Richard Robbins

To celebrate 25 years of serving Canada’s real estate community, REM asked a small group of real estate leaders this question:

“Who had the biggest impact – good or bad – on Canadian real estate in the last 25 years?

This is not a popularity contest or a marketing exercise. We want to know who you think had the biggest impact on the industry in the last 25 years – even if it was, in your opinion, a negative impact. Your choices could include Realtors, company executives, association executive officers, regulators, service company executives….even politicians! Who has had the most impact during the last 25 years in making the industry what it is today?”

REM took those consensus picks and added our own and the results will be revealed on REM online every day until the end of June.  Take a look and see if you agree with these choices, and then let us know who we missed. Add your comments below or drop an email to [email protected].

Richard Robbins

Sales trainer Richard Robbins started selling real estate at the age of 24 in Peterborough, Ont., and reached a six-figure income in his first year in the business. In 1989, the year REM started, Robbins opened his own brokerage and in a tough market ranked among the top one per cent of agents in his marketplace.

Robbins and his wife Sue co-founded Richard Robbins International in 1998, and since then they have been recognized as one of the leading sales training organizations in Canada. Robbins’ association with REM goes back to December 1999, when he began writing columns for the magazine. He continues to contribute videos for remonline.com.