by Dan LeFave | Mar 22, 2018 | Featured, Guest Columns
Are you wondering why you’re not living the life of your dreams when that’s the reason why you started your business in the first place? Few of us have a plan for our life. Most of us are passive spectators, watching our lives unfold one day at a time. Others...
by Penelope Graham | Jan 31, 2018 | Featured, Guest Columns
The new year is upon us, and with it, a whole new real estate reality. Tougher federal mortgage regulations took full effect on Jan. 1, slashing affordability for new borrowers and contributing to slower selling conditions than the record-breaking activity experienced...
by Ari Lahdekorpi | Jan 30, 2018 | Featured, Guest Columns
The Office of the Superintendent of Real Estate in B.C., a newly created government overseer of the industry, has decreed that an agent must not, and indeed cannot, double-end a deal. The ramifications of this amplified rule, which takes effect on March 15, are just...
by David Fleming | Jan 29, 2018 | Featured, Guest Columns
How many transactions did the average Toronto Realtor do in 2017? Search Google all you want – I assure you that you will never find the answer to that question. So many people ask me questions on this subject all the time. And even agents themselves want to know! I...
by Brian Martindale | Jan 8, 2018 | Guest Columns
Why can’t most sales reps be trusted to conduct double-enders equitably or ethically? Here is the short answer: It simply is not in their collective nature to do so. Here is the long answer: During the early 1960s, psychological studies were conducted by Stanford...
by Ralph Fox | Dec 13, 2017 | Featured, Guest Columns
As people call for greater transparency in the real estate industry and its practices, one of the anomalies that continue to slip beneath the radar is the reporting guidelines surrounding the square footage of a listed property for sale, especially in condominium...
