by REM Editorial Team | Mar 1, 2005 | Guest Columns
By John Polito We live in a very judgmental world, peopled by numerous societies, with each society employing their own standards for judging people. For example, in Paris they say, “You are what you wear.” In Los Angeles, “You are what you drive”. In Canada, from St....
by REM Editorial Team | Sep 1, 2004 | Guest Columns
By Jerry Heed The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board has approximately 2,000 members. Each year members pay about $4 million to create and maintain the MLS database, which is the main function of the board. That works out to $2,000 per member. There are some...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 1, 2004 | Guest Columns
BY RICHARD SILVER Not that I’m complaining, but I’m constantly amazed by the number of people who stop me in the street at any time in the day or night and assume that “How’s the real estate market?” is another way of saying, “How are you?” or “Wassup?” I’m a...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 1, 2003 | Guest Columns
BY GARY HOCKEY Most of us who make our daily living in the real estate industry would agree that the industry has undergone some significant changes in recent years. However, if you’re one of the many people who still think that our industry is just beginning to...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 1, 2003 | Guest Columns
BY JIM HAZZARD How do you finance the purchase of rural or agricultural properties? Here’s a horror story about the insensitivity of our financial institutions. The buyer and his partner decide they want to move from downtown Toronto to develop a...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 1, 2002 | Guest Columns
BY RICHARD FORSTER A recent REM column suggested that real estate should be unbundled in this age of the empowered consumer. Consumers want a new deal in the 21st century. Many new business models rooted, blossomed, and became compost in the dot-com meltdown of...
