by Tony Palermo | May 15, 2017 | Featured, Profiles
Kelley Skar, the chief operating officer of Calgary-based Redline Real Estate Group, believes the term “full-service brokerage” is being used too loosely within the real estate industry, including within the pages of REM, and it’s something he finds puzzling. “In the...
by Ryan Hodge | May 12, 2017 | Featured
I am often approached by salespeople who say they plan to “partner up” with another agent. Reasons to do this vary from sharing marketing dollars to “spotting” each other while one takes a vacation. While there is a definite appeal to having a partner in an industry...
by Ross Wilson | May 10, 2017 | Columnists, Featured
[quote_box_center]“If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” – Erica Jong.[/quote_box_center] In this third column in my series on the controversial topic of real estate fees, let’s talk about something that I suspect most agents fail to seriously consider when...
by REM Editorial Team | May 9, 2017 | Featured, News
Mortgage Professionals Canada has launched a new web-based consumer advocacy campaign and website to highlight “the negative impacts of the federal government’s changes to mortgage insurance and eligibility,” the association says. The association says the federal...
by Irina Sfranciog and Rachael Segal | May 8, 2017 | Featured, Legal Issues
In Canada, resident sellers of a principal residence are usually eligible for an exemption from the capital gains tax that would otherwise be triggered by the sale of a principal residence. Non-resident sellers must pay a capital gains tax of 25 per cent on the...
by Jeffrey Wagman | May 5, 2017 | Columnists, Featured
Are you expecting to have loyal clients in the real estate sales world? You will need to put in a lot of years to get a few. It’s not a negative thing, but most people look after themselves first, not you. I have learned that for every 10 years you are working in this...
