by REM Editorial Team | Oct 24, 2010 | Boards & Associations, Featured
By Kathy Bevan By an overwhelming margin of 97 per cent, CREA delegates have voted “yes”, formally endorsing the consent agreement with the Competition Bureau that CREA’s board of directors initially approved in September. Some 350 voting delegates (including those...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 22, 2010 | Advice for Agents, Featured
By Lloyd R. Manning About a year ago, REM publisher Heino Molls wrote a column about retainers – that is, requiring an up-front fee from a prospective client before actually doing anything for him. Heino and several subsequent people who wrote letters to the editor...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 20, 2010 | Featured, News
By Eugene Vorotnikov The real estate brokerage industry is still a relatively new phenomenon for Russia. During Soviet times there were no registered real estate agents and brokers in the country, due to a ban on buying and selling real estate properties. The only...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 18, 2010 | Featured, Technology
By George O’Neill Remember the day you started in this business? I do, vividly. There it was, finally, the envelope. I anxiously put the letter opener to work. I was excited to see for the first time my Real Estate Council of Ontario Certificate of Registration. I...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 15, 2010 | Advice for Agents, Featured
By Toby Welch Most successful sales reps work hard to maintain their database of potential clients, and it stings when you find out a friend or family member is using somebody else to buy or sell their home. How do you react when it happens to you? “In my experience,...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 8, 2010 | Boards & Associations, Featured, News
By Kathy Bevan More questions than answers have greeted the September 30 announcement that CREA and the Competition Bureau have reached an agreement in principle regarding MLS access that may preclude the two organizations facing off in court in April. Most Realtors...
