by REM Editorial Team | Jul 1, 2002 | Letters to the Editor
Re: CREA moves to protect integrity of MLS (June): I am glad that finally, our leaders in the organized real estates have the courage to say, “we have had enough” to our government. The saddest thing in our industry is the continued erosion of our hard‑earned...
by REM Editorial Team | Jun 1, 2002 | Letters to the Editor
Your May article on mandatory continuing education rightly pointed out the advantages of online courses. I was disappointed to see, however, that the Ontario Real Estate Association was not mentioned as a major provider of such courses. OREA was a pioneer in the...
by REM Editorial Team | Jun 1, 2002 | Letters to the Editor
Competition laws regarding price fixing are in place to prevent monopolies and lack of choices. The MLS system, however, is just one of many marketing vehicles. To place a minimum rate for advertising on the MLS does not impair choice in any way. I personally advocate...
by REM Editorial Team | Jun 1, 2002 | Letters to the Editor
Re: Would you let me advertise your listings (Metes & Bounds by Marty Douglas, April): I guess we are all entitled to our bad‑hair‑day now and then, and this one was yours! I’ve saved (for about 25 years now) an incredibly stern warning from Council back then...
by REM Editorial Team | May 1, 2002 | Letters to the Editor
Marty, I agree with you. I used to own a small independent company with a mall kiosk. My company never use to have enough listings to fill the feature space so I used MLS Listings. They always had the Listing Company named in the feature sheet. It got to be more...
by REM Editorial Team | May 1, 2002 | Letters to the Editor
Marty, I enjoy reading your articles. I really appreciate those individuals who say it as it is. That’s why I miss John Cooke’s articles. He sure knew how to stir the pot with some very interesting issues. Anyhow, I thought that you might want to check out an...
