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Every Tuesday, we show our appreciation to our clients’ feedback by showcasing their testimonies. #TestimonialTuesday helps us improve our ability to serve our clients better.

This weeks #TestimonialTuesday is from M.B:

“I recently worked with Bryon and it was a pleasure working with him. Bryon quickly met me at a property I was interested in buying. While we did not decide on that listing, he showed me some others and we finally decided on one that would meet my needs. After completing a comparative market analysis, and considering COVID-19 and the real estate market, we made an offer that was accepted. It was not a new home, and did have a few issues around the property inspection. We got a few further concessions, and I look forward to moving soon! All around, a great experience buying my first home!”

— M.B.

You can learn more about me and my real estate business at www.TheHowardTeam.net.

It’s Earth Day. Actually, it’s the day after Earth Day. We just celebrated our 50th Earth Day.  Have you noticed? Is Earth Day something you notice? Has there been a time when you noticed it more than other times? Is it a day that you would like to notice more? If so, what would your ideal Earth Day look like?

As far as I remember, I first became aware of Earth Day (every April 22 since 1970) a year or two prior to my daughter Robin being born in 1994. Shirley and I were living in a van, between climbing, skiing and kayaking adventures in the Pacific Northwest, mostly British Columbia.

About that time, I remember going to a public meeting, a debate or a protest, in Vancouver to discuss Open Pit mining of the Tatshenshini.  I remember standing up at the meeting and declaring that I never planned to own such things as VCR’s, Fax Machines and a Television.

A few years later, we would ‘mark’ (or celebrate) each Earth Day. Normally, it would be a family hike & picnic in and around Prince Edward Island National Park.

Embarrassingly, yesterday, the first time I left the house was nearly 5pm, as I drove to a listing appointment. Later, we did a family walk, and noted the beautiful sky.

My ideal Earth Day would have me on a blanket, in a meadow, enjoying a picnic with family and friends.

Next year.

This is part of a series of pieces, written in about twelve minutes, proof read once with tiny edits and then posted online.

Someday, probably not, I may publish a book entitled: Bryon Wrote This Book in 12 Minutes. 

You can learn more about me and my real estate business at www.TheHowardTeam.net.

Fun chat with my enginerd friend Ben Eadie. Most recently, Ben is fresh off the set of Ghost Busters Afterlife where he was doing special effects. Currently, Ben and some of the other prop makers are building medical equipment that assist frontline healthcare workers. You can help!  Learn more about Covid-19 project here: http://albertaghostbusters.ca/covid-19/

Listen to the entire podcast. Click here.

I met Ben when he was assisting our mutual friend, Greg Kolodziejzyk smash world records in Human Powered Vehicles.

https://www.youtube.com/user/behnt

https://www.facebook.com/ben.eadie

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mechanicalmashup/

https://twitter.com/beneadie 

https://www.instagram.com/dreadmakerroberts/

Ben is an aeronautical engineering technologist currently working in the movie industry designing and building practical special effects and props for movies such as Star Trek Beyond, Maze runner, Death Note, Predator and is fresh of the set on the yet to be released Ghost Busters Afterlife.

Like Adam Savage, He has have a history of being the guy to go to when all others tell you ‘it cannot be done’.

He’s been a freelance engineering consultant since 2000 and helped design human powered vehicles that have broken 4 world records. He has designed and built two of the largest rotating sets in movie history, and is considered a world expert 3d Computer Aided Designer and has consulted some of the biggest software companies in the industry including SolidWorks and Creo & PTC.

Not surprising, he’s been a star on reality TV – “Canada’s Greatest Know it All”!

Bens often speaks to groups, and especially enjoys giving a talk to high school students on “Failure Your Way To Success”.

Recently Ben began making faux chainmail out of craft foam and discovered there is demand for the stuff. He sells it online as a side gig to cos-players and fashion designers. Currently he is working on adapting it for motorcycle jackets by making it out of leather.