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 Don Kottick | May 8, 2020 | Featured, Guest Columns
I have been interviewed by the media over the past few weeks asking what Sotheby’s International Realty Canada and the leadership team did to prepare and respond to the COVID-19 crisis. Dianne Usher, one of our regional managing brokers in Ontario, reminded us that...
by Don Kottick | Jan 30, 2019 | Featured, Guest Columns
Why do people in the real estate industry rarely talk about the one of biggest changes to hit the real estate industry over the past few decades: the declining profitability of the real estate brokerage? Many people talk about the business shift from the broker to...
by Don Kottick | Sep 24, 2018 | Guest Columns
Like most things in our world today, the environment for mergers and acquisitions in the real estate industry is in a state of flux. Mergers are described as an amalgamation of two companies on near-equal terms forming into a new legal entity. In reality, this does...
by Don Kottick | Dec 16, 2016 | Columnists, Featured
When most salespeople go into a real estate brokerage for their first interview, they will usually hear from the manager/owner that “our brokerage is unique because we have a great culture”. Everyone talks about a great culture, everyone says that they possess it, but...
