Wow! 

Who knew homemade jam would be so popular? I received a ton of responses, and the lucky winners are:

• June Rorke
• Rob DeJong
• Amy Clark

Congratulations! You can expect a jar delivered to your office sometime this week. We might have to do more jam giveaways in the future 🙂

On a different front, I'm very excited to be heading off to Europe next week with my old guys' hockey team. We'll play five hockey games in four countries (Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia) over two weeks. While I'm gone, the Field Team will take good care of your clients. My right-hand guy Reid Leclair will be your best contact.  

Lastly, insurance and its availability is an ever-growing problem. Major US insurers have stopped selling new policies in California and Florida because of fires and hurricanes. Canada will follow suit; think of the fires and the flooding and hail in Calgary. Wood frame walk-up apartments are already difficult to insure. Even getting a homeowner's policy for a condo means jumping through hoops for insurance.

I recommend that Realtors for both Buyers and Sellers advise their clients to investigate insurance early and in more detail than we ever thought was required before. Don't get to the end of a deal where insurance is a last step only to be told it's not available or comes at a huge cost.

Protect yourself.

Cheers,

Barry

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Field Law when you write your next deal.