最佳Mike Man播客 (2025)

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Health & Social Care NEEDS to consider this in 2025... 13:47

17d ago13:47

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I hate sales funnels and being pitched just as much as you do, but if you're curious about how we help Health & Social Care businesses to save Thousands of £s and more beyond these videos the link below will explain more. No bullshit and no pressure, just helpful support during extremely challenging times for the sector to be found there. Check it …

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#068 Digital transformation at scale — Dhesen Ramsamy (OML + SingularityU Part 3 of 3) 31:52

3M ago31:52

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Old Mutual is the headline sponsor of this year’s edition of the SingularityU South Africa Summit. In this three-part series, I speak with some of OML's most interesting movers and shakers, understanding how they are moving the needle at the intersection of leadership, technology and impact. My guest on the final episode of the series is Dhesen Ram…

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#067 From startup to SMEgo — Nobesuthu Ndlovu (OML + SingularityU Part 2 of 3) 31:35

3M ago31:35

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Old Mutual is the headline sponsor of this year’s edition of the SingularityU South Africa Summit. In this three-part series, I speak with some of OML's most interesting movers and shakers, understanding how they are moving the needle at the intersection of leadership, technology and impact. My guest on part 2 of the series is Nobesuthu Ndlovu, the…

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#066 Corporate-backed venture success stories (Kena and JOBJACK) — Vuyo Mpako (OML + SingularityU Part 1 of 3) 31:49

3M ago31:49

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Old Mutual is the headline sponsor of this year’s edition of the SingularityU South Africa Summit. In this three-part series, I speak with some of OML's most interesting movers and shakers, understanding how they are moving the needle at the intersection of leadership, technology and impact. My guest on this first Vuyo is a growth-focused CEO with …

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#065 A bold strategy for a digital first telco — Nicola van Ast 36:33

4M ago36:33

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My guest for this episode is Nicola van Ast, CMO at Melon Mobile, and co-founder of Growthink Group (where - full disclosure - she is my wonderful wife Anna's business partner). Nicola is one of the brains behind Melon's bold, cheeky and by all accounts extremely effective takeover of other trusted and loved SA brand's billboards - including Lyft, …

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Growth in Health & Social Care Businesses Is Over Rated 27:42

7M ago27:42

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Okay, I hate being led to a funnel that leads into a hard pitch just as much as the next guy, but if you’re curious about how we help health and social care business beyond just these videos, my link below will explain. No bullshit, no hard sell and no “FrEe TrAiNinG” to be found. Check it out…https://www.productivitybooster.comI also share more he…

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Health & Social Care: This 1 Thing Ain't For You 39:02

8M ago39:02

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Okay, I hate being led to a funnel that leads into a hard pitch just as much as the next guy, but if you’re curious about how we help health and social care business beyond just these videos, my link below will explain. No bullshit, no hard sell and no “FrEe TrAiNinG” to be found. Check it out… https://www.productivitybooster.com I also share more …

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Managers in Health & Social Care need to know this... 18:21

8M ago18:21

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Okay, I hate being led to a funnel that leads into a hard pitch just as much as the next guy, but if you’re curious about how we help health and social care business beyond just these videos, my link below will explain. No bullshit, no hard sell and no “FrEe TrAiNinG” to be found. Check it out… https://www.productivitybooster.com I also share more …

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Is Outsourced HR Right For Your Health & Social Care Business? 32:52

8M ago32:52

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Okay, I hate being led to a funnel that leads into a hard pitch just as much as the next guy, but if you’re curious about how we help health and social care business beyond just these videos, my link below will explain. No bullshit, no hard sell and no “FrEe TrAiNinG” to be found. Check it out… https://www.productivitybooster.com I also share more …

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How To Manage Your Health & Social Care Business 9:52

8M ago9:52

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Okay, I hate being led to a funnel that leads into a hard pitch just as much as the next guy, but if you’re curious about how we help health and social care business beyond just these videos, my link below will explain. No bullshit, no hard sell and no “FrEe TrAiNinG” to be found. Check it out… https://www.productivitybooster.com I also share more …

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#064 Why creativity still counts and the problem with purpose — Dean Oelschig 48:53

10M ago48:53

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My guest on this week’s show is Dean Oelschig. I met Dean on Twitter in the early days of social media, where we’d share notes on advertising, rugby, and just about any other topic both cared about, and which we inevitably argued about. We still argue about everything. Dean is a pure ad man and the founder of Halo Advertising. Halo has built an exc…

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#063 Firing up the gig economy one person at a time — Aasiyah Adams 41:47

1y ago41:47

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Aasiyah Adams is the inspirational founder of Abaguquli4IR and called herself the Gig Economy Driver. What does that mean? Well, few people are more passionate about equipping the unemployed, small and informal business owners and traders, and aspirant entrepreneurs with a platform to accelerate or incubate their businesses or ideas for business. S…

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#062 Is customer loyalty a mirage? — Michael Renzon 52:31

1+ y ago52:31

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Do you truly understand your customers? How seamlessly and effectively are you integrating customer feedback into your operations and strategy? Are you measuring success in CX? My guest on this week’s show is Michael Renzon. Mike is the CEO & co-Founder of inQuba which is a Customer Journey Management SaaS platform. Mike has built multiple successf…

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#061 Tripping towards healing: A deep dive into psychedelic therapy — Brad Kallenbach 1:08:53

1+ y ago1:08:53

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It's hard to know where to start on this one. Psychedelic-assisted therapy has been such a revolution in my personal health journey that it's really difficult for me not to sound like a zealot when discussing the topic. Could psychedelics be the revolution the mental health industry so desperately needs? Maybe. Are there dangers to be cautious of? …

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#060 Unlocking the eSports goldmine — Barry Louzada 48:09

1+ y ago48:09

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Do the names League of Legends, Counter-Strike, Dota, Fortnite, and Call of Duty mean anything to you? If not, you could be missing out on something massive. The global esports market was valued at $1.39 billion in 2022 and is projected to reach $3.96 billion in 2023. The global esports audience is expected to reach over 500 million in 2023. Esport…

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Becoming The Piano Man in 1960's NYC 33:26

2y ago33:26

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In this episode Mike takes us to New York City in the 1960's, where he comes face to face with the likes John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and Herbie Hancock. We talk about the impact these and other teachers had on his music, and how Mike's hands seem to know who is in the audience, even if he doesn't.由Mike Garson

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How To Manage Difficult People 44:19

2y ago44:19

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The latest episode of The HR Man Show! The environments within our businesses MATTER. A large proportion of people will select their next role and employer based on the environments they will be working in. In this weeks episode we focus on how you manage the difficult people in your business. These people can really have a detrimental impact on yo…

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Managing Staff Performance 49:46

2y ago49:46

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In this weeks HR Man Podcast, we have an unexpected show! This show provides our actual Performance Management training that we provided to our private clients. To be clear...we do not normally share content that we often provide exclusively to clients, but this means you will get live actionable steps that you can take away and apply in your busin…

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5 Things Guaranteed To Harm Your Business 48:27

2y ago48:27

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These 5 Things are guaranteed to harm your business and to create sabotage from within. From experience these are also some of the most common areas within all businesses and will prevent your business from future progression. .................................................................................................... Mike is the MD of Cave…

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How To Get Great People In Your Business 55:04

2y ago55:04

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It's never been harder to recruit not just anyone into our businesses, but GREAT People into our Teams and Business. There are around the same number of vacancies as there are people registered unemployed in the UK and the harsh reality is, you're unlikely to find your candidate from this pool. So what are we to do and how do we recruit great peopl…

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How To Increase Your Businesses Performance 51:31

2y ago51:31

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The Performance of our businesses is fundamental and underlying our ability to increase performance and productivity are the people within our businesses. Yes, this also applies to those Solopreneurs as their businesses are equally predicated on their own performance and productivity. So in todays Show we explore some key elements on how we can dri…

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The Employment Law Changes In 2023 You Must Know! 47:40

2y ago47:40

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There are a raft of potential Employment Law Changes coming in 2023, some may come, some may not, some laws may go and other may change. In this Podcast we review the potential changes, and the possible Private Members Bills. One thing is for certain though, 2023 is going to be a crazy hard year for businesses and it could be argued that these raft…

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Aladdin Sane and the Piano Solo Heard Around the World 47:14

2y ago47:14

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“Mike’s piano parts in Aladdin Sane changed my life.” --LADY GAGA 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Bowie album Aladdin Sane, which has been ranked by Rolling Stone and NME in the 500 greatest albums of all time, and in the top 100 albums of the 1970's by Pitchfork. The follow up to the Ziggy Stardust album, Aladdin Sane is a tour de force for…

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#059 Could an app be the solution to mental healthcare? — Alon Lits 47:25

2y ago47:25

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Today we are talking about mental health. If you follow me or if we follow each other online, you will have noticed that this is a topic that I care deeply about and have spoken about increasingly over the last couple of months and years, and it has been a feature of my entrepreneurial journey. It's been a feature of my life, really. But I've reali…

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Why NHS Strikes Won't Solve The NHS Problems! 57:02

2y ago57:02

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Right now it feels as though at least once a week there is a strike somewhere, in multiple sectors and industries and all of them are seeking to increase their wages on the backdrop of the highest interest rates for over 40 years! The NHS, for a change is no different! With strikes from Nurses, Paramedics, Call Handlers and more. But in this Podcas…

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#058 The world according to Zarp — Simon Dingle 41:09

2y ago41:09

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2022 was a significant year in the world of crypto, the collapse of FTX being a watershed moment. But what does this mean for Bitcoin and crypto in general? Has anything changed? Could it be that all the negative press and naysaying is actually good for decentralised finance? I ask Simon Dingle, arguably SA's leading expert on crypto, these questio…

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2023 - What lies ahead for Canadian real estate. 8:04

2y ago8:04

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Mike puts his 22 years in real estate to test, identifying the overlooked influencing factors, to arrive at a forecast for the Canadian real estate market in 2023 that differs from much of the main stream media, whose primary motive is to turn heads and add up the online clicks. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/m…

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#057 Putting the intelligence back in AI — Daniel Hulme 40:32

2y ago40:32

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What do we really mean when we call things artificially intelligent? Is AI significant progress or a significant threat? And when does SkyNet some online? My guest is Daniel Hulme. Daniel was a guest lecturer on my Master's program back in 2019 and by some distance, the most impactful certainly for me. The reason is that he covered in his talk the …

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#056 Creating content for influence and impact — Erik Kruger 54:37

3y ago54:37

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Erik Kruger is a prolific author, public speaker, podcaster, YouTuber, video creator, the guy is everywhere. And that's very intimidating to people like me who are in his industry, it also makes it virtually impossible to introduce. So I'll introduce him like this instead, Erik Kruger is also my friend, he is a person that I've come to know over th…

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#055 Building an innovation city in the mother City — Kieno Kammies 32:40

3y ago32:40

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What are the conditions that need to be created to develop innovative thinking, innovative products, and innovative organisations? Is it about a type of space, or a type of structure, or a type of culture? Or is it a combination of all of those things? My guest on the One-Eyed Man podcast today is Kieno Kammies, a well-known media personality and b…

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#054 Can technology take the pain out of recruitment? — Francois de Wet 44:38

3y ago44:38

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Do you remember your first formal job interview? I do. It's not great memory. I did a horrendous job of representing myself and my enthusiasm for the position I was applying for. That's understandable if you consider the typical job interview setup. There's a young, uninitiated, nervous person being faced with a panel of influential decision-makers…

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#053 A better weigh to build a grocer — Dom and Sam Moleta 54:33

3y ago54:33

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And we’re back! This is the One-Eyed Man, my name is Mike Stopforth, and today we’re jumping head first into the second half of our #originalbytradition series brought to you by the Glenlivet. We took a short pause to extract and share some highlights from the first five episodes, and of course to give away some premium Glenlivet prizes, so if you …

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#052 How to capture the soul of a nation — Nick Dreyer 49:00

3+ y ago49:00

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If you’re anything like me then many of your proudest moments as a South African are closely associated with sport. Whether it’s underdog victories or feats of individual brilliance that inspire us and give us hope, it’s hard to ignore how sport is inextricably woven into the fabric of the tapestry that tells the story of the proverbial new South A…

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#051 Unpacking innovation in media and broadcasting — Relebogile Mabotja 46:52

3+ y ago46:52

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My next guest in our Original By Tradition series brought to you The Glenlivet can only be described as superhuman. Imagine running two successful production businesses, maintaining roles on various industry boards and panels as a lobbyist and commentator, public speaking, mentoring and training up and coming talent, producing and appearing in a wi…

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#050 What's at the heart of cause-based marketing? — Michael Baretta 41:07

3+ y ago41:07

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"The only social responsibility of business is to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits. So long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say engages in open and free competition without deception, or fraud." - the words of famed economist Milton Friedman from his seminal essay on the topic of soci…

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#049 How to build the world's biggest coffee brand — Neo Moleko & Brad Symons 48:31

3+ y ago48:31

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In this second episode in our #originalbytradition entrepreneurship series, brought to you by The Glenlivet, I talk to Neo Moleko and Brad Symons from Manaka Coffee. What would make a couple of old school friends start a new coffee brand when the likes of Seattle, Vida and even Starbucks exist as competition already? Well, these two will tell you i…

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#048 Lessons learned launching a tech start-up in lockdown — Mike Sharman 58:06

3+ y ago58:06

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I am thrilled to tell you that we're partnering with the Glenlivet to bring you a series of conversations with innovative entrepreneurs over the next 10 episodes. The whiskey connoisseurs amongst you will know the Glenlivet as an award winning sought after collection of Speyside single malt Scotch whiskies, just like that collection, this series of…

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#047 Small business as the bedrock of economic growth — Lesley Waterkeyn and Dawn Nathan-Jones 40:47

3+ y ago40:47

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Lesley Waterkeyn and Dawn Nathan-Jones (you may recognise Dawn as one of the investors from Shark Tank SA) have a vision for economic growth by inspiring and supporting entrepreneurs to start and grow successful and impactful small businesses. They provide resources in the form of training, coaching and business tools through Over The Rainbow (www.…

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When Tornados and Homes meet 14:28

3+ y ago14:28

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Mike recounts events of the July 15th 2021 when an F2 Tornado passed through residential neighbourhoods in South Barrie Ontario, and a few things we can do better in preparation for such events. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mike-montague4/message

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#046 Is it naïve to be optimistic about South Africa? — Dr Graeme Codrington 1:00:06

3+ y ago1:00:06

1:00:06

In the wake of a series of protests, riots and lootings across South Africa and especially in KZN, many of us are trying to make sense of what we saw and experience. Those of us fortunate enough not to be caught in the middle of the unrest juggled misinformation, panic, a limp government response, and the visible and visceral impact on thousands of…

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#045 It's ok to not be ok — Bridget McNulty 44:50

3+ y ago44:50

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We're back from a brief hiatus, in the midst of a trying time for South Africa and South Africans. Well, a more trying time - it feels like being and believing has been an uphill battle for years now. In this episode talk to Bridget McNulty about grief. About loss. About how we think about loss, respond to loss, and live with it rather than get ove…

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Some of Barrie's Best Places to Eat 11:48

3+ y ago11:48

11:48

With restaurants reopening once again (soon I hope) I thought I would list some of my favourites in Barrie. Let me know if I missed yours. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mike-montague4/message

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California Dreaming with Terry LeClair 18:00

3+ y ago18:00

18:00

Joining us from warm and sunny Laguna Beach California, Terry LeClair ran a successful real estate Brokerage firm in Barrie for a number of years before trading it all in for warmer climate, and a Vice Presidential role with First Team Real Estate, one of Southern California's top Real Estate firms. He is also the Executive Vice President of Title …

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Signs it's time to downsize your home 14:40

3+ y ago14:40

14:40

Whether you live in Barrie, The GTA or anywhere else, selling ones home can be a truly emotional experience, especially if you have an accumulation of memories attached to that home. It is also a daunting task, more so a series of daunting tasks, to prepare a home to sell, to then find your next place, to pack up and purge your possessions, and the…

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Mark Weisleder Conducting Real Estate transactions during Covid 19 Pandemic in Ontario 22:01

3+ y ago22:01

22:01

When buying or selling a home during the Covid-19 Pandemic, or any time, it is always sound advice to have a good Realtor® by your side, and even better advice to have a good lawyer working on your behalf, as there can be a seemingly endless number of challenges to each real estate transaction that are too often discovered the hard way. Mark Weisle…

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Clearing the Home Purchase High-bar 11:20

3+ y ago11:20

11:20

Every generation since Canada first became a country has made the acquisition of real estate a bit easier for the next generation than it was for themselves, that was true for me and for my parents, though now, and for the first time in 150 years its shifting the other way. The current generation of first time home buyers have a higher bar to clear…

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Our Real Estate World - Post Pandemic 7:33

4y ago7:33

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Mike gives some thoughts on how the real estate market may look in Central and South Central Ontario once Covid-19 has been put behind us. Doom and gloom may make for convenient headlines and click-bait to the print and internet media, but the reality is likely to be far from any worst case scenarios being floated by many of them. Have a listen. --…

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Small Towns - Big Opportunities with OREA CEO Tim Hudak 27:49

4y ago27:49

27:49

OREA CEO Tim Hudak understands political red tape from both sides and is a strong advocate for supporting the health and growth of Ontario's smaller cities, towns and commuities like the one he grew up in, in Niagara. Big city living and opportunity is a magnet for the rural talent of our educated younger generations. Small city or town Ontario was…

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Has the market peaked, or is there still opportunity to invest in Ontario real estate in 2021? 10:14

4y ago10:14

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Many are asking if values can go any higher in Central and South Central Ontario. Important to know for anyone considering investing in real estate. This episode looks into the question and offers some perspective on investment in our current climate. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mike-montague4/message…

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Does Real Estate Brand Matter? 6:17

4y ago6:17

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While there are many measures for ranking a real estate company. When making your choice of a Realtor® to represent you and your purchase or selling needs, It comes down to a few fundamentals that shouldn't surprise anyone. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mike-montague4/message…

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