Why are we so lucky to have a local regent park grocery store? The grocery is an integral part of any neighbourhood, and is usually overlooked during the home buying process. Many times when I take buyers out to view properties in the city, their initial neighbourhood interests revolve around public transit, coffee shops, bars/pubs, etc… But often overlooked is the local grocery store…

A lot of buyers ask: “how much money do I need to buy a condo”, but in reality, they have no idea how much money is required, especially when their parents are forking over the cash. So what I usually like to do is sit down with the buyer at a table with nothing on it except a pen, paper and a calculator – old school – and go through all the numbers, writing down each amount and then…