by REM Editorial Team | Apr 13, 2010 | Letters to the Editor
Re/Max has recently been practicing pure “puffery”, conducting a national radio and TV advertising campaign that claims they are, “Canada’s Favourite Agents”. While new agents are taught that you can’t make such claims unless the source or basis on which the claim is...
by REM Editorial Team | Apr 6, 2010 | Letters to the Editor
It appears the Competition Bureau has an axe to grind and they have chosen us as their test case. Their contention that we are restricting competition is neither factually nor conceptually correct. If you type in anything but MLS to inquire about property sale...
by REM Editorial Team | Mar 31, 2010 | Letters to the Editor
I read with considerable interest Michael Polzler’s opinions in the March 2010 edition of REM (Paid advertisement, page 2). Michael challenged us to make our voices heard. I identify very strongly with consumers when it comes to their relations with some so-called...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 26, 2010 | Letters to the Editor
I have never read a more truthful and accurate piece of prose than the opinion piece by Jamie MacMaster published in the February 2010 edition of REM (Ontario hasn’t heard the news – The climate change battle is over). Al Gore’s completely false and...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 26, 2010 | Letters to the Editor
Mark Weisleder (lawyer, author and speaker to the real estate industry) claims in his article The truth about property disclosure statements (REM, December) that “in many communities across Canada” sellers who do not fill out a property disclosure statement will...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 19, 2010 | Letters to the Editor
I totally agree with the concept of the $1,000 retainer, it makes so much sense. Twenty-five dollars an hour is a somewhat fair wage for the self-employed. The buyer doesn’t even have to pay it if they buy. In the case of a listing agreement, same for the $1,000 – so...
