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All You Need Is Luv: Your Family In Real Estate

Real estate is key to wealth. Buying real estate gets you property to live in or use. Selling property brings you a profit. Investing in real estate will give you opportunities to earn big. Because it’s such a huge deal, you need more than just a plan to get it done. What’s vital is a dedicated two-woman team of real estate professionals who love to see their clients win.

Luv Real Estate is a GTA-based real estate agency specializing in helping their clients in and around the GTA buy, sell, and invest in real estate, ranging from residential to commercial to even scenic cottage or vacation properties. For property buyers, sellers, and investors looking for a reliable all-in-one source of real estate expertise and guidance, Luv is all you need.

With 35 years in the real estate business, the Luv Real Estate Team was founded and initially led by veteran realtor Vera Kozel. Since Vera’s retirement, her daughter Lori Cascioli, and granddaughter Brittney Marino, have stepped up to head the team. Considering that three generations of their family have handled the real estate deals of a combined hundred if not thousands of clients, it checks out that making clients feel like part of the family is integral to the Luv Team’s brand of services. “Sometimes, people are afraid to push for investing, buying, or selling real estate. They’re worried about the results and if there would be any strategies or safety nets to keep them safe from poor outcomes. We strive to provide a client-centric service that covers all the bases to ensure our clients enjoy and trust the process with us and can rest easy knowing we’ll work our hardest to help them reach their goals.” Brittney explains.

According to Brittney, the heart of the Luv Team’s operations is the mission to act as the “right people and support system” for their clients. They do this by bringing into play their many connections with various associates, professionals, and contractors in the real estate field, allowing the team to form custom strategies to help their clients accomplish their goals. Brittney said it best, “By staying on top of the latest developments and changes in the real estate industry, we’re one of the best-equipped agencies out there in terms of how flexible our services can be. We can get our clients the best deals, on top of acting as their trustworthy guide throughout and beyond the real estate process.”

Apart from the usual buying, selling, and investing, The Luv Team also includes portfolio building, property management, interior design advice, and lease or rent options in their comprehensive list of services. They even offer a guarantee to their property seller clients, promising to get their home sold or buy it themselves. Its offers and services like theirs have allowed the Luv Real Estate Team to claim a spot among the top 1% of realtors in their area and prove that it’s good to be part of the family in today’s real estate market.

With Canadian property prices at their highest and continually rising, the best time to get into real estate is now. Whether it’s your first time buying or selling a property, or the tenth time, having the help of a dedicated team of real estate professionals that will treat you like family can make all the difference between busting out or striking gold. Become part of the family, and schedule a call with the Luv Real Estate Team at your earliest convenience.

About Luv Real Estate
Luv Real Estate is a full-service real estate agency. It is led by a mother-daughter duo of expert realtors who serve as an all-in-one source of real estate support and solutions. They are based in and cater to property buyers, sellers, and investors all around the GTA.

Source: Variance Marketing

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Brittney Marino
416-678-1683
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Lori Cascioli
416-717-4391
lori@luvrealestate.com

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My Unconditional Love For The Fatherless (My Brother & Me) On Father’s Day

Happy Father’s Day to the most flawed of fathers, my dad Jose Franco Sr.

A month before Father’s Day, I noticed that one of my friends (Trump supporter on Facebook) didn’t invite me to his daughter’s wedding. I must admit, not being invited bothered me. In my friends defense, we live 2,000 miles from each other and outside of social media pleasantries, we rarely communicate. Yet, I couldn’t help thinking I wasn’t invited because he didn’t like a book I wrote, dedicated with love to Donald Trump titled, “How To Get Better At Things You Don’t Think You’re Bad At By 2020”. It is common knowledge Donald Trump, unlike my brother Rafael and I (single mom Bronx NY) grew up with a stern, yet supportive dad.

What need is there to weep over parts of life when the whole of it calls for tears. We get weepy and furious not simply because our plans have failed, our plans failed and we expected them not too. Fortunately, through constructive self talk, I’ve learned to disappoint myself gently before life has a chance to do so, violently. I often find strength in a consoling pessimism. I look at life under the aspect of eternity, as thou I’m looking down at the earth from far away. From this perspective, growing up without a father doesn’t seem so shocking and so large. We always use passion to exaggerate our here and now, but our reasoned intelligence gives us access to a unique intelligent perspective in which we participate in, that we can use instead of railing against the status quo, we can opt for clear eyed serenity instead.

Fortunately, all habits (good or bad) follow a simple three step process. This cycle, known as The Habit Loop, says that each habit consists of: The Trigger: the event that starts the habit. The Routine: the behavior that you perform, the habit itself. The Reward: the benefit that is associated with the behavior. There are five primary ways that a new habit can be triggered. If you understand each of them, then you can select the right to help improve your self talk. The 5 triggers are: time, location, preceding event, emotional state and other people.

The key to choosing a successful trigger is to pick a trigger that is very specific and immediately actionable. Envision a gathering of two siblings who disagree on whether to call their flawed dad on Father’s Day, but are willing to mutually acknowledge that the other may see some real threats more clearly than the other one does. Letting go (unconditional love) is the simplest way to get closer to others since happiness is a choice we have to continuously work at daily. The only permanent solution to your problems is to go inside and let go of the part of you that seems to have so many problems with reality. Once you do that, you’ll be clear enough to deal with what’s left. Actions based on true beliefs aren’t guaranteed to go better than actions based on false ones; but they’re much more likely too. Actions based on false beliefs go well only by luck.

Normally, we hate being made to feel small. We can’t stand to be reminded of our insignificance, we get affronted and resentful. By embracing our insignificance, the individual can be less personal about disagreements once one realizes that one is only saying that one’s point of view is more probable than one’s opponent’s, not that one is certainly right and he or she certainly wrong. Relativism discourages people to embrace their insignificance, because the beliefs are not false from the point of view of the believer. In other words, fallibilism gives us pause by reminding us we may be wrong. It emphasizes the risk that we are acting on false beliefs. When Donald Trump discouraged respect for rational standards, the confusion he creates is a smokescreen other politicians have also used to hide behind in order to avoid proper scrutiny, even though I’m sure they don’t all intend it that way. If I accuse a politician of falsehood and he replies that ‘false’ is a dangerous word, people should laugh. We’d be in trouble if instead their reaction was to nod with respect. For words by themselves are harmless, the danger lies in the choices we make in response to words.

Unfortunately, unconditional love isn’t innate, an individual must first choose to see this for him/herself. I’m hoping most folks who didn’t grow up with their dads haven’t become jaded and their minds aren’t impenetrable or opaque. I believe we all possess a superpower, a capacity to give people something we can be sure they fundamentally require, founded on a primordial and basic insight into human nature: that all of us are in deep need of reassurance. This is why fear is the easy default setting for so many of us – so many of us are afraid of the leap of faith required to practice unconditional love. If this sounds like you, you are not alone. Despite not growing up with my father and avoiding contact with him for most of my life, I called my dad for Father’s Day (2014). I could hear the joy in the frail voice of this most imperfect man. For the first time in my life, I spoke to my dad regularly. He died six weeks after the only Father’s Day we shared. I’m glad I was able to say goodbye. In a world that often seems binary, it seems we only have two options – we’re either cowards (closed hearted) or fools. For unconditional love are just two words until somebody (a fool) comes along and gives them meaning. http://www.stoopjuice.com/how-to-get-better-by-2020.pdf

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4 Tips for Creating a Healthier Home

People are spending more time at home, where their living spaces have become classrooms, gyms, offices, restaurants and more. The additional time at home provides a unique opportunity to make changes to create healthier living environments.

In fact, a majority of Americans (54%) report being more concerned about having a healthy home since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent online survey of 2,000 adults conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of Carrier Global Corporation, a leading global provider of healthy, safe and sustainable building and cold chain solutions.

If you’re looking to improve your living space, consider these tips for making your home the healthiest it can be:

Create an ideal sleep environment. Most people sleep most comfortably when the air is slightly cool, so target a room temperature between 65-70 F. If this is cooler than you keep the home during the day, consider using a programmable thermostat that automatically lowers the temperature at bedtime. Also, remove distractions that may keep you awake and, if necessary, use a white noise device for uninterrupted sleep.

Improve indoor air quality. Maintaining heating and air conditioning filters is a concern many homeowners reported. According to the survey, 49% of respondents are concerned about reducing dust, pollen and other indoor pollutants as part of their filter maintenance.

In addition to changing air filters on a frequent basis, air purifiers and humidifiers can help make the air inside homes fresher, cleaner and more comfortable. For example, third-party testing has shown the Carrier Infinity Whole Home Air Purifier inactivates 99% of select viruses and bacteria trapped on the filter, such as those that cause common colds, streptococcus pyogenes and human influenza. The purifier was also tested by a third party against the murine coronavirus, which is similar to the human coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19. In that testing, the purifier inactivated 99% of coronavirus trapped on the filter.

Update fire protection. Since the pandemic began, people are also more concerned about fire safety precautions in their homes, such as smoke detectors and fire extinguishers. Smoke alarms should be installed on each level of your house and inside each bedroom. Test smoke alarms monthly and replace batteries as needed. In addition, install a fire extinguisher on each level and consider one for the kitchen, as well. Make sure to check extinguishers routinely and replace every 10-12 years.

Install carbon monoxide alarms. Another cause for concern amid COVID-19 is the potential for dangerous levels of carbon monoxide (CO) in homes. CO alarms should be installed on each level of the home and outside sleeping areas, and it’s important to test them monthly. Consider installing alarms with a 10-year battery, such as the Kidde Wire-Free Interconnect 10-Year Battery Combination Smoke & CO Alarm for less hassle. It offers wire-free interconnect capability, a voice warning feature that accompanies the loud alarm tone and verbal announcements such as “replace alarm” at the end of the alarm’s life.

To learn more about creating a safer, healthier home, visit carrier.com/healthyhomes.

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