by Natalka Falcomer | Jul 31, 2015 | Featured
Leasing requires more than just a good eye for location. Your professional duties require you to provide competent services. This means you must understand the legal implications of standard lease terms and how these terms can make or break your client’s business. The...
by Natalka Falcomer | Jun 9, 2015 | Advice for Agents
You’re a professional. You’ve been trained to understand what your client needs. And you know how to find the best real estate. You and your client are excited, you sign the offers and then close the deal. What you may not know is that you’ve made a big mistake. The...
by Connie Adair | May 5, 2015 | Technology
Necessity, as the saying goes, is the mother of invention. The necessity: finding a way to provide consumers with transparency in multiple offer situations, and giving agents and their brokerages an easy and compliant way to provide that service. DealDocket.com, an...
by Martin Rumack | Feb 10, 2015 | Featured, Legal Issues
The Supreme Court of Canada recently released a ground-breaking decision, Bhasin v. Hrynew, which articulates newly clarified duties on how the parties to a contract must behave towards each other. The decision has important implications for real estate contracts and...
by Ross Kay | Feb 10, 2015 | Guest Columns, Legal Issues
Licensed to Trade Practitioners (LTTP) have operated their real estate practices with more regard to provincial trading legislation or adherence to rules and regulations attached to memberships in organized real estate, than to contract law. The consumer, not knowing...