by Gerald Tostowaryk | Nov 21, 2024 | Columnists
Ethics is a cornerstone of the real estate profession, but the question of authority—who decides what is ethical?—is one that continues to challenge us. As professionals held to high ethical standards, we must ask: Who determines these standards, and what gives them...
by Gerald Tostowaryk | Oct 11, 2024 | Columnists
No surprise to most of us, the Competition Bureau (CB) is investigating the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA)’s MLS commission policy requiring a commission be paid to buyers’ agents, and the Cooperation Policy requiring all listings to be on the MLS within...
by Gerald Tostowaryk | Dec 19, 2022 | Advice for Agents
Very early in my career, I listed an acreage property, the home of an acquaintance of mine and his family. Sure enough, one day I got that fateful anonymous phone call in which the caller informed me that the seller had problems with their septic system freezing up in...
by David Greenspan | Mar 3, 2022 | Advice for Agents
We talk a lot about the professionalism in the industry and about how we can make it better. We also often wonder whether or not that social media post is real or not…is that really them, do they actually own that, is that really who they are? Well, the two go...
by Avi Rosen | Dec 28, 2021 | Featured, Legal Issues
A real estate agent contacted our office seeking legal advice on how to handle a complaint against her to the Real Estate Council of Ontario. The following is how our office handled the complaint and proved her innocence. She explained she had been married but...
