by REM Editorial Team | Mar 28, 2012 | Advice for Agents, Publisher's Page
Somewhere in the country right now there is a salesperson sitting at their desk or at their kitchen table with their head in their hands and in deep despair. This person could be a woman or a man, old or young, rich or poor (but probably poor) and probably very much...
by REM Editorial Team | Mar 1, 2012 | Publisher's Page
I am so old now that I wonder if at the end of the day they will take my old bones and set them up in the museum beside the other dinosaurs. I have seen so many cycles in the real estate business that I wonder if anything in this business can even make me blink...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 2, 2012 | Publisher's Page
We are coming up on St. Valentine’s Day. It’s the day that grocery stores have extra flowers shipped in to accommodate shoppers who rush to the store to pick up a last minute bouquet or box of chocolates to express their feigned thoughtfulness. It is also a time when...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 12, 2012 | Publisher's Page
It is not unusual to hear about people buying a house with no money down – it does happen here and there. Sometimes it’s done by securing a second loan in addition to the first mortgage. It may be a vendor taking back the additional money between the first mortgage...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 21, 2011 | Publisher's Page
I am writing a Christmas story about two friends this month, Richard and Ruth Kneider. Years ago, Richard was part of the management team at the old El Mocambo nightclub and the Ports of Call Tavern in Toronto. Ruth used to waitress at another bar that Richard...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 4, 2011 | Publisher's Page
There is no part of this country that is immune to snow. Our west coast can occasionally get by with minimal amounts but at the end of the day every nook and cranny of our fabulous land gets snow. So we better talk about it because it’s coming. We better get ready. I...
