by REM Editorial Team | Jun 18, 2012 | Letters to the Editor
After 35 years in the business, even slow old pokes like myself tend to get a feel for markets and it always amazes me how the media sees things and the very different way that I see things. My clients get monthly newsletters that are more optimistic than anything in...
by REM Editorial Team | Jun 5, 2012 | Letters to the Editor
Just how dumb are we? Twenty per cent of my emails to TREB Realtors come back with the following message: “The users’ mail folder is over the allowed quota (size).” This has been going on for years. Either TREB has a crappy e-mail system or thousands of Realtors are...
by REM Editorial Team | May 29, 2012 | Featured, Letters to the Editor
Recent correspondence in REM has provoked some interest and discussion so I thought I would offer readers and online posters some information on what’s actually going on in organized real estate. Too often we see people offering opinions on issues they are not current...
by REM Editorial Team | May 23, 2012 | Letters to the Editor
With the soon-to-be collapse of CREA as we once knew it, it may be time to turn to the people who actually licence and regulate Realtors in Canada, our provincial governments. The vast majority of real estate is done on the local or provincial level in its respective...
by REM Editorial Team | May 16, 2012 | Letters to the Editor
CREA has spent a great deal of effort to determine what the role of the Realtor will be in the next five to 10 years. I am not convinced that whatever decisions CREA makes will actually have a significant impact on the role of Realtors going forward. However, I do...
by REM Editorial Team | Apr 27, 2012 | Letters to the Editor
I am the founder, CEO and Realtor behind ViewPoint Realty, the operator of the VOW (virtual office website) at ViewPoint.ca. We presently offer service only in Nova Scotia, although ViewPoint is a member of real estate boards outside of Nova Scotia, including the...
