by Toby Welch | Dec 24, 2019 | Featured, Profiles
Those who work in real estate either love open houses or hate them. No matter what side of the fence you’re on, they make for some hilarious happenings. Take the agent who caught a neighbour stealing bottles of wine from the wine cellar when the neighbour ran out of...
by Jeff Stern | Jun 12, 2019 | Advice for Agents, Featured
I recently received a message from an agent who was faced with a tricky situation. Tell me how you would handle this situation if you were in her shoes. She’d received a call on a property. “I’d like to see the house you have listed,” said the woman on the phone. The...
by Bob Aaron | Nov 21, 2018 | Columnists, Featured, Legal Issues
What happens if a sales rep finds out that some visitors were having sex during an open house? Or worse, what happens if the sales rep is personally involved in some hanky panky during an open house? Real estate lawyers get asked all kinds of oddball questions. One of...
by REM Editorial Team | Mar 26, 2018 | Advice for Agents
Open houses can be amazing tools for real estate professionals, providing a way to find new clients, as well as getting those homes that have been sitting on the market into the right hands. Research conducted by the National Association of Realtors says that open...
by Ross Wilson | Feb 17, 2017 | Columnists, Featured
In the final installment of the open house series, I wish to address the all-important prospect bonding process. You’ve invested your precious irreplaceable time, hopefully not in vain, and established that your visitors are buyer orphans – that is, not under contract...
