by Ari Lahdekorpi | Jan 30, 2018 | Featured, Guest Columns
The Office of the Superintendent of Real Estate in B.C., a newly created government overseer of the industry, has decreed that an agent must not, and indeed cannot, double-end a deal. The ramifications of this amplified rule, which takes effect on March 15, are just...
by David Fleming | Jan 29, 2018 | Featured, Guest Columns
How many transactions did the average Toronto Realtor do in 2017? Search Google all you want – I assure you that you will never find the answer to that question. So many people ask me questions on this subject all the time. And even agents themselves want to know! I...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 25, 2018 | Letters to the Editor
In response to “CREA president Andrew Peck on the state of the real estate industry”: I might suggest you re-interview Andrew Peck. Andrew Peck says, “There are a few (Realtors) who will chirp and say this is terrible and I don’t think they...
by Mark Brodsky | Jan 19, 2018 | Columnists, Featured
Most New Year’s resolutions fall to the wayside within a few weeks. We may start with the best of intentions, then life gets in the way. If one of your resolutions was to keep connected to past clients, I’m going to help you keep it! When it comes to something...
by Brian Martindale | Jan 8, 2018 | Guest Columns
Why can’t most sales reps be trusted to conduct double-enders equitably or ethically? Here is the short answer: It simply is not in their collective nature to do so. Here is the long answer: During the early 1960s, psychological studies were conducted by Stanford...
by Heino Molls | Jan 3, 2018 | Featured, Publisher's Page
Thomas Edison is acknowledged to be the inventor of the light bulb. The truth is that there were about a dozen or more scientists who invented various versions of the light bulb before him. Edison was a brilliant and clever fellow, but his real genius was to pull...
