by REM Editorial Team | Oct 20, 2009 | Featured, Technology
By Petra Jones Microsoft has introduced two tools that may be of interest to real estate agents – Thumbtack for clipping listings and sharing them with map info, and Photosynth for creating interactive 360 degree tours from digital camera images. Let’s investigate how...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 19, 2009 | Featured, News
Long-time real estate professional George Loades, 68, of Calgary died on September 22. Loades made a significant contribution to Alberta’s real estate industry, serving as president of the Calgary Real Estate Board, the Alberta Real Estate Association, and the Real...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 14, 2009 | Featured
By Jean Sorensen Pour yourself a cup of smokin’ hot java, kick back into an office chair for a 15-minute break and hit B.C. sales rep Heidi Vincent’s web site (www.heidivincent.com) to hear one of the newest, freshest and most powerful voices hitting the pop rock...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 9, 2009 | Featured
By Lloyd R. Manning Although the husband and wife partnership is an ancient business arrangement that farmers and storekeepers have been doing for centuries, it has only been in recent times that the concept has found its way into selling real estate. In time we will...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 2, 2009 | Featured
By Nigel Burnham An extensively restored 17th-century mansion that comes with its own cricket pitch, fishing rights, Norman cellar – and a spine-chilling curse on whoever owns it – has come on the market in northern England. Howsham Hall, near Malton, North Yorkshire,...
by REM Editorial Team | Sep 28, 2009 | Featured, Profiles
By Katherine Fawcett As “wing commander” for the test flight of a speed-of-light spacecraft, Canadian astronaut Scott Reid is set to become part of the greatest human accomplishment known to mankind. Despite internal jealousies and personal politics, take-off is...