by REM Editorial Team | Mar 1, 2001 | Guest Columns
On becoming a supernatural agent BY ARI LAHDEKORPI In this age of research and analysis, much has been written about the mind. All of this study has created an entire industry dedicated to improving our lot in life. Call it the “self‑help movement” or...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 1, 2001 | Guest Columns, Technology
BY PETER ROBINSON Disintermediation is a word that, if you have not heard it before, you will be hearing often in the future. Disintermediation means “the removal of the in between.” In context of our business, removal of the “in between”...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 1, 2001 | Guest Columns
BY DAVE FOUNTAIN I would like to dispel a couple of myths that have been present in the real estate industry since the beginning of the real estate franchise. Myth #1: You must have a store-front office location to operate a real estate office. Myth #2: You must...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 1, 2001 | Guest Columns
BY ARI LAHDEKORPI The real estate profession has the power to make anyone committed to the job a better person. It's almost a necessity. It seems that the best Realtors are those who are able to work through the foibles of personal demotivation, ridicule,...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 1, 2001 | Guest Columns
Charting the trends: Augmented reality BY BETTY DORE AND MELISSA HARDY‑TREVENNA The next big thing to happen to real estate (and to the world) is augmented reality. You've probably heard of Virtual Reality, in which a participant is immersed in a completely...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 1, 2000 | Guest Columns
BY DON LAWBY It's been more than four years since the CREA Conference in Quebec City where I first called on organized real estate to deal with issues that I felt were important to our future. Since that time, Century 21 Canada and other national real estate...
