by REM Editorial Team | Aug 10, 2011 | Featured, Publisher's Page
When the MLS System was first introduced in Toronto over 50 years ago it was called the Photo Co-op system. When it started there were many board members who scoffed at the idea of sharing information with fellow Realtors in the city. Some brokers felt it was unfair...
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 8, 2011 | Featured, Guest Columns
By Frank Kirschner Scores of economic prognosticators are continually trying to determine when the U.S market will level off. Many investors are asking, will there ever be a better time to buy? No doubt about it, there’s never been a better time to buy a U.S....
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 4, 2011 | Featured, Profiles
By Katherine Fawcett Looking back, Lisa Ames would say almost all her Olympic dreams came true. All but staying in her hometown. “The games were a once-in-a-lifetime experience that I wouldn’t have traded for anything,” says the 40-something Realtor who was based in...
by Stan Albert | Aug 3, 2011 | Advice for Agents, Featured
By Stan Albert By now most REM readers will have read about the merger of Realtysellers and PropertyGuys.com. Are those of us who are the “other” brokerages now supposed to fold our tents and go and sell Amway products and forget why we went into the real estate...
by REM Editorial Team | Aug 2, 2011 | Featured, Profiles
All full-time real estate agents feel their career can be an arena three-ring circus juggling act, but Mark Schadenberg of Royal LePage Triland Realty in Woodstock, Ont. says the juggle for time really does take place in an arena. Schadenberg works with the London...
by REM Editorial Team | Jul 29, 2011 | Boards & Associations, Featured
Bruce Sworik, past-president of the London and St. Thomas Association of Realtors and current chair of its Regional Commercial Council, was awarded CREA’s 2011 Pierre Beauchamps PAC Achievement Award at the national association’s Political Action Days recently. The...