by Matt Maurer | Apr 13, 2016 | Featured, Legal Issues
A panel of three Ontario Divisional Court Judges have held that residential landlords are not permitted to photograph a property while it is occupied by a tenant unless the lease explicitly permits such photographs to be taken, or the landlord obtains the express...
by Natalka Falcomer | Apr 8, 2016 | Advice for Agents, Featured, Legal Issues
Do you know the No. 1 reason driving Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) complaints and successful lawsuits against Realtors? It makes sense to believe the answer must relate to the most difficult part of an agent’s role: drafting written documents and knowing the...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 3, 2016 | Legal Issues, News
Toronto lawyer and long-time REM columnist Donald Lapowich retired at the end of December. “It has been my pleasure to be able to submit articles for publication in REM and to act throughout my career for the real estate industry and brokers and agents,” he says. REM...
by MarkWeisleder | Jan 18, 2016 | Advice for Agents, Featured, Legal Issues
Here are five ways that you can avoid closing problems, so that you can protect both yourself and your clients and stay out of legal trouble. 1. Check out all contracts that need to be transferred in advance and follow through. When buying or selling, it is not enough...
by Donald Lapowich | Dec 18, 2015 | Featured, Legal Issues
Often lawyers, architects, engineers, accountants, real estate agents and brokers or other professionals are sued for professional malpractice and want to assert a counterclaim against the claimant for unpaid fees. In an American professional liability case, the...
by MarkWeisleder | Dec 10, 2015 | Advice for Agents, Featured, Legal Issues
When advertising to the general public, here are five lessons to remember to avoid complaints from your fellow real estate professionals, the general public or your provincial regulator. MarkWeislederMark Weisleder is a senior partner, author and speaker at the law...
