by MarkWeisleder | Mar 26, 2020 | Columnists, Featured, Legal Issues
During this difficult time of isolation due to COVID-19, everyone must do what they can to make sure buyers and sellers can still successfully enter into and complete their real estate contracts. Here are five questions and answers about real estate deals as they...
by MarkWeisleder | Dec 13, 2019 | Featured, Legal Issues
In Ontario, real estate deals are supposed to close by 5 p.m., since that is when the government registration system shuts down. By 5 p.m., the buyer lawyer is supposed to have sent the required paperwork and money to the seller lawyer trust account and the seller...
by MarkWeisleder | Nov 25, 2019 | Columnists
The long-awaited changes to the real estate agent and brokerage community in Ontario just had its initial release, mostly to positive reviews from the industry. The draft bill to change the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act, 2002 has not yet been approved and...
by MarkWeisleder | Jul 23, 2019 | Advice for Agents, Featured, Legal Issues
I am constantly asked for advice about whether Airbnb is permitted and if the guests can be considered tenants. These are not easy questions to answer. What are the rules for Airbnb? Every city will set its own rules for renting out all or part of a property on Airbnb...
by MarkWeisleder | Jun 13, 2019 | Advice for Agents, Featured, Legal Issues
It seems that every week I am asked for advice about what a seller or real estate agent needs to disclose to a buyer, how to protect a buyer from sellers who do not disclose and to assist in preparing an “as is” clause for sellers who do not know anything about a...
