by Lloyd Manning | Apr 27, 2015 | Advice for Agents, Featured, Guest Columns
Although it would be incorrect to suggest that every real estate brokerage is searching for additional sales agents, most are. This is created in part by the high drop-out rate of those newer hires who cannot make it. So, how to hire the best salespeople? In my...
by Ken Wilder | Apr 23, 2015 | Featured, Guest Columns
In REM’s April edition, Mark Weisleder wrote an editorial entitled 5 Key Points About Buyer Representation Agreements. However, there is another side that Mr. Weisleder is unable to offer given that he is a practicing lawyer and not a practicing real estate agent. How...
by Michel Friedman | Apr 22, 2015 | Featured, Guest Columns
I often see articles and advertising in which real estate sales associates refer to themselves as “professionals”. Often I see arguments about how “un-professional” we are and that we should act more like professionals. Recently I read an article in REM saying that we...
by Ken Goodfellow | Apr 15, 2015 | Advice for Agents, Featured, Guest Columns
At the beginning of the year we all took time out of our day-to-day operations and responsibilities to review our previous year in business and prepare ourselves for 2015. “What worked? What didn’t?” “Did we generate enough business through the sales pipeline?”...
by Garry Bhaura | Apr 7, 2015 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns
It’s no secret that international buyers are becoming an increasingly important group in real estate markets globally and Canada is no exception. Although most buyers tend to focus on Chinese or Latin American buyers, the South Asian market is continually growing in...
by Richard Silver | Apr 1, 2015 | Guest Columns
During cold weather, there’s nothing more comfortable than radiant heating, especially when it’s installed in your flooring or used for high-end treats like heated towel racks. However, if you’ve used a product known as Kitec in the installation of the radiant heat,...