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Rural Canada gets the Acts

By James MacMaster   The just-before-Christmas National Post headline, Rural Canada in Crisis was an eye-catcher, if for no other reason than the word “rural” so seldom graces any of the cover sheets of our major dailies.  A Senate Committee had just released an...

What a life for full-time Realtor

How lovely that you’ve decided to promote “the Paramedic Life Saving Realtor” in your latest issue.  You and the public may not be aware of this, but there are actually many tens of thousands who have made their life commitment to serve exclusively as “full-time”...

What message does this send?

What message does this send? Does it tell us that you can be a full-time paramedic and pursue a successful real estate career at ease, or that medicine and real estate are a good mix for individuals who have lots of natural drive, and energy and are in good health?  ...

Part-timers

I just received your Feb. issue of REM magazine with a photo of a part-time Realtor on the cover who is also “saving lives”.  What are you guys thinking about or are you thinking at all?  How would a sales marketing magazine directed to professional Realtors feature a...

Trademark symbols and REM

You can’t read REM in Saskatoon anymore.   The Saskatoon Real Estate Board will no longer distribute REM to real estate offices, because when we use the terms Realtor or MLS in our editorial copy (the stories and articles), we do not use the ® symbol with them.   Why...

What’s with the bag?

I’ve been enjoying REM for many years but was appalled to get the most recent edition in a plastic sleeve! Eeeegads, how many ten of thousands of issues across Canada sealed in plastic that must now be disposed of?Please, reconsider this environmental waste!!!Uta...