by REM Editorial Team | Aug 11, 2014 | Advice for Agents, Publisher's Page
Our cities are more crowded than ever. There are so many people, so many appliances churning, so much need for food manufacturing and so much more of everything. These are the things that are causing global warming, development of insular technology and sadly,...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 31, 2014 | Letters to the Editor, Profiles
Someone who should be added to REM’s list of The Difference Makers (June): Hanna Ostrowiecki founded Leading Edge Software in 1989 and was the company president until 2009 when illness forced her to retire and move quick!Office Commander products to Emphasys...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 22, 2014 | Letters to the Editor
Re: Planning an exit strategy (REM, July) Just read the exit strategy for retiring from one’s brokerage business, but what about a semi-retirement strategy for senior Realtors or associate brokers? At 70, my business has slowed down considerably during the past two...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 14, 2014 | Advice for Agents, Publisher's Page
Thirty years ago I asked a very successful sales professional if he could give me one word that would best define a great salesperson. He thought for a moment and then said, “Teacher.” I believe that is as true today as it was then. The best salesperson is a teacher...
by REM Editorial Team | Jun 26, 2014 | Advice for Agents, Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor Re: Who had the biggest impact on the real estate industry during the last 25 years? From my university business-educated and corporately trained point of view, the biggest failure in the history of organized real estate is the total disregard of...
by REM Editorial Team | Jun 18, 2014 | Publisher's Page
We asked readers from across the country to give us their choices of influential industry people for our 25th Anniversary edition. I know most of the people whose names were submitted and I agree with the composition of that list but there are so many more. Maureen...