by Joseph Richer | Jul 28, 2020 | Columnists, Featured
The past few months have highlighted a serious issue that is endemic, and which requires urgent attention. It is tragic that this awareness has come at the high price of lives lost, great sorrow and anger. The Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) believes in a fair...
by Kathleen Black | Jul 27, 2020 | Columnists
There have always been mixed messages stating what and how we should be communicating with clients, but with COVID-19, the confusion was amplified even more. No matter what situation we find ourselves in, it’s important to find what works best for you, your business...
by David J Rotfleisch | Jul 10, 2020 | Columnists, Featured, Legal Issues
On June 25, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced that it would carry out a tax review of six years of U.S. real estate transactions in order to find any tax non-compliance from Canadian taxpayers. CRA is looking for “real estate and property data in bulk form, in...
by David Greenspan | Jul 9, 2020 | Columnists
Has the business of real estate really changed much? I mean from 20 or 30 years ago, even 40 to 50 years ago? You’re probably thinking I’m crazy to even ask that. But think about it – what has really changed? Yes, there is a whole bunch of new tech tools available and...
by Antoine Saker | Jul 7, 2020 | Columnists
Once upon a time, in a neighborhood not so far away, there lived two investors who made different choices. Who fared better? You be the judge. On every edition of Tales of Two Investments, two different real estate investments will be weighed under the same scale....
by Aiman Attar | Jul 6, 2020 | Columnists
We are living in interesting times to say the least. We have seen the rise and fall of many businesses that had funding and were fiscally strong in a booming economy but did not foresee a future like this. None of us saw this coming and it has thrown us quite the...