by Susan Doran | Jan 7, 2015 | Featured, Profiles
Veteran broker David Weir has been in the real estate business long enough to have witnessed the proliferation of teams become one of the biggest phenomena in real estate. “This business model certainly wasn’t in vogue when I started in real estate almost 20 years ago...
by Donald Lapowich | Jan 6, 2015 | Featured, Legal Issues
Every month, real estate lawyer Donald Lapowich, Q.C. writes brief summaries of some of the most significant legal cases pertaining to real estate in Canada for REM. In a significant Ontario Court of Appeal decision (Toronto Standard Condominium Corporation No. 2095...
by Marty Douglas | Jan 5, 2015 | Featured
Happy New Year! Imagine you’re a civilian. You are meeting a real estate licensee for the first time, considering whether or not to list your home and then perhaps buy another. Because you owe all of them money, you can’t ask friends or family for a recommendation so...
by Toby Welch | Jan 2, 2015 | Advice for Agents, Featured
Goals are a powerful tool to have in your real estate arsenal. They point you in the direction you want to go, like a roadmap. Without goals, you can be easily distracted by external influences and spend time on back roads instead of on the freeway straight to your...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 22, 2014 | Boards & Associations, Featured, Technology
The Canadian Real Estate Association has secured the rights to the top-level domain extension “.mls”, after bidding US$3.36 million in an auction held on December 17. The association emerged victorious after a bidding war with Afilias, a global registry...
by Yvonne Dick | Dec 19, 2014 | Advice for Agents, Featured
When it comes to selling a property, pets and people don’t mix. From an unpleasant odour that turns off prospective buyers to damage that can result in disclosure issues and lawsuits, selling a house with pets can cause trouble for sales reps. Karri Flatla of Re/Max...
