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TAKE ONE - We’re different!
Local See ker The We s t
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DO YOU know your LOCAL Businesses?
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Anita Benabou Rozenblat has made real estate fashionable, innovative When I sold my NDG duplex in the early 1990s, I used a Remax agent named Patricia Tustin. Sadly, the lovable Pat isn’t with us anymore, so I have nothing at all to gain by telling you this, other than fond memories of the incredible job she did for me. About six years later, I bought another house, this time in Cote Saint-Luc, but unfortunately those memories are not quite so fond. I’d tell you the agent’s name, but I’d probably get sued (Note: She owns her agency, so try to figure it out) and recommended an inspector whom, it turned out, wasn’t the least bit qualified to examine an outhouse: In the end, we had to spend about $8,000 to fix a faulty roof he had cleared by virtue of his ignorance. Rule number one – An agent is NOT ethically allowed to recommend one inspector to a client. They have to give you several to choose from. Or not recommend at all. Doing anything less can get them de-licensed by their association. Anita Benabou Rozenblat is a remarkable real estate agent, not just because she is smart, energetic, committed and honest – No dishonest attempts to influence buyers from THIS agent - but because of the road she took to become one of THE top selling agents around. She hailed from the fashion field, where she hawked her own Mosskito designs on TSC, The Shopping Channel, aired throughout North America, achieving considerable success in the process. Then, just like that, she yearned for a new challenge, one that would make real estate sales more fashionable than ever.
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