by Barry Lebow | Jan 13, 2025 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns
In the high-stakes world of real estate, a single misstep can transform a promising career into a legal nightmare. Although I’m an active Realtor, back in the 1970s, as a broker, I was called upon to testify as an expert witness. The case involved a broker who was...
by Barry Lebow | Dec 14, 2022 | Columnists
I start this article with a simple analogy. Most of us possess a driver’s licence to drive an automobile or small truck. Just having that license is not adequate for us to drive a big rig – an 18-wheeler or heavy equipment. One has to train to do so, to be...
by Barry Lebow | Oct 31, 2022 | Boards & Associations, Guest Columns
A recent announcement from CREA indicates that any exclusive residential listing that is to be advertised in any format must be posted on MLS. Essentially, exclusive listings for residential properties would be eliminated. This was the case by the National...
by Barry Lebow | Mar 31, 2022 | Advice for Agents
In this video, I discusses the vendor take-back mortgage. You use this tool when there are no other options available. You use it sometimes when you are desperate and you use it sometimes for convenience. It’s also something that most sellers may not consider, but it...
by Barry Lebow | Feb 17, 2022 | Columnists, Featured
In this video rant, veteran Realtor and long-time REM columnist Barry Lebow says the disrupters in the real estate industry are not coming from outside the industry, but within. He talks about the huge increase in the number of Realtors and the surge of part-timers in...
