by Susan Doran | Feb 26, 2020 | Featured, Profiles
Arty Basinski dubs himself “the real estate agent for people who don’t want a real estate agent.” A Toronto-based sales rep who “tries to be as real as possible,” Basinski has what he refers to as “a side gig” as a circus drummer. He’s been at both vocations for about...
by Ross Wilson | Feb 25, 2020 | Advice for Agents, Featured
[quote_box_center]“Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower[/quote_box_center] I realize that nowadays the strategy that oft wins the listing is how much actual service a salesperson...
by Penelope Graham | Feb 24, 2020 | Columnists, Featured
In today’s hot housing market, prospective buyers often need as much help as they can get – and the Home Buyers’ Plan (HBP) is one of the original tools offered up by the federal government to ease the journey into homeownership. First introduced in 1992, it’s...
by Susan Carter | Feb 21, 2020 | Featured, News
Genworth Canada’s 2019 First-Time Homeownership Study provides a snapshot of the demographics of Canada’s first-time homebuyers (FTBs), what’s motivating them and what they’re buying. The study surveyed more than 1,800 Canadians aged 25-40 who purchased their first...
by Richard Robbins | Feb 20, 2020 | Advice for Agents, Featured
Why would 33 per cent of real estate professionals leave the industry in less than a year? I believe it’s to do with what I call The Lead Battle. The No. 1 reason why agents fail or don’t do as well as they would like to is because of their inability to generate...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 19, 2020 | Featured
Close to 60 per cent of Canadians report they battle distraction at work, resulting in up to two hours of lost productivity every day, according to a new national survey commissioned by iQ Offices. When asked to identify “what challenges my productivity the most,”...
