Sell with two agents, for one commission.

The same as selling with one. That is the whole reason we became a team rather than two competitors. Commission in Ontario is negotiable and always has been, so the number is a conversation rather than a rate card, and you get it in writing before you sign anything. What you should compare is not just the percentage but what is included underneath it, because photography, video and paid advertising are line items some brokerages bill separately.

It swings with the season, the price band and the street, which is why we will not hand you a headline number that flatters us. What is consistent is that a correctly priced home does most of its work in the first ten days, while it still has the market's full attention. A home that sits is almost always telling you something about the price or the photographs, and we would rather say that in week two than week nine.

Less than most people expect, and rarely the expensive things. Paint, light, decluttering and a tidy exterior return more per dollar than a new kitchen ever will, and half of what people plan to renovate before selling is money they will not get back. That is exactly what the first walkthrough is for. We go room by room and tell you what is worth doing, what to pack early, and what to leave completely alone.

For the showing itself, yes. Buyers will not open a closet or say what they really think with the owner standing in the hallway, and the honest reactions are the ones we need to hear back. Beyond that, showings are booked around your life rather than ours, and with two agents there is nearly always one of us free. If you have pets, small children or shift work, say so early and we build the schedule around it.

This is the situation two agents were made for. The hard part is never the selling or the buying on its own, it is making the two closing dates meet without carrying two mortgages or ending up with nowhere to go. One of us runs your sale while the other works the purchase, both of us are in the same conversation about timing, and it is still one commission. Start with what your current home is worth, because that number sets everything else.

Then we sit down and look at why, with the actual numbers in front of us. Views, saves, showings booked and what buyers said. Those four tell you whether the problem is the photographs, the price or the property itself, and each one has a different fix. What we will not do is quietly let a listing expire and blame the market. You also get an end date, so nobody is locked into something that is not working.

No. An evaluation costs nothing and signs you up for nothing. Plenty of people ask, find out, and then do nothing about it for two or three years, which is a completely normal reason to be here. We would rather be the people you already know when you are ready than the people who chased you when you were not.