by Michel Friedman | May 4, 2016 | Featured, Guest Columns
In my 26 year career in real estate I have often pondered the issue of branding. I have worked for international brands, Canadian brands and local (Greater Toronto Area) brokerages that you might call “no-name” companies. All were successful businesses in their own...
by Tina Plett | Apr 12, 2016 | Guest Columns
She had bought and sold several properties in her lifetime. This time, it was different. Perhaps the biggest move was coming from overseas to Manitoba, Canada. She recalls the move up to Thompson and back – that sale was a nightmare. Then there was the time she moved...
by Yvonne Dick | Apr 5, 2016 | Guest Columns
Back in the mid-1960s, people imagined that homes of the future would be much different by 2016. The total automation of housework would have made ours a life of leisure. Things home buyers thought would be standard by now included things like dishwashing robots, a...
by Don Kottick | Mar 30, 2016 | Featured, Guest Columns
When you are serious about a career in real estate and want to find a brokerage that aligns with your career aspirations, selecting the “right” brokerage is critical to your success. A fallacy exists that higher commissions should be your ultimate goal, but agent...
by Gilleen Witkowski | Mar 24, 2016 | Featured, Guest Columns
You’re juggling phone calls, emails, coffee meetings, showings and a long list of requirements and preferences for a client who’s itching to move. Then you find out that their family includes a dog, or they are thinking of getting one sometime soon. This is a major...
by REM Editorial Team | Mar 23, 2016 | Featured, Guest Columns
In a Canadian market with more than 100,000 Realtors, competition is fierce. And it’s no secret that real estate salespeople have less than stellar reputations. Despite that fact that business is proceeding as usual in the relatively strong 2016 real estate market,...
