by REM Editorial Team | Apr 19, 2012 | Letters to the Editor
When the buyers become more knowledgeable than the Realtors, it’s time for our industry to make a change. At present, if a buyer searches www.realtor.ca for a property in, say Brampton, Ont., the buyer is able to see all properties listed for sale in his price range...
by REM Editorial Team | Apr 17, 2012 | Letters to the Editor
I had a call on my listing, which was listed for $189,900. Some agents would shy away from these lower-end properties, but I work it just as I do others. It’s someone’s home and they need my service. After I had an accepted offer on the property, I received a phone...
by REM Editorial Team | Sep 16, 2011 | Letters to the Editor
Doug Baird’s letter to the editor in the September edition insults every community-minded contribution Realtors and our industry have made over the years. Since when is “volunteering” less professional than giving back nothing as Mr. Baird would suggest we do? What’s...
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 29, 2011 | Featured, Letters to the Editor
I am once again upset with your publication. (August 2011 edition). The cover story (once again) features a Realtor who works at the business on a somewhat part-time basis. Now I realize in this case he is a volunteer firefighter, but I really believe that continually...
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 24, 2011 | Letters to the Editor
In a career that already includes enormous professional responsibilities and personal marketing expenditures, I don’t need the government’s Competition Bureau becoming the spokesperson for one, two or three disgruntled businessmen in an industry with over 90,000...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 20, 2011 | Featured, Letters to the Editor
I read with great interest the two Letters to the Editor in REM (July) by Mike Montague and Joseph Panchyshyn and I thought the letters were passionate and to the point. Mike seems to feel that he has the support of and speaks for the 100,000 members of CREA, and that...