by REM Editorial Team | Feb 15, 2011 | Featured, Profiles
By Susan Doran It was those brutal early years of dating that crystallized the concept ‘failure is not an option’ for up-and-coming Toronto sales rep Dave Elfassy. “Being 5 7″ and balding, I experienced rejection at an early age (when) dating,” he says with a...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 14, 2011 | Featured, News
By Bill Mullen Despite efforts for many years by several individuals and groups, the Canadian home inspection industry is still very much unregulated. British Columbia is the only province that has licensed practitioners, although three or four other jurisdictions...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 11, 2011 | Featured
By Elden Freeman As the Canadian real estate market is expected to follow patterns this year similar to last, we need to put our best foot forward to support and guide buyers, especially in the second half of the year when interest rates are expected to rise. Keeping...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 7, 2011 | Featured, Profiles
By Connie Adair A hairy naked tenant on a bed. Ten cats, likely lazy because the kitchen counter is covered in mouse droppings. A damp musty basement. The stuff of dream homes? Hardly. Unless you talk to Drew Scott and his twin brother, Jonathan, who wear glasses rosy...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 4, 2011 | Featured, Guest Columns
By Michel Chevalier To be green, or not to be green? That is the question! The answer my friends, is not blowing in the wind, as many residents of rural Canada and elsewhere around the world are finding out – the hard way – by living next to giant industrial wind...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 1, 2011 | Featured, Guest Columns
By Ron Stuart The Guest Column (REM November 2010) did our industry a service by raising the subject of agent remuneration, but the assertion that sale-contingent commission is the best compensation method for ever and all time perhaps deserves some scrutiny. Public...
