by Lior Zehtser | Jan 23, 2015 | Advice for Agents, Featured
Of the many questions we receive as chartered accountants, the one that sticks out is, “When are my taxes due?” We hear this question so much because the Canadian tax landscape can make things a bit confusing. As a self-employed real estate agent, your tax payments...
by Eddy Boudiwan and George Hill | Jan 22, 2015 | Advice for Agents, Featured
The following is Part 5 of a series by Eddy Boudiwan and George Hill on building a real estate investment portfolio. Be sure to read the other articles in the series to learn more. I have assembled my team, decided on the areas I want to invest in and have completed...
by Stan Albert | Jan 21, 2015 | Featured
At a family gathering over the holidays, my youngest grand kid said she’s going to enroll in the OREA Real Estate Course and she’s saving up for it. I asked her, “Why real estate?” The answer: “Because I can make a lot of money!” I asked if she’ll be full time and...
by Steven Kenway | Jan 20, 2015 | Featured, Technology
Real estate has been a paper-and-pen-centric business requiring many face-to-face interactions to complete a transaction. Regulating bodies have required documentation of historical transactions be stored and archived for decades in some jurisdictions for audit and...
by Connie Adair | Jan 19, 2015 | Featured, Good Works, Profiles
When Austin Saunders lived on the street, no one made eye contact, let alone talked to him. That changed last fall when Pat Werestiuk wandered by his tent in the forest. Werestiuk, a sales associate with Re/Max Associates in Winnipeg, was walking his dogs when he...
by Debbie Hanlon | Jan 16, 2015 | Advice for Agents, Featured
It’s that season again when the new year, new me talk is all the rage. Resolutions have been made and in many cases already broken. More than half of us declare quite publicly that we are going to do something that will improve our lives and make us better people in...
