by REM Editorial Team | Feb 1, 2001 | Letters to the Editor
This is in response to comments by David Burns, broker/owner Royal LePage Ram Realty in Calgary, in reply to the question: “What keeps a broker in business today?” (REM, January). To suggest that brokers operating from their homes are “less...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 1, 2001 | Publisher's Page
BY HEINO MOLLS There is a lot of talk about the economy slowing down these days. Many people are pointing to signs of a recession. I hear a good deal of doom and gloom about job losses in the months and years ahead. This is not idle chatter, we are told. There are...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 1, 2001 | Guest Columns, Technology
BY PETER ROBINSON Disintermediation is a word that, if you have not heard it before, you will be hearing often in the future. Disintermediation means “the removal of the in between.” In context of our business, removal of the “in between”...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 1, 2001 | Guest Columns
BY DAVE FOUNTAIN I would like to dispel a couple of myths that have been present in the real estate industry since the beginning of the real estate franchise. Myth #1: You must have a store-front office location to operate a real estate office. Myth #2: You must...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 1, 2001 | Publisher's Page
BY HEINO MOLLS Is there any one of us who has not benefitted from the advice of someone in their past? Who has 'caught a break' from someone? We have all been helped by someone who took the time to give us a helping hand. An important aspect of planning...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 1, 2001 | Guest Columns
BY ARI LAHDEKORPI The real estate profession has the power to make anyone committed to the job a better person. It's almost a necessity. It seems that the best Realtors are those who are able to work through the foibles of personal demotivation, ridicule,...
