by REM Editorial Team | Dec 21, 2009 | Letters to the Editor
The articles by Boris J. Bubas and Jennifer Rockburne about real estate retainers in the November edition of REM got me to thinking. Some in our business seem to think that the public should be compelled to pay up (a retainer) before actually engaging our services...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 17, 2009 | Publisher's Page
Welcome to the December issue of REM, our last one for 2009, the celebration year of our 20th anniversary of publishing. We made a deliberate decision to not mark this anniversary with balloons and hoopla but rather to work harder and make an even greater effort to be...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 1, 2009 | Letters to the Editor
I am disturbed by the misleading information in your recent article Financing for vacation properties by Shirley Evans in the October REM. You state, “In British Columbia, for instance, there are aboriginal claims on a lot of land, which means your client can only...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 20, 2009 | Letters to the Editor
Thanks for the great column on lazy Realtors (New ideas and change – The Publisher’s Page, November REM) –I call them “Wieners and Whiners”. I can’t stand FINTRAC (why should I put my life on the line for the feds? I will, if they arm me) as I am not an...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 19, 2009 | Publisher's Page
I would like to say thank you to a few folks who responded to the column in REM’s last issue. I had written about the idea of paying Realtors a retainer up front for their professional services along with a negotiated commission. It is good to hear from people who...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 30, 2009 | Letters to the Editor
I just finished reading your article in the October edition of REM (Real Estate Retainers, The Publisher’s Page), and I had to write to tell you that I could not agree with you more. I have often wondered (and discussed with other Realtors) why we are so desperate to...
