by Kelley Skar | Sep 11, 2025 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns, Sales & Marketing, Technology
Back in June, I wrote about the not-so-distant future where AI-empowered buyers start to replace some of the functions we, as agents, currently provide. That piece drew plenty of opinions—some folks thought I was off my rocker, others nodded along and even added fuel...
by Cameron Tsoi A Sue | Sep 10, 2025 | Guest Columns
Just the other day, I was chatting with a well-known real estate agent (let’s call him Bob). The discussion was: “Real estate agents who are broke make worse real estate agents.” Now, let me be clear, Bob was being a bit inflammatory on purpose. He was raising...
by Jasroop Gosal | Sep 9, 2025 | Guest Columns
In British Columbia, five million residents live in condominiums and other stratified housing. Recent municipal and provincial policies that push for densification will only increase that number. That means the dream of safe and secure homeownership in the province...
by Paul Abbott | Sep 8, 2025 | Guest Columns
Canada’s housing crisis has become a national policy priority, and for good reason. Affordability is at generational lows, rental markets are straining under record population growth, and homebuilding has slowed even as demand rises. Governments have responded with...
by Diana Faria | Sep 8, 2025 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns
Branch staff aren’t just the friendly faces your clients see when they first visit your office. They’re the air traffic controllers, directing people, paperwork, and problems to the correct avenues to be handled as quickly as possible. But if there ever was a...
by Don Kottick | Aug 28, 2025 | Guest Columns
In real estate, we usually leave government advocacy to our industry associations, like the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) or the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). They are well-equipped to represent Realtors on the big policy issues that affect housing...
