by REM Editorial Team | Nov 20, 2009 | Letters to the Editor
Thanks for the great column on lazy Realtors (New ideas and change – The Publisher’s Page, November REM) –I call them “Wieners and Whiners”. I can’t stand FINTRAC (why should I put my life on the line for the feds? I will, if they arm me) as I am not an...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 30, 2009 | Letters to the Editor
I just finished reading your article in the October edition of REM (Real Estate Retainers, The Publisher’s Page), and I had to write to tell you that I could not agree with you more. I have often wondered (and discussed with other Realtors) why we are so desperate to...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 24, 2009 | Letters to the Editor
I am writing in regards to an article by Erik Pisor of Inman News that appeared in the June 2009 edition of REM: Competition Bureau visits flat-fee U.S. brokers. The article contains inaccurate statements about the Canadian Real Estate Association’s rules. Quoting...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 27, 2009 | Letters to the Editor
I always read your paper, as I find there is always something of interest and use to me. I am writing in response to two letters in the last issue. Home energy rating – When this is proposed by people in the energy/insulation business (read self- interest) and...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 30, 2008 | Letters to the Editor
With several years as a licensed agent and an extensive business background prior to that, I have come to understand one thing about real estate agents in general. We are lumped at about the same level as used car salesmen, lawyers and politicians when it comes to...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 18, 2008 | Letters to the Editor
If you don’t think we need property rights enshrined in our constitution, think again. Ontario’s proposed Bill 101, the Home Energy Rating Act, will materially affect the rights of property owners to sell their property in the most direct and unencumbered way...
