by Jim Fannon | Apr 7, 2017 | Featured, Guest Columns
Could a discounted selling broker, co-op or buyer agent’s commission (let’s refer to it as “co-op commission”) hurt the enthusiasm of the buyer’s agent and impact the seller’s bottom line in a negative fashion? You bet it could. The truth is, a discounted co-op...
by Joe Samson | Apr 6, 2017 | Advice for Agents, Featured
Maintaining a real estate blog that attracts a lot of visitors is not something that happens by chance. It takes hard work, regular updating and attention to detail. If you want visitors to read what you have to say, you must entice them with killer content and...
by Andrew Gazdecki | Apr 5, 2017 | Featured, Products
Real estate salespeople are in an ultra-competitive marketplace that creates a challenge to constantly survey the horizon for new opportunities to gain a leg up. Sometimes this may mean getting the first, inside scoop on a new property hitting the market; other times,...
by REM Editorial Team | Apr 4, 2017 | Featured, News
The Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) has chosen the consortium of Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning and NIIT Canada as the future provider of registration education for real estate salespeople and brokers in the province. After a...
by REM Editorial Team | Apr 4, 2017 | Featured, Good Works
The Canadian Realtors Care Foundation has named Laura-Leah Shaw of Vancouver the recipient of its national award. Shaw, of Re/Max Crest Realty Westside, was selected because of the multitude of charities and activist organizations she actively supports. From...
by Diane Slawych | Apr 3, 2017 | Featured, Profiles
She’s had doors slammed in her face, worked during the crash in the real estate market, experienced rampant sexism and fled from gun-toting homeowners – more than once. Subject material for a Hollywood blockbuster perhaps? Not exactly. These are just a few of the...