Last week S-Drive hosted an intimate real estate panel featuring experts in every field of the home buying process, from realtors to lawyers to mortgage professionals. The panel  - featuring Toronto real estate agent and author Brian Persaud, Canadian mortgage rates website founder Alyssa Richard, real estate lawyer Garry Shapiro, and Akshay Seghal And Sundeep Bahl of the Bahl real estate team – generated a lively discussion spanning from first-time home buyer considerations to real estate investing.

Blue skies, a warm breeze and calm waters were all on the agenda during the Kayak Cruising social.  With planes soaring overhead, we put our muscles to work, paddling our way toward the many Toronto islands. Sdrivers, part of a larger group including social kayak regulars and newbies alike, came out in good spirits to take in some of Toronto's lesser-seen sights.

The two-hour tour, which started at the Harbourfront Canoe & Kayak Centre, led us throughout islands large and small, making it easy to forget we were a stone’s throw from the downtown core. Heading back at the end of the tour, it was obvious there's no better view of Toronto than the one you get cruising on Lake Ontario.

Back on the mainland with a great workout under our belts, it was time to dig in to the BBQ and wrap-up the event. With lots of fresh air, good food and great people, Kayak Cruising turned out to be an awesome event.

If you didn't get a chance to come out, I definitely recommend checking out Harbourfront Canoe & Kayak Centre on your own this summer. Social Paddles (with BBQ) happen every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday starting at 6pm and welcome beginners and pros alike. If it’s your first time, just be sure to bring a partner for a tandem (double) kayak. Whether you hit the water with a friend or solo, you’re guaranteed to have a blast!

Check out pics from the event on Picasa.

Coming up:
Next month, join us for our 3rd Annual Softball Tournament.

Do you love your job? Do you feel as though you’ve got a crystal clear path forward? If not, you are not alone.

Your early career is a tumultuous time with many ups, downs, and roundabouts. There is no one clear path, nor is there a silver bullet to success; however, there a few tips and tricks that can help you navigate the first few years. Based on hundreds of interviews, research into the leading viewpoints of success gurus, and personal experiences I propose 10 tips to help you in your early career that have been cherry-picked from my book Hitting Stryde.

To kick off the S-press content here, I’m going to start a series called the ‘Top 10’, which, as you can imagine, will entail a listing and description of the top 10 of a relevant topic.

The first topic I’m going to tackle is Toronto blogs. It’s hard to imagine how one city, however large it may be, could support so many online publications, but, believe me, there are a lot of them out there. And busy young professional that you are, you probably do not have time to navigate through them and work out which are most relevant to your lifestyle.

As an influencer, you need to be ‘in the know’ about a variety of subjects covering everything from politics to food to real estate. So, get educated!