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Oh, to be a Realtor today

There are millions of people in the world right now who are dreaming of coming to Canada. Within those millions there are hundreds of thousands of people who make efforts to come here. And of those hundreds of thousands, only a few thousand actually get to be...

Motorboats and snowmobiles

I remember the first time I ever stood on a dock on a lake in the Ontario vacation area of Muskoka during the 1950s. What a wonderful experience it was.   I recall looking enviously at the folks who drove around the lake in all manner of motor boats. They were mostly...

Oh Canada eh?

Okay. Canada Day is coming up and for all the people who read this column regularly, and I mean both of you, I need not tell you again how much this country means to me. But you know I will. As an immigrant from 1953 I have benefited enormously from growing up here. I...

Maureen O’Neill for TREB president

I hope that REM readers will forgive a departure from my usual column and permit me this personal message to readers in Toronto. Bringing the real estate industry to a higher level of professionalism has been a work in progress that I have watched for over three...

The rules of the beach

After many years of hard work as a Realtor, Martha had finally saved enough money to purchase waterfront property. She had a lovely house built overlooking the beach and enjoyed the beautiful view over the water. The waterfront had many rocks and boulders. It also had...