by Diana Faria | Sep 8, 2025 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns
Branch staff aren’t just the friendly faces your clients see when they first visit your office. They’re the air traffic controllers, directing people, paperwork, and problems to the correct avenues to be handled as quickly as possible. But if there ever was a...
by Don Kottick | Aug 28, 2025 | Guest Columns
In real estate, we usually leave government advocacy to our industry associations, like the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) or the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). They are well-equipped to represent Realtors on the big policy issues that affect housing...
by Daniel Kreines | Aug 27, 2025 | Guest Columns
For over 65,000 people across British Columbia, manufactured home parks (commonly called mobile home parks or trailer parks) represent one of the last paths to affordable homeownership. In smaller and more rural communities, these home parks can account for as much...
by Slava Kolmatskyy | Aug 15, 2025 | Guest Columns
Canada’s housing market is transforming fast—and so are the financial tools fueling new construction. One such program for multi-unit residential developers is CMHC’s MLI Select, a solution that rewards socially responsible builds with access to high-leverage...
by Barry Lebow | Aug 11, 2025 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns
This industry rewards those who stand out. The safe, scripted, smiling agent fades into the background. The agent willing to take risks, challenge stale norms, and get a little uncomfortable? They’re the ones making money, and headlines. Today’s clients, especially...
by Derek Moran | Aug 7, 2025 | Advice for Agents, Guest Columns
Do you have a pension from a past employer? If so, you may be able to receive more income from it later in life by making some changes now. I was working for a young couple recently. David, age 33, is a Realtor now, but was a schoolteacher for seven years, from age...
