by REM Bot | Feb 11, 2026 | Advice for Agents
The home inspection is where many real estate deals quietly unravel. Not because the house is suddenly uninhabitable, but because new information arrives at the worst possible moment. Emotions spike, fear takes over and people start reacting instead of thinking. A...
by Voices by REM | Jun 18, 2025 | Community, News
(Karen Yolevski. Source: Avanew Studios) When Karen Yolevski accepted the CEO role at Carson Dunlop, it wasn’t just another career move. It was a pivotal moment in the company’s evolution. After years of organic growth, especially on the education side during...
by Voices by REM | May 16, 2025 | Community, News
(Alan Carson with Karen Yolevski. Photo credit: Avanew Studios) In the mid-1970s, long before “home inspection” was a profession in Canada, Alan Carson and Bob Dunlop were fire protection engineers inspecting industrial buildings for insurance companies. Their...
by Alan Carson | Nov 24, 2022 | Advice for Agents
While the real estate market was steeped in a state of fast-paced bidding wars, there wasn’t always time for home inspections. Now that inspections are back, this doesn’t mean there’s a new hurdle for agents to overcome. In fact, home inspections...
by Alan Carson | Oct 28, 2022 | Sales & Marketing
Achieving success as a real estate agent requires a competitive advantage. If you’re looking for a differentiator that sets you apart from other agents, consider pre-listing home inspections, also known as seller’s inspections. Pre-listing inspections help...
