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...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 8, 2010 | Featured, Guest Columns
By Ari Lahdekorpi It seems that every few years someone comes along with a concept or a business model to improve on the tried and true compensation method that has worked best for the real estate industry over the last hundred years. The means of compensation paid...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 28, 2010 | Guest Columns
By Ari Lahdekorpi Albert Einstein died in 1955, having seen his concepts create a new world of understanding during his life. His passing was at a time when the cold war between the Soviets and the Americans was escalating. Much of the worry of that year and the...
by Debbie Hanlon | Jun 4, 2010 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns
By Debbie Hanlon When I started out in real estate I was 28-years-old. I was the single mother of three young children, living on social assistance, and I didn’t even own a car at the time. Yet within a year I was the top agent in my home province. Within a year I was...
by REM Editorial Team | Mar 4, 2010 | Guest Columns
By Ari Lahdekorpi Epigenetics is the study of the material that surrounds and encases our genes. (“Epi” is from the ancient Greek word that means ‘above’ or ‘over’, hence the term epigenetics). In recent years there have been some interesting findings regarding this...
