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More on bogus bidding

Re: Are bogus bidding stories bogus? (REM, December 2007)   I read with interest the recent article regarding bogus bidding.  I would like to clarify a few points as far as I understand things.  Michael Manley, owner of Prudential Properties Plus, past member of the...

It’s getting better in 2008

The year 2008 looks to be a year of philosophic business to me. I see the year ahead as the start of an awakening that hopefully will continue through 2009 and years to come.   The times that are ahead remind me a lot of the ‘50s and the ‘60s when people began...

Why too much success made me quit

By Dan White   I have done a lot of things in my life and selling real estate is just one of them. What I am going to share is a formula that worked so well for me, that it became a lifestyle problem and drove me out of the business of selling houses.   I have had a...

More on phantom bids

Re: Are bogus bidding stories bogus? – REM, December 2007   First TREB president Maureen O’Neill denies the existence of phantom bids, then faced with the reality that it is indeed a problem in our market, strikes a task force to “separate fact from fiction.” Ms....

The story of Realtor Ralph

Ralph came out of the projects. He finished high school with some pretty impressive credentials. He had full scholarship offers from several universities. He was no miracle kid but for a guy who lived his whole life in assisted housing blocks with a poor single mom,...

More on the Competition Bureau

Re: Competition Bureau  Hats off to Brian Hirtle for his critique of the Competition Bureau and their collective badgering of our industry (Letters to the Editor, November). Why doesn’t the Competition Bureau get off their butts and do something about the gas prices...