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engage. enhance. educate. COMPETITIVE MAY 2018 ESCARPMENT Realty Inc., Brokerage * NIAGARA Realty Ltd., Brokerage * * Independently Owned & Operated

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engage. enhance. educate.

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ESCARPMENTRealty Inc., Brokerage*

NIAGARARealty Ltd., Brokerage*

*Independently Owned & Operated

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VICTORIADAYALL OFFICES & APPT CENTRE CLOSED

MAY 2018

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2 29 30NEXONE (FALTOUR)TRADE RECORDTRAININGUPPER JAMES10:00-11:30

TECHNOLOGY TRAINING

MARKETINGTOOLS

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTCONTINUING EDUCATION LEGEND:

WEBFORMSST. CATHARINES10:00 - 12:00

INSTAGRAM PROFESSIONALwith REsource MultiMediaWINTERBERRY10:00 - 12:00

REGISTER VIA EVENTBRITE:

www.remaxescarpmentniagara.eventbrite.com Set up a FREE account and register for ALL your courses in one place!

COVER STORY

THE NEW RE/MAX LAUNCHPAD with RE/MAX INTEGRAWINTERBERRY1:00 - 3:00

TIME MANAGEMENT &ACCOUNTABILITYWINTERBERRY10:00 - 12:00

THE ANATAMY OFA CLAUSEWINTERBERRY10:00 - 12:00

PRESENTING YOURCASE: THE CMAWINTERBERRY10:00 - 12:00

OPEN HOUSES ONSTEROIDSNIAGARA FALLS10:00 - 12:00

DOCUSIGN: A MUSTHAVE TOOLBURLINGTON SOUTH10:00-12:00

THURSDAY

MAY31

The RE/MAX ESCARPMENT

was a huge success!Thank you to all who attended, and

Congratulations to the 82% of you thatachieved Award Status in 2017!

To view the full gallery of photos, visit:bit.ly/2017RMXawardsgala

TECH DAYWINTERBERRY10:00 - 12:00REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

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NEXONE (FALTOUR) TRADE RECORD TRAINING with Pat Kozak10:00 - 11:30, Upper James OfficeREGISTER BY FRI. MAY 25

Learn how simple it is to complete your trades in Nexone (formerly Faltour). Sit with Pat for 1.5 hours and she will take all of the mystery out of it and provide you with a paper reference book that will walk you through it step by step.

MAY29

REGISTER VIA EVENTBRITE:www.remaxescarpmentniagara.eventbrite.com

TECHNOLOGY TRAINING

MARKETINGTOOLS

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTCONTINUING EDUCATION LEGEND:

WEBFORMS FOR BEGINNERS with Rebecca Burdon10:00 - 12:00, St. Catharines OfficeREGISTER BY TUES, MAY 8

Is WebForms a mystery to you? Let Rebecca help you learn how to create a transaction kit with all of the pertinent forms, and how to access clauses to help you do business faster and more efficiently when typing an offer. Please note: this session will only concentrate on the logistics of typing an offer and related documents, not the actual information that should be in an offer. LAPTOP IS MANDATORY FOR THIS SESSION

MAY10

INSTAGRAM PROFESSIONALwith REsource MultiMedia 10:00 - 12:00, Winterberry OfficeREGISTER BY MON, MAY 7

Now that you know the basics of Instagram and how it helps your real estate business, in this two-hour workshop we’ll explore best practices, how to link your account to Facebook, features, external apps, geo-tagging, ads and other resources to take your social media to the next level! • Best practices for posting including

filters, captions, and of course hashtags

• How to link your Instagram to Facebook

• Utilizing features like videos, boomerang, carousel, etc.

• Utilizing external apps• Shifting your account to a business

account• Advertising on Instagram PHONE/TABLET WITH INSTAGRAM INSTALLED AND SET UP IS MANDATORY FOR THIS SESSION

MAY9

TIME MANAGEMENT & ACCOUNTABILITYwith David Yunker10:00 - 12:00, Winterberry OfficeREGISTER BY MON. MAY 14

This session will delve into the accountability and time management arena and will allow us to have a better understanding of the words, and how accountability and time management can enhance your daily achievements, thereby enabling both you and your clients to work together in a smoother fashion . Accountability is accepting the consequences for what we do and do not do. It ensures that activity occurs. And the way to ensure this activity is to engage the concept of time management. Since there are only 86,400 seconds in a day—no more, no less—we must make every second of our working day count.

MAY16

THE NEW RE/MAX LAUNCHPAD with RE/MAX INTEGRA1:00 - 3:00, Winterberry OfficeREGISTER BY FRI. MAY 4

Join your Learning & Development Specialist to find out how this new version of RE/MAX Launchpad will help you save time & money, grow your business, and keep you accountable in terms of your goals. In this training session, we will be teaching you the following:• How to customize your RE/MAX

Launchpad dashboard• How to set up or edit your RE/MAX

profile• How to set up your goal tracker

• How to set up your lead management systems

• Where to find & download resources

• How to edit & enhance your listings

MAY8

THE ANATOMY OF A CLAUSEwith Lynn Hoffmann10:00 - 12:00, Winterberry OfficeREGISTER BY THURS. MAY 17

In this course you will learn to assemble and dissect custom clauses. Identify the Why, Who, What and When of the clauses to enable you to write strong offers for your clients. Work in the best interest of your sellers and buyers by demonstrating your knowledge and professional skills on every offer.

MAY22

PRESENTING YOUR CASE: THE CMAwith Conrad Zurini10:00 - 12:00, Winterberry OfficeREGISTER BY TUES. MAY 15

This course is designed to illustrate a step by step approach, on how to secure a listing before you present the seller with an asking price/sale price. Furthermore this presentation will explain how to go about making the seller own the list price, by effectively eliminating any seller doubt and objections.

MAY17

OPEN HOUSES ON STEROIDSwith Conrad Zurini10:00 - 12:00, Niagara Falls OfficeREGISTER BY FRI. MAY 18

Open houses are a great way to generate not only buyer leads but listing leads. Find out how to create an open house experience which will make your seller sing your praises while you fill your pipeline with new clients.

MAY23

DOCUSIGN: A MUST HAVE TOOLwith Joey Zurini10:00 - 12:00, Burlington South OfficeREGISTER BY MON. MAY 28

Come for a quick hands-on session to learn how to send, sign, and approve documents from wherever life takes you! From Getting Started, to learning to connect Docusign with Webforms, and how to begin the signing process using the dozens of pre-made, easy-to-use templates. Keep your transactions secure and delight clients with an amazing customer experience! LAPTOP/DEVICE IS OPTIONAL FOR THIS SESSION

MAY30

JUNE 2018

OFFICE MEETINGSMONDAY, JUNE 11• Upper James/Winterberry @ 10:30• Queenston @ 1:30 THURSDAY, JUNE 14• Ancaster/Dundurn @ 10:30

MONDAY, JUNE 18• Burlington North & Downtown @ 10:30• Burlington South @ 1:30THURSDAY, JUNE 21• St. Catharines @ 10:30• Niagara Falls @ 1:30

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with Angelo Muraco Conrad Zurini

This is our first “Building Niagara” lunch, and I couldn’t think of a better place to do it than Ravine Vineyard Estate Winery. It was a perfect sunny spring day and the food is always so fresh. Our server was amazing and extremely knowledgeable on the wine pairings.

Our lunch was hosted by Angelo Muraco and our guest was Michelle Zappitelli, a newly licenced agent with very deep roots in Niagara. Michelle has always been involved in The City of Niagara’s tourism and economic development and worked at the Winter Festival of Lights for many years. In 2002, Michelle came up with a concept for a pizzeria and called it Zappi’s - a real landmark establishment close to the Fallsview district.

Michelle’s love of Home Ownership Michelle had a program for all her employees. She would save a part of their pay cheques in a separate account for them. When their account was built up they would use it towards a down payment and closing costs. As a matter of fact her first buyer sale was one of the cooks from her restaurant.

It’s all about integrity in this businessMichelle used the negotiation and organizational skills that she developed in her past restaurant business in her career in real estate. She feels she has a lot to offer in the commercial realm of real estate, but really enjoys the residential side as well, and made the RE/MAX 100% Club in her first year.

She remembers selling a property to a client that Ron Joncas was also working with. She ended up selling this client a property, and recognized that Ron had put a lot of effort into the same client and felt that he deserved a referral. Ron of course was surprised and said, ‘Michelle, you are either going to be a great agent due to your integrity, or not succeed because you are too good and people are

going to take advantage of you.’ Just recently, she noticed a referral from Ron on a purchase from the same client, and when she asked Ron about it he said, “I told you your integrity would pay off one day”.

Remembering being on the other sideMichelle remembers how uncomfortable it was when her ex-husband would ask their agent at the time (Shannon Richard), to reduce her commission. Now that she is in the business, she realizes how tough an industry it really is, and when consumers ask that question after it took so much effort to put the deal together, it is a lot to give up.

What was your career turning point Michelle?“When I realized how to turn leads into sales, my first listing was a duty call which I sold to a buyer from an open house. It’s all about charm and being genuinely interested in what your client’s needs are at the time.”

“I love 5 Street Leads. I try to get into a comfortable conversation mode with the prospect and never let them go. Always keep them engaged in the process and what you are doing for them.”

What is next for Michelle?She wants to get her Blog off of the ground, which focuses on single women taking care of their home. Her dad taught her to be self-sufficient when it came to repairs and maintence around her

home. Michelle feels she would like share her knowledge and create a series to help women navigate through the care and maintenance of one of their biggest assets.

Rapid Fire Questions

What turns you on?Excitement when the transaction is coming together.

What turns you off?Toronto Agents

What’s your favourite swear word?“Shit!”

What sound do you love?Birds chirping…it’s going to be a good day.

What is a sound or noise that you hate?My neighbour’s blower (he is constantly using that thing!!!!)

What job would you have attempted if you had a chance?Pastry chef.

What profession would you not like to do?Anything 9-5, anything with restrictions.

What would you like God to say as you arrive at the pearly gates?Good Job!!!

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Recently I attended the T3 Summit in Miami. It is a real estate conference for real estate CEO’s, Tech Companies, and Real Estate MLS providers. The theme this year was The Disrupters - those companies which are changing the face of traditional, tried and true.

Ironically on the way had a chance to read a book called The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, And Google. What a great read! The author, Scott Galloway, lays out the evolution of The Four Horseman, (intended or not) in an extremely entertaining and informative way. Not only do these companies have extreme wealth but have extreme influence on the way we all consume goods and services.

Galloway points out through the many examples, that being a disrupter is not about developing a rocket to go to Mars but looking at the world through a different lens, and in turn, making things better (possible), making things more intuitive (probably), making things more affordable (not always) or just plain old world domination.

When you think of a possible 5th or 6th Horseman, a few companies come to mind: Tesla (very dear to my heart), Netflix, or Uber. Uber is a great example of being the pioneer of the Gig Economy. Uber looked at the world of transporting people and made a few tweaks to a very old traditional business. The irony is that if the gritty and brash taxi industry could simply have made a few additions to their service offering: ONE - technology to summon a cab, TWO - give you an indication when the cab was coming, and how much your fare was going to be, and THREE - clean and friendly cab drivers, and, of course, vehicles.

It doesn’t take much to be a disrupter when you look at it that way. I know I’ve oversimplified it, but in their day, Walmart was a disrupter, as was Home Depot, and Tim Hortons and Starbucks etc.

Our RE/MAX Escarpment Awards just passed and what was interesting to me was the realization that as I was calling the names of our award recipients, ‘Disruptors’ are all around us. You don’t have to have a Market Cap of $794 Billion (Apple), or have stock price growth of 1,910% (Amazon), or have a relationship with over 2 Billion people give or take (Facebook), or respond to 3.5 billion questions every day (Google).

We are fortunate as company to have so many disrupters among us. Some are early disrupters

who are just creating the disruption, some are living their disruption, and some are enjoying the fruits of their disruptive abilities. When you examine the DNA of a disrupter it is someone who wants to make a difference. Someone who understands the importance of ‘consumer preference’ and is willing to create an environment, a system, and a culture to respond to it.

I thought I would take the time to highlight some of our disrupters, and I’m sorry if I may have missed anyone, but I’m trying to keep this to one page! Also to those whom I mention - I may get your secret sauce wrong and for that I apologize.

• Drew Woolcott - (#2 Canada Teams, #9 Worldwide) Creating business systems which ensure a consistent client experience coupled with strategic market penetration.

• Rob Golfi - (#5 Canada Teams, #13 Worldwide) Combining online and offline marketing strategies to respond to changing consumer demand.

• Peter Hogeterp - (#9 Canada Individual, #20 Worldwide) By delivering incredible insight, unbridled service and family-like care to the consumer.

• Sarah and Chris Logue - (#29 Canada Teams, #66 Worldwide) By investing in effective listing marketing tools, deep diving into preparing your home to sell, and constantly giving back to their community.

• Chuck Hogeterp - (#39 Canada Individual, #88 Worldwide) Bringing an energy, a client first focus and an incredible market intuition to the consumer day in and day out.

• Rod Frank - (#48 Canada Teams) By incorporating like-ability into the client experience through understanding and market knowledge.

• Sandy Smallbone Focusing on the upper end and luxury market by understanding this market category’s unique needs.

• Julie Swayze And her investment club which has brought incredible wealth and success to her clients.

• Al Cosentino One of the Pioneers of the Real Estate Team concept. Al built a platform to provide a consistent service delivery model to create client loyalty.

• Team Grande One of the first convenience teams to break through the barrier of a single team leader representative and be successful.

• Lori Vandinther And her agent referral program, utilizing the entire RE/MAX network.

• Mark Woehrle Using his video library of over 425 videos to educate consumers and increase his brand awareness.

• Tobias Smulders His incorporation of a full service property management division into his business.

• Tony Iacovello and his social media disruption.

Congratulations to all of these agents, and many more within our company for stretching the boundaries and consistently reaching for excellence within your business, and ultimately, for the benefit of your clients.

Conrad Zurini - Broker of Record, Manager | [email protected] | 905.719.3033

The DISTRUPTERS!

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The Best Luxury Flooring Designs for 2018Keeping up with the latest trends for your clients is part of a Luxury REALTOR®’s role.

You should be able to identify all types of high end products when viewing properties, and have the knowledge to pass on to your clients.

So, if you or your clients are looking for inspiration for remodeling your home, or to increase the property value, there are now a seemingly endless choice of modern flooring materials to choose from. Here are my top picks for 2018’s best selection:

Eco-friendly cork – Cork is not new to us, and in the 70’s it fell out of favour but in today’s era we are more mindful of what we put into our homes. Cork is once again in Vogue. Cork is derived from cork trees in the Mediterranean and is biodegradable and renewable.

The outer bark is the only part of the tree used in the making of cork, and it grows back in 9 years,ready for another harvest. Cork flooring is available in a wide range of colours, from palegray and off-white to olive green or saffron yellow-orange. Cork can look sophisticated in any living space and is soft and naturally insulating.

Parquet - This is another floor covering that is making a big come back with a new, moderntwist. The classic herringbone

and chevron designs are now among the many options available when it comes to arranging these wooden slats. Parquet made from solid oak can be arranged in a geometric form to create an intricate design. Thanks to its grain structure, it creates the impression of shaded geometric shapes.

Wood Look Ceramic Tiles – Very popular in the south or anywhere there is water, sand, and heat.These ceramic tiles emulate the warmth of wood with the practicality of ceramic, and come with different textures that look strikingly like real wood. The tiles have a silky touch but are not reflective, and also can come in an anti-slip format for safety in areas where water is tracked into the home or outside spaces.

New twists on wood and laminate floors – Another enduring flooring finish is Marmoleum. The name comes from marbleized linoleum. This flooring is created from eco-friendly linoleum that is 97% natural raw ingredients, including linseed oil and wood flour. The flooring called Marmoleum Cocoa adds uncycled cocoa shells from Dutch chocolate producers to its mix.

The Marmoleum Cocoa from Forbo uses the cocoa shells to create a granular look in shades

that remind me of white chocolate, milk chocolate, dark chocolate and more. The shells give a rich, granular texture that makes it fresh and modern. This material can be laid in sections to create a ribbon effect or border effect in the living space. Very dramatic, and rich with colour and texture.

Stone Floors – Stone floors are durable and chic. The finishes range from subtle variations in colourand texture, to mural paintings in the floor that give a three dimensional pictorial, designed to WOW!

One of my favorite stone flooring is Terrazzo. A composite material poured in place with chips of marble, quartz, granite, glass or other suitable material. It is then ground and polished to expose the chips and finished with an epoxy resin. Terrazzo is highly durable, stylish and available in a variety of colours.

See the full report and pictures for these flooring materials on our Luxury FB page - @remaxescarpmentluxury.

Regards,Lynn

Lynn Hoffmann - Broker, Manager | [email protected] | 416.953.1149

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Working ON vs. IN your BusinessIn our April 2018 newsletter I focused on a Spring Cleanup. This month’s article will focus more in depth into an important part of our business. It involves focusing on working ON and IN your real estate business.

You may already be thinking that this has no impact on your business. This ON and IN stuff is more of the same that we hear about everyday. Well guess what? This IS more of the same that we HEAR about everyday, but most of us do not LISTEN. So I am making another attempt to impress the relevance of this concept to your business, and to your success.

You may have heard the idiom, “Success leaves clues”. That is a fact. Here is an ongoing example.

Our Broker of Record, Conrad Zurini, is always improving his game and knowledge. He works mostly ON his business. What is his business, you may ask yourself? His business is providing the leadership, knowledge and technology that we all need to leverage our success.

Conrad is travelling to and attending, and in many cases, speaking at, conferences, business sessions, and networking with other industry leaders. This is working ON his business. He shares ideas, and returns with new ideas, and thus is able to offer us alternative strategies, tools, and ideas to enhance our businesses. As he asked at a Rookie Succeed course session recently, “Is there anyone in the room who is busier than I am?” The answer is NO.

Why then do we make excuses everyday (generally speaking) that we do not have the time to not only work IN our business but also ON our business? This is a question that requires an answer, and each of us must be honest with ourselves to be able to find the answers. I suggest that you will be happy if you do so.

Here are some working IN my business activities: • day in and day out lead generation• prospecting• listings• sales• other activities which lead to closings and

referrals. They produce results. These are the actual DOING activities.

When you are working ON your business, you are looking at your business from 10,000 kilometres in the sky. You are making adjustments to your current approach. You are planning future strategies which will grow your business.

Working ON your business activities include, but are not limited to, the following:• business plans• short and long term goals• budgets & money management• marketing strategies• database strategies• social media strategy• addressing when and if you will require an

assistant or develop a Team

• time management and accountability to someone

• monthly or quarterly review of actual results versus budgeted or conceptual results, and more.

You should get the idea by now.

Working ON your business is a minimum amount of your weekly schedule, perhaps as little as 2 hours each week (but more hours in the Fall when you should be planning your upcoming year). These 2 hours will prove very beneficial as you move forward.

I ask that you never say to yourself or to someone else “ I’m so busy trying to get results that I don’t have time to do all that other stuff”. If you do, then you are in a Transactional Mindset and thus your business will not grow. You will be chasing deals and money! That leads to stagnancy or, and I do not like writing these next words, will lead to your exiting this incredible business of Real Estate.

As Don Shula, a former Miami Dolphins NFL Coach, once said “Not succeeding is not an option”. In other words, succeeding is the only option.

Cheers,

David

David Yunker - Broker, Manager, Career Coach | [email protected] | 905.297.4118

The

BRIAN HOGBENMortgage Broker #M12000040

O: [email protected]

QUEENSTONCRAIG HOGBENMortgage Broker #M12001140

O: [email protected]

ANCASTER & DUNDURNPRESTON SCHMIDT

Mortgage Agent #M08003906

O: 905-304-3303

UPPER JAMES DOUG GIRVANMortgage Agent #M17000231

C: [email protected]

WINTERBERRYJOE GIANOLLAMortgage Agent #7001509

C: [email protected]

Give us a call or stop by Our Office (Your Office)!

#12844We’re really pumped to share our Top Performers for referrals to Mission 35 in the month of April. We all understand the power of the referral network, and how helping each other grow our respective reach in the market, and ultimately generates happy customers!

Congratulations to these RE/MAX Escarpment agents who have helped their clients realize the dream of new home ownership!

BURLINGTON NORTHCHELSEA BEDARDMortgage Agent #M17000537

C: [email protected]

BURLINGTON SOUTHNICOLE DALEYMortgage Agent #M18000291

C: [email protected]

ST. CATHARINESKRISTEN DIASMortgage Agent #18000046

C: [email protected]

NIAGARA FALLSCHRISTINE HOOVERMortgage Agent #M18000355

C: [email protected]

AL COSENTINO

With over 26 years in the business, Al helps clients, and then unwinds spending his leisure time exploring the west harbour and dining at Venturas Restaurant.

ALEXBORONDY

Alex is a McMaster University graduate, International Real Estate Specialist and one half of the Borondy and Basara team.

NESTOR-JANBUENDIA

Philippine born, and now proud Hamiltonian, Nestor brings his 10 years of real estate experience to ensure client satisfaction every time.

JOSEPHCAPOSTAGNO

A Mohawk College grad, who transitioned from the world of IT to the word of sales sales, Joseph is a part of Team Grande. TOBIAS

SMULDERS

Tobias is certified as a Canadian Personal Property Appraiser (CPPA), whose background in construction means he knows the bones of every home.

April

Want to join the list of top referral agents next month?

Talk to the team at Mission 35 to explore how you can work together for success!

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FYI… Sellers often ask whether or not to disclose a particular fact about their Property. It is best to start by trying to explain the Seller’s legal duty to disclose. Generally speaking the principal of “caveat emptor” or “ buyer beware” applies to Real Estate transactions. The Seller does not have a duty to disclose any

“Patent “ defects. A Patent defect is any defect which can be easily discovered on a routine inspection of the home or by the Buyer exercising ordinary due diligence. The Seller does have a duty to not conceal a Patent defect. On the other hand, a Latent defect, which is not discoverable through ordinary due diligence, must be disclosed if the Latent defect renders the premises unfit for habitation or inherently dangerous in itself. Accordingly, a Latent defect which does not render the premises uninhabitable or inherently dangerous may not have to be disclosed by the Seller. It also appears that the Seller does not have any duty to investigate or look for Latent defects. On the other hand the Code of Ethics governing real estate agents, and the duty to disclose any “material” facts may impose a broader duty to investigate and disclose on agents than what the law imposes on Sellers. The duty imposed on Sellers, to disclose Latent defects, is apparently limited to issues which render the Property uninhabitable or inherently dangerous, whereas the agent may have a duty to disclose any material fact which may impact the Buyer’s decision to buy or not buy the Property. This is of particular concern when dealing with stigmatized or potentially stigmatized properties where the issue at hand does not render the property “uninhabitable or inherently dangerous” but would influence a Buyer to not buy the property. Stay tuned for the next installment when we will discuss some typical “stigmas” and how to deal with them. This content is intended as information only and not as legal advice or opinion as neither can be given without reference to specific events and situations.

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