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Buying

Finding, evaluating and winning the right home.

Buying October 20, 2026 4 min read Buying a Home in Toronto: How to Read an Inspection Report and Decide What to Negotiate If you are buying a home in Toronto, the inspection report may be the most useful document you receive before closing, and one of the easiest to misread. A 60-page report full of photos and red flags can make a sound house look risky and a risky house look routine. This Toronto home buyer guide shows you how to sort the findings, put rough numbers on them, and decide what is worth raising with the seller. It also covers how to buy a house in Ontario when the inspection condition has a deadline. What is a home inspection report? A home inspection report is a written, visual assessment of a property's condition, prepared by an inspector you hire. It covers the roof, structure, exterior, electrical, plumbing, heating and cooling, insulation and interior. It records what the inspector could see and… Read
Buying October 14, 2026 1 min read How to read a listing like an underwriter A listing is a piece of marketing. That isn't a criticism; it's its job. But in commercial and investment real estate, nobody buys from the brochure. A lender's underwriter reads the same property file looking for one thing: what could go wrong, and what it would cost. That habit is worth bringing to a home purchase. 1. Read what isn't there If a listing mentions a new kitchen but says nothing about the roof, the furnace or the windows, that silence is information. Ask for the age of every major system and for receipts. "Updated" with no year attached usually means "not recently". 2. Price the next ten years, not the next ten days A roof, a furnace, a condo special assessment and a basement waterproofing job can together cost more than the gap between two homes you're comparing. Put… Read
Buying October 9, 2026 1 min read Conditions, deposits and firm offers: how an Ontario offer works An offer in Ontario is a written Agreement of Purchase and Sale. Once both sides sign it, it's binding. Everything that protects you has to be in it before you sign. Conditions A condition lets you walk away, with your deposit, if something specific doesn't happen by a set date. The common ones are financing (your lender approves the mortgage on this property), home inspection, and, for condos, a lawyer's review of the status certificate. Each has a deadline; if you don't waive or fulfil it in time, the deal ends. Firm offers In a competitive situation, buyers often offer "firm", with no conditions. That can win the house, but it means the work conditions would have done must happen before the offer: a pre-offer inspection, a full mortgage pre-approval you've confirmed with your lender, and a read of the… Read

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With me, you don’t buy with confidence, you close with it.

I'm Nima. My work in commercial and investment real estate has taught me to look beyond the property itself, to the numbers, the risks and the details that matter. I bring that same approach to every residential transaction.

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