by REM Editorial Team | Dec 5, 2014 | Featured, Legal Issues
Each new listing brings its own unique issues and at times problems for a real estate professional. There may be times when you will enter into a specialized area that you are not completely familiar with, but which you must enter to properly represent your client’s...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 28, 2014 | Featured, Legal Issues
By Martin Rumack Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) came into effect on July 1, 2014. It may affect you whether or not you are located in Canada, and whether or not you are spammer. The effect of the wide-sweeping legislation impacts a number of your regular...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 5, 2014 | Featured, Legal Issues, News
The RCMP has issued a formal apology to Ottawa commercial real estate professional Gillian Burnside for “any damage caused to her reputation” after her help with a covert security project turned into a publicity nightmare. “It started out as an honour – an...
by REM Editorial Team | Nov 4, 2014 | Legal Issues
By Don Lapowich The plaintiff allowed its tenants to park in a lot. However, access to that lot from the street was over a right-of-way on property owned by the defendant. During an eight-year period, the right-of-way was disturbed when the defendant constructed a...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 22, 2014 | Featured, Legal Issues, News
Rick Allenberg, a white sales rep with Fair Realty in Victoria, has filed a complaint with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal alleging his black client broke a contract with him over race and country of origin. Allenberg says he was born in South Africa but left the...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 7, 2014 | Legal Issues
Fairness and equitable concerns of the court: The owner of two condominium units failed to pay common expenses since the inception date of the registration of the condominiums. The condominium corporation did not register a lien for the common expense payments that...
