by REM Editorial Team | Sep 7, 2011 | Guest Columns
By Ari Lahdekorpi It is fascinating to ponder what ownership of property really is. On one side you can see the homeless in any of the major Canadian cities, clutching their cardboard, garbage bags and shopping carts. Their sense of security and shelter differs...
by REM Editorial Team | Sep 6, 2011 | Publisher's Page
In 1977, I had the great privilege of driving along a highway overlooking the fantastic red cliffs of the Italian Riviera. I was on a pristine toll road that looked like it had just been finished. I found it odd that there was hardly anyone else on the highway....
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 29, 2011 | Featured, Letters to the Editor
I am once again upset with your publication. (August 2011 edition). The cover story (once again) features a Realtor who works at the business on a somewhat part-time basis. Now I realize in this case he is a volunteer firefighter, but I really believe that continually...
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 24, 2011 | Letters to the Editor
In a career that already includes enormous professional responsibilities and personal marketing expenditures, I don’t need the government’s Competition Bureau becoming the spokesperson for one, two or three disgruntled businessmen in an industry with over 90,000...
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 24, 2011 | Featured, Guest Columns
By Ross Kay I am a third generation Realtor, the son of a local legend. My father is the guy people still tell stories about 30 years later. They tell of him knocking on doors in snow storms. His competitors remember when listings were tightly guarded secrets during...
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 10, 2011 | Featured, Publisher's Page
When the MLS System was first introduced in Toronto over 50 years ago it was called the Photo Co-op system. When it started there were many board members who scoffed at the idea of sharing information with fellow Realtors in the city. Some brokers felt it was unfair...
