by REM Editorial Team | Aug 8, 2011 | Featured, Guest Columns
By Frank Kirschner Scores of economic prognosticators are continually trying to determine when the U.S market will level off. Many investors are asking, will there ever be a better time to buy? No doubt about it, there’s never been a better time to buy a U.S....
by REM Editorial Team | May 25, 2011 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns
By Ari Lahdekorpi Over the years I have watched real estate practitioners come and go. Some have built amazing careers that seem to have no limit to their growth, and others never find any type of appreciable trajectory. The difference between those who reach the...
by REM Editorial Team | May 12, 2011 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns
By Larry Bull In the 2009 federal budget, Canada’s finance minister announced his intention to establish a national task force dedicated to providing advice and recommendations on a strategy to strengthen Canadians’ financial literacy. Appointed in June 2009, the...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 4, 2011 | Featured, Guest Columns
By Michel Chevalier To be green, or not to be green? That is the question! The answer my friends, is not blowing in the wind, as many residents of rural Canada and elsewhere around the world are finding out – the hard way – by living next to giant industrial wind...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 1, 2011 | Featured, Guest Columns
By Ron Stuart The Guest Column (REM November 2010) did our industry a service by raising the subject of agent remuneration, but the assertion that sale-contingent commission is the best compensation method for ever and all time perhaps deserves some scrutiny. Public...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 14, 2011 | Featured, Guest Columns
By Mary LaMeres & Lyle Martin In a recent guest column in REM (November 2010), broker Ari Lahdekorpi wrote in praise of commission-based compensation. The author commented that “any flat fee or a la carte type of formula removes some aspect of motivation or...
