by Richard Robbins | May 5, 2016 | Advice for Agents, Featured
A question that I am asked quite regularly is, “Do open houses still work for generating leads and closing sales in real estate?” Absolutely they do! In fact, any type of lead generation you choose will work if you are great at it. In our video, Do Open Houses Work? I...
by Michel Friedman | May 4, 2016 | Featured, Guest Columns
In my 26 year career in real estate I have often pondered the issue of branding. I have worked for international brands, Canadian brands and local (Greater Toronto Area) brokerages that you might call “no-name” companies. All were successful businesses in their own...
by REM Editorial Team | May 3, 2016 | Featured, News
Coldwell Banker Real Estate has joined forces with 20th Century Fox as the exclusive real estate partner of the upcoming movie X-Men: Apocalypse, which opens in theatres on May 27. A mock X-Mansion listing allows film and X-Men enthusiasts to browse photos and view a...
by Neil Sharma | May 2, 2016 | Featured, Profiles
If you have a dream, call Wasim. That would be Century 21 Bravo Realty’s Wasim Elafech, the franchiser’s No. 1 worldwide salesperson in 2015, whose slogan couldn’t be any more appropriate. The Calgary-based sales rep beat out 100,000 other agents around the world to...
by Diane Slawych | Apr 29, 2016 | Featured, Profiles
On the Uros Islands of Peru, home maintenance takes on a whole new meaning. Forget replacing the roof or the furnace. The indigenous inhabitants of these islands face a much more drastic task – that of rebuilding their entire homes every few years! That’s because the...
by REM Editorial Team | Apr 28, 2016 | Boards & Associations, Featured, News
The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) has engaged in anti-competitive acts that had “a considerable adverse impact on innovation, quality and the range of residential real estate brokerage services that likely would be offered in the GTA” without TREB’s restrictive...
