by REM Editorial Team | Jan 13, 2012 | Featured, News
By Daniel L. Kiselbach and Cheryl Teron British Columbia is the first Canadian province to allow individual real estate licencees to form personal real estate corporations (PREC). Under the Real Estate Services Act and the Real Estate Services Regulation, Realtors can...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 11, 2012 | Boards & Associations, Featured
Quebec’s provincial real estate association will appeal a recent Quebec Court decision that upholds the right of the for-sale-by-owner firm DuProprio.com to put For Sale signs outside properties and to advertise in newspapers. The court rejected the argument that the...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 9, 2012 | Advice for Agents, Featured
By Ian Grace All too often, I see Realtors with totally different ads for the same property, in different media – they don’t even look like each other. Either that or they are too ordinary, showing yet another front of a house, with nothing memorable about it for...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 5, 2012 | Featured, Profiles
By Jean Sorensen Vancouver has a love affair with lions, not just because of the Lions Gate Bridge and the B.C. Lions Grey Cup champions, but also because the lion dance has become a cultural mainstay of many Chinese festivals within the city’s large Asian community. ...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 3, 2012 | Advice for Agents, Featured
By Rebecca Mountain Many a sales rep sets up a page in Facebook or a Twitter account and then watches as it languishes. “Where are all those fans? Why aren’t my friends becoming immediate and avid fans on my page?” Much head scratching ensues, but no real solution...
by REM Editorial Team | Dec 30, 2011 | Featured, News
Re/Max Crossroads Realty celebrated its 30th anniversary recently with a gala party in Markham, Ont. “I chose the name ‘Crossroads’ for my franchise because my main office is located at the crossroads of Richmond Hill, Markham, North York and Scarborough,” says Barney...