In the real estate industry, relationships between buyers and their real estate agent are often governed by a written Buyers Representation Agreement (BRA). A BRA usually contains a series of standard form terms, including a term that the buyers will not use the...
When courts have to decide whose version of a conversation is more likely to have occurred, recourse must often be had to the surrounding circumstances and any available contemporaneous documentation. In addition, in assessing the conduct of parties in a commercial...
Agents often require buyer clients to enter into a Buyer’s Representation Agreement (BRA), which sets out the buyer’s agreement to pay the agent a commission on certain terms. The BRA is intended to provide an agent with some protection when working for a buyer to...
When it comes to training and onboarding, depending on where you are in your real estate career, you might be wondering, “How are these ideas different from my current working systems?” “How can this help me?” or even “Why should I do this when I could be learning all...
I often have new agents ask me: when should I get a buyer representation agreement signed? When should I present it? I don’t want to seem pushy…. According to Ontario’s Real Estate Business Brokers Act, 2002, “If a brokerage enters into a buyer representation...
