by REM Editorial Team | Jan 1, 2003 | Publisher's Page
believe as far back as the 1960s, I heard a story about an international chemical company that was operating a plant in a third-world country. I am not referring to well documented cases, such as the tragedy in India in 1984, but rather a story that was going around...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 1, 2002 | Publisher's Page
A home is a place where dreams come true. Homes are places where plans are made on papers that have coffee rings on them. Homes always have well-thumbed maps that are kept near by. Homes have marks on the walls where children grew, even if the people in the home don’t...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 1, 2002 | Letters to the Editor
In his guest column, Challenging the myth of unbundling, in the October 2002 issue of REM, Richard Forster refers to RECO’s insurance claims statistics. Unfortunately, Mr. Forster misquoted Alan Silverstein, chair of RECO’s Insurance Committee, regarding these...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 1, 2002 | Publisher's Page
Throughout the history of our country we have seen property ownership change hands through the force of war, racism and actions that have been nothing short of highway robbery. There are thousands of people in Canada with legitimate claims of compensation for land...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 1, 2002 | Guest Columns
BY RICHARD FORSTER A recent REM column suggested that real estate should be unbundled in this age of the empowered consumer. Consumers want a new deal in the 21st century. Many new business models rooted, blossomed, and became compost in the dot-com meltdown of...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 1, 2002 | Publisher's Page
BY HEINO MOLLS – In our journey through life, we have all picked up stories that we tell about our experiences. The stories reflect our thoughts, our perspectives and our opinions. We should all be writing them down. Most of us have heard the old adage that...