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Real estate retainers

I was thinking the other day about how lawyers are licensed to operate in each province. They provide their clients guidance and counsel them through important transactions. Real estate professionals guide clients too. They guide them through the most important...

What a country. What a profession.

By Heino Molls It is an irrefutable fact that there is no better country to live in than Canada. North America is the most highly sought after destination in the world for people who want to leave their country and immigrate to another. I have beaten that drum so many...

The Buffalo Blue Jays

In real estate, the idea of sharing property is hardly an extraordinary thing. Owning a residence or tenure within the same property with other people is a condominium. You have your own place, but you share some broader ownership like entrances, the grounds and the...

A Canada Day quiz

It’s Canada Day, a big day for me. I have written many times that I immigrated here in the ’50s. This day is especially significant because I know that I would never get into this country under the point system that the government has in place today. I don’t have...

It was 20 years ago today

What a year of anniversaries this is for me. From the first time I delivered a paper route to working at the Toronto Star to Real Estate News and all kinds of stuff in between. I could tell you stories. But not today.   This story is about REM.   Back in 1989 I...

Dogs, condos and apartments

I love dogs.   I’ve had many dogs in my life. The best dog that there ever was in the whole world was our family dog Lou, who died three years ago. I will miss him forever. There never was before and there never will be again a dog as wonderful as our Lou.   As I now...