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Lessons I learned from being on HGTV Design Interns: The Art of Persuasion

lessons learned being an HGTV reality show star
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Selling lifestyle: effective strategies for marketing Toronto condos

Marketing a new condo development in Toronto is a high-stakes, multi-layered process that blends branding, sales strategy, and community engagement. It’s not just about selling a building—it’s about selling a lifestyle.
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Lessons from My Internship at designboom

How I Learned to Write and Edit Fast at designboom – From Intern to Editor: A Leap of Faith
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Stockholm Travel Guide 2023

The complete travel guide to Stockholm Sweden when you are pressed for time and want to see the best sights.
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Helsinki Travel Guide 2023 (Design & Architecture)

his is the ultimate guide for art, design and architecture lovers who are visiting the Finnish Capital.
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Why Travel is Important to Me

After traveling to 4 countries in 3 weeks, I remember why travel is so important to me and why I can’t wait to go back to Europe!
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Real Estate Secrets for Wealth Creation, Flips, BRRRR, Passive Income with Reshma Shaik

In my latest podcast as a guest, I delve into the multifaceted world of real estate investments with my personal insights about wealth building, passive income, BRRRR strategies and tips for real estate investing.
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Tour of my Manitouwadge House – MTV Cribs Style

Now that the renovations are all done, here is a MTV cribs style video showcasing the house.
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Before and After: Bathroom renovations

Before and after of my ensuite renovations. This was where the majority of the renovations took place in my home
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Richelle’s Real Estate Adventure – Episode 9 – How much I spent on renovations

This is how much I spent on renovations
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Richelle’s Real Estate Adventure – Episode 8 – Buying ‘as is where is’

Episode 8 where I continue my lessons learned from buying “as is, where is”
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Richelle’s Real Estate Adventure – Episode 7 – Buying ‘as is – where is’

My lessons from buying as is where is
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Richelle’s Real Estate Adventure – Episode 6 – Another Interior Tour

Part 2 of touring the interior of my $50K home
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Richelle’s Real Estate Adventure – Episode 4 – Exterior tour of the house

Let’s take an exterior tour of my $50K house
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Richelle’s Real Estate Adventure – Episode 3 – How I bought a house for 50K

How I bought a house for $50K
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Richelle’s Real Estate Adventure – Episode 2 – Finding cheap real estate

We dropped our stuff off at the Airbnb and went to meet the realtor in the town. She had a bunch of properties lined up and was pretty honest. If I didn’t like a property we move on. During the tour, I learned a lot about heating and plumbing in the north. Some properties were…
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Richelle’s Real Estate Adventure – Episode 1 – How I got into real estate

How I got into real estate and bought my first property during Covid
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Church Conversion in Hamilton

From Church to Apartments. A tour of a recent Church conversion in Hamilton.
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What is Creative-Mixed Use?

Creative mixed use is a type of development that combines different types of land uses, such as residential, commercial, and entertainment, within the same project. These developments are designed to promote walkability and reduce reliance on cars, while also creating a sense of community.
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How to live comfortably in 450 square feet

StudioHand is a design-fabricator located in the Junction, Toronto that opened his doors to showcase how to live in a small space that was thoughtfully designed.
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Arting at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

My behind the scenes tour at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
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Single Serves: What is Canadian Design and Why it Matters?

A podcast where they interview experts on single issues of interest to architects and designers. My topic – What is Canadian Design?
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Interior Design Show 2022 – Review

My review of the 2022 Interior Design Show, Canada’s premier event for Canadian Design
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What is True Partnering?

Defining the difference between partnering and partnership and providing key insights into them.
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Selling Sunset, Selling Tampa and the Parisian Agency – It’s all about Brand Marketing

Real estate brand marketing tips
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Doughnut Economics – 7 Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist by Kate Raworth

My book review on Doughnut Economics – 7 ways to think like a 21st century economist by Kate Raworth
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Is Design Thinking Dead?

I discovered NCommon a Self-awareness for Design podcast. It is so up my alley. The podcasters Jacqui Frey and Alison Rand were tired of the same talks from the same people about Design. One episode that got me thinking was their last episode of the season titled “Hella Justice”. In the episode, Jacqui and Alison…
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DesignTO 2022: Slanted/Enchanted at Erin Stump Projects Gallery

A group exhibition – Slanted/Enchanted at Erin Stump Projects Gallery for DesignTO
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DesignTO 2022: Libations for Liberated Living at Plumb Gallery

My review of DesignTO 2022 exhibition Libations for Liberated Living at Plumb Gallery Toronto
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DesignTO 2022: Must-See Exhibitions

This year I decided to do check out the North end of the city for DesignTO. This year I really wanted to experience in-person exhibitions. I’ve done the window display thing, and in this cold weather, I prefer to be inside, taking my time, then outside rushing. Here is my list of sites to see…
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5 Tips for Tackling DesignTO 2022

DesignTO 2022 and these are my top 5 tips to tackling the festival this year.
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Top 10 Biennales and Triennales to visit in 2022

With the world opening up again, it’s time to travel to visit some of the top art and architecture biennales and triennales. Here are my top 10 to visit this year in 2022.
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Acropolis Walking Tour – Athens Greece

Last year I travelled to Athens Greece, during COVID, to experience the country during a time when the crowds and tourism was low. Here is my walking tour of the Acropolis.
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Top 5 Biennales to visit the summer

Here are the top 5 architecture, design and art events to visit this summer
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How I bought a house for $50K during COVID

I’ve started to slowly change my mindset about money. One of the books that made me question money and what it possible in my journey to wealth and abundance is Rich Dad, Poor Dad. One of the most important chapters for me was Lesson 5: The Rich Invent Money. The chapter begins with a quote:…














