48/ AUGUST 2017 THE RIDER REAL ESTATE: I Became A Real Estate Salesperson In 1976 My fathers family were dairy


farmers and still owned their big farm in Whitevale near Pickering, Ontario where we spent most Sun- days and a lot of the summers while I was very young. It must have set country living in my soul because it’s the lifestyle I have always been drawn to and where I live now hav- ing accomplished my dream of owning my own farm. While living with my mother


By Teri Davidson It seems that at least once a week I


am asked about how to become a real estate salesperson and why did I get into the real estate business. So I de- cided to write a column about my rea- sons and why real estate and homes have always been my passion. Simple start..my family never


owned a home. We lived in the big city of Toronto in rental accommodation and my parents separated after four children when my youngest sister was nine months old. My mom became a single mom. A tough life and with little time or money for some of the niceties that most of my classmates had.


in Toronto we walked to school through lovely neighbourhoods where we saw beautiful lawns, well kept homes and I often imagined what it would be like to love in such places with a dad at home and a regular family. As I grew older I would spend


evenings driving around with my first boyfriend looking into the windows of these same homes and seeing the people living there en- joying family time and we would ooh and ah about their fine furni- ture and decorating. ( a little bizarre for teenagers .. I know.) I did very well in school al-


ways got good grades and the teachers who nurtured me and sup- ported me in my class work asked me what I wanted to do once I fin- ished school. They noticed my in- terest in homes and two of them suggested I consider the real estate


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business as a career. I left home at sixteen, moved


to Brantford Ontario , took a night time job and enrolled in the real es- tate courses at Mohawk College. I LOVED it! When I joined the Brantford


Regional Real Estate Association I was the youngest real estate agent in our city and when I completed the Brokers courses several years later I was the youngest Broker. I soon became successful because I was enthralled with the homes, the people and the quick and exciting work environment. As a young woman I was a bit of a unique fix- ture as most of my peers were older men who frowned on me , as one put it, not being home with my kids and husband. In those first years I had neither. And soon was out sell- ing most of my competitors and peers. Life carried on and soon I was


married to a local Brantford boy and he along with 0ur three chil- dren grew to adapt to my busy lifestyle and long hours. But my roots and my begin-


nings stayed with me and I had two focuses. One , to own my own piece of heaven in the country and have horses and dogs, the other to make sure my children always had a home of their own. A sanctuary.


A place to take refuse from the world. I helped my oldest daughter at


eighteen to buy her first home. A duplex where the income from the one apartment was enough to carry the mortgage and the other income used to pay down the principle on the mortgage. She suck with that plan for several years and now at 34 yrs old has a nice home that is fully paid for. She will never have to worry , as I did, about not having a safe place or a roof over her head. My two other children both


bought homes three years ago and rented them while they were in school. Now that my son has grad- uated he has sold his first home and just recently accepted a job here in Brantford ( yay!) and is in the midst of closing on his second home which is just around the cor- ner from his work in a pleasant friendly neighbourhood. He too has a roof over his head. My youngest has also just


started the process of selling her first home and buying a second property. She will be attending uni- versity again next year to do a sec- ond Masters program but once she is done she will also have a place to call home, a sanctuary and roots. No Matter what happens to them in life , job loss, sickness or


health they will be able to feel se- cure in knowing they have their homes. Nothing fancy, but no one can ever take that away from them. I have achieved for them what I lacked and was so wanting when I was a young girl. Their families will live in homes and I hope their lives will be good ones. For myself I feel I have come


full circle now because I live on my home farm, with my horses, my German Shepherd dogs, fruit trees and a big old barn. At the end of a long day when I’ve found the per- fect home for some young family or sold a home for a couple who are moving forward with their lives, and I stand out in the corn field as dusk gathers and hear the Canadian geese honk as they fly overhead , I remember my roots and my dreams and feel fulfilled.


Teri Davidson is Broker


Owner of Associate Realty in Brantford Ont and has enjoyed a long time career of almost forty years as a Licensed Real Estate Broker. Teri may be reached at teri- davidson@execulink.com or by phone at 519-758-7307 to arrange an appointment to buy or sell a property.


Just Listed!! Lynden area 86 acre working farm with several outbuildings and Circa 1900's Victorian Red Brick Farmhouse. Second generation family farm. 54 workable acres. Four bedroom home features hardwood floors and updated kitchen $1,375,000.


Horses?? This one owner Hobby Farm outside Burford will be the perfect home for you and 4-5 horses. 27 year old immaculate well built two storey home offers three big bedrooms, inviting country size kitchen with deck off back doors. Front living or dining room, use as you wish. Two baths. Fully finished lower level with huge recreation room features a gas fireplace, bar area and finished laun- dry. Oversized 30 x 23'2 wide garage at- tached. Horse barn is two storey has six box stalls, tack room, wash rack, water and hydro. Stairs to upper loft for storage and hay mow. Three large paddocks all enclosed with board fence. One used as a riding ring..sand base. Quiet side road, no neighbours beside or across the road. The feel of a large acreage without


the work..


P E R F E C T ! ! $839,900. Just move right in and bring your horses!


$999,000


NEW on the MARKET!! 47.6 acre Standardbred farm. 1/2 Mile track. Two barns. one has been updated with 13 new large stalls, rubber mats, tack room, water and hydro. Wash rack and Aquasizer. Second barn has older stalls but still in good shape. Nice 1200 sq ft home with new flooring, kitchen, woodstove, paint and bath with ensuite laundry. 30 qcres of bush with trails. Next To Honer Creek for fishing. 2yr old steel roof. updated windows and doors. Woodstove. ABS plumbing.Sand point well (lots of good water). Several pad- docks. $789,900 south west of Burford at 218 Fairfield Road


Two acres and this Circa 1880"s Red Brick Farm- house. Has just become available and needs complete restoring! Turn this historical home into your own dream. Set in a farm setting close to the town of St George, Ontario. Make us an offer. Pine floors, orig- inal trim, bay windows, staircase. Contact Teri Davidson 519-758-7307 Associate Realty


Call Teri Davidson, Broker/Owner,


Associate Realty Brantford Inc. 519-647-3330


See picture of these properties at www.venturehomes.ca under Teri's Listings.


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