devito put through a dryer (my lame attempt at a joke, I thought I was due for one). I just basically want people to continue to ask questions when they see me. They will give me more ideas for posts and more people can benefits from your questions. Tomorrow's post will be about new homes.

Home affordability

I found this article to be a bit of a selling point for me. Owning a house is getting cheap. Click here to see what I mean.

A reminder.

I just wanted to post that, since I already have a couple of leads on some real estate, it is never too early to try to find more leads. If you know someone that would be interested in using my services, please give them my contact information. I've got a new email address for these purposes. Email me at cfeatherstone@kwottawa.ca

On a side note, I should be getting some hockey tickets this year. ;)

2 sides to the coin

Here are two articles that I've read today about the housing market. I think, between the two articles, it reinforces what I've been saying about the Ottawa market.

CTV article about Canada

Sun article about Ottawa

Enjoy.