by MarkWeisleder | Aug 9, 2018 | Featured
I am already receiving calls about how sellers, buyers and real estate agents are to prepare for the new Cannabis Act, now scheduled to become law in October. I have booked seminars at real estate boards throughout the GTA over the next few months to explain this in...
by MarkWeisleder | Jul 16, 2018 | Advice for Agents, Legal Issues
Whenever I review a status certificate for a condominium buyer and it says that the unit contains Kitec plumbing, it will raise a red flag, especially when this was not disclosed to the buyer in advance. Here are five things to know about Kitec plumbing and how to...
by MarkWeisleder | Jun 13, 2018 | Featured, Guest Columns, Legal Issues
Due to the rising cost of purchasing or renting a home, unrelated buyers and tenants are getting together to either buy or rent a home together, to get more for their money. In a recent newspaper article, I read about four young professionals who were able to rent a...
by MarkWeisleder | May 25, 2018 | Advice for Agents, Featured, Legal Issues
We have seen what happens when deals do not close. Buyers and sellers sue each other and the only winners are the lawyers. No one gets paid any commission. Here are five tips to remember to make sure your deals close on time. 1. Do not close a sale and a purchase on...
by MarkWeisleder | Mar 26, 2018 | Featured, Legal Issues
I recently wrote about whether murders, suicides or haunted houses needed to be disclosed to a buyer. My answer for the most part in Canada was no. We now have the case of Wang v Shao, out of the B.C. Supreme Court, released on March 9, 2018. Has this case changed my...
