by REM Editorial Team | Aug 21, 2012 | Letters to the Editor
Just prior to Melanie Aitken’s August 2009 appointment to the federal Competition Bureau’s top job (Commissioner), the government implemented sweeping legal powers, dictatorial and unconstitutional in nature, in my opinion, that enabled Ms Aitken to impose...
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 9, 2012 | Letters to the Editor
Is Buyer Broker Agency designed to tie up the public? I’m not so sure the BBA is about loyalty per se. There have been many discussions about why the Real Estate Council of Ontario insists agents have a buyer broker contract in place. They will not adjudicate a...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 24, 2012 | Letters to the Editor
One of the principle concepts under the Technology and Data sections of ORE – Map of the Future is that Realtor.ca should be improved to be more responsive to member and market needs. In fact, the ORE paper says, one of the potential benefits is that we may be able to...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 17, 2012 | Letters to the Editor
Thinking about the general mindset CREA takes towards Realtor.ca I am reminded about the story of the old couple who bought a new couch and placed their old one at the end of their driveway with a sign pinned to it that read, “Free couch”. At the end of the day as...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 11, 2012 | Letters to the Editor
The system of developing and controlling Realtors nationally has always been broken, right from the git-go, decades upon decades ago. The system was built and has been supported upon a false premise. It all started when the “sell, sell, sell” pure hard-sell sales...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 3, 2012 | Letters to the Editor
I consider myself a person who has a lot of patience but, with almost 57 years living on this planet and 11 as a Realtor, I think that it’s time to stop being polite and speak clearly about something that will affect thousands of Realtors across Canada. The last...
