by Courtney Zwicker | Jun 12, 2025 | News
Just weeks after Re/Max Canada cut ties with Pat Hare and his top-producing Calgary brokerage, Hare’s son is leading a move to Royal LePage. Re/Max dropped Re/Max Central from its franchise network due to allegations surrounding a multi-million-dollar Ponzi scheme run...
by Brad Mitchell | Jun 6, 2025 | Boards & Associations, Guest Columns
Brad Mitchell is the CEO of the Alberta Real Estate Association, a not-for-profit professional association representing the interests of more than 15,000 Alberta Realtors from 10 local real estate boards/associations. Albertans deserve the confidence that their...
by Courtney Zwicker | Jun 2, 2025 | Boards & Associations, Legal Issues, News
Pat Hare, owner of the Calgary brokerage that employed Ponzi schemer Eric Drinkwater, not only failed to report the illegal activity, but also advised the fraudster against coming forth himself, a judge has ruled.~ In a decision of the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta...
by Courtney Zwicker | May 30, 2025 | Boards & Associations, Legal Issues, News
Re/Max has dropped Calgary’s Re/Max Central, among the city’s best-known brokerages, owned by longtime Realtor Pat Hare, amid allegations surrounding the multi-million-dollar Ponzi scheme run by a former employee.~ The brokerage was the employer of former...
by Courtney Zwicker | May 23, 2025 | Boards & Associations, Legal Issues, News
Former Calgary Realtor Eric Drinkwater, who is charged with $1.9-million in alleged fraud, is facing a potential lifetime cancellation of his licence after a regulatory hearing on Thursday.~ Drinkwater appeared in a virtual disciplinary hearing held by the Real Estate...
