Don Lawby, president and COO of Century 21 Canada hit the nail on the head when he says «
If organized real estate had stayed where it originally was designed to be — providing information and data between members and not dealing directly with the consumer — we wouldn't be in this position today.»
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If organized real estate had stayed where it originally was designed to be — providing information and data between members and not dealing directly with the consumer — we wouldn't be in this position today.»
If organized real estate wants to make a better consumer experience then it should raise the bar and eliminate the Realtors who can't spell or write a simple intelligent clause in a contract — except organized real estate is rewarded for having more members, so it will spend its budget defending the reputation of Realtors.
If organized real estate enjoyed such a dominant position, why didn't the Commissioner for the Competition Bureau mention in her filing to the Tribunal (as options for private seller's) the following very powerful internet entities: Google, Youtube or Facebook?
TREB board members wanted reassurances that the Industry Leaders Group wasn't about to create its own national MLS, after comments members of the group made in REM that they were prepared to do just that
if organized real estate didn't act quickly enough.
Not exact matches
«Now this would have been a very dangerous precedent, in my opinion, because
if government didn't require
organized labor to be at the table, then for sure those
real estate developers weren't going to bring
organized labor to the table.
If VOW's are something that
organized real estate end up being forced to accept, and I certainly hope not, it would be preferable for a Board or Association to operate it, because these organizations are directly accountable to their members.
For most,
if not all, of the other services that are offered through
organized real estate, we would also hope that Toronto remains hands ‑ off: that each of the other boards involved finds a way to provide those other services.
The nature of the Competition Bureau of Canada's recent interventions into
organized real estate should cause us all to question what «self regulation» is supposed to mean to our industry —
if the Competition Bureau of Canada is going to attempt to dictate to
organized real estate the manner in which we must share our data with Customer's or Client's.
So,
if we cut to the chase, what is the
real impetus behind the Competition Bureau of Canada's recent interests in
organized real estate?
If you could identify one thing that
organized real estate could or should do to help brokers, what would it be?
If we don't it will be the end of
organized real estate Boards, CREA the whole lot.
I seem to recall that the American military had a battle strategy called «shock and awe», and I'm wondering
if you haven't adopted that style for your 1 % patch wearing attitude relating to the laws of the
organized real estate world.
Brian,
organized real estate is far too powerful and I don't believe that the CG's actions (
if successful) will do much
if any damage.
ORE, you have your work cut out for you
if you really want to change the culture that underpins
organized real estate, because that imbedded decades - old pure sales culture is the major variable that needs to be changed.
What Melanie Aitkens wants is that the consumer be given choice, and
if all you say comes to pass they may likely choose the «
organized»
real estate gang route rather than the Melanie route.
A quick solution will solve all our problems and
if we do nt do it,
organized real estate may very well disappear.
If Re / Max, Sutton and fellow big five members can't keep their members in
organized real estate, what does that say for the strength of the franchise agreement period?
There are posts around the web from Point2 that state «
organized real estate is not competent in handling an MLS and the public would be better served
if the MLS was run by a privately owned company, independent of REALTORS.»
Adair: So
if someone wants to be involved in
organized real estate, do they have to be prepared to sacrifice their own personal business?
\ you sound like a
real staunch supporter of Ms. Aitken and oufits like the Competition Bureau who rides the white horse and rescues the damsels in distress (the public in this case) with as Brian Martindale put it endless amounts of our money and time to for all intent and purposes keep
organized real estate in line,
if you Joe Consumer want to sell your home privately and feel that you are being disadvantaged by
organized real estate, then I wish you and anyone in consumerland all the best, in your words you have choices, as do we, it just seems you sound a little slanted, but of course you could appeal that opionion!!!
The more people
organized real estate can push thru their process of getting into the business and regardless
if there is a need for more people, we keep adding more without regard to ability, need and quality.
Likewise, raising the bar for
organized real estate will mean an endeavor that should also be coordinated from the center, meaning the Provincial Organizations —
if not the Provinces themselves, will take charge!
If someone wants to criticize
organized real estate then just do it, but do it head - on without the disinformation.
If we as an industry do not do this soon ourselves, a major internet / marketing / media player will do this and make everything that
organized real estate does irrelevant.
Which,
if that begins to take place, will again accelerate the wisdom of
organized real estate to put aside more parochial issues.
If you think of how
real estate has boosted the U.S. economy lately, you'll understand the importance of an
organized real estate market.
I believe it is about time that
organized real estate should be acting more militantly to fight for the survival of our livelihood, and
if the laws are unreasonable, we should lobby collectively for the politicians to change them.
If we allow ourselves to be dragged down a rabbit hole talking about social media, instead of pulling our heads out of our personal holes, the future for
organized real estate will be grim.
Rob Hahn, founder of 7DS Associates, will present Three Black Swans of Canadian
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if «something happened to change everything»).
Is this supposed to inspire public confidence in
organized real estate,
if we demonstrate to the public that we can find our mistakes to be no more serious than how a television show committed to promoting such mistakes would air these such anecdotes for public entertainment!
They care not a hoot for
organized real estate if it stands between them and the dollars their employees have to spend.
Although I have conducted my share of «double ends», all the while being very, very careful to keep both party's interests uppermost in my mind (a very difficlt thing to do, as
if you didn't know), I must concede that it is time to end the «dual agency» concept / practice of the disposition / purchase of
real estate via
organized real estate practitoners.
If I was a
real estate agent today, I would
organize a Saturday morning or a week - night evening to teach people, especially young people, how to manage a home.
If you get excited about the opportunity to be your own boss while working within the guidance of a well
organized and regulated industry then
real estate may be perfect for you.
Even
if you're a beginner
real estate agent, you have the basics down regarding how home purchases work — everything from how to help clients make the initial offer, to working with vendors like insurance reps, to finalizing deals and
organizing the paperwork — so jot that knowledge down on paper (or your computer screen) and use that it to write more in - depth posts on each tip featured in this graphic.
What
if you had a
real estate CRM software intelligent enough to read all of your lead notification e-mails and
organize them for easy follow - up?
«His thoughtful and well - timed critique of the issues of the day vexing
organized real estate rarely missed the mark but
if they did, he woke the right people up.»
While noting that Scott's comments were directed at regulators in Ontario, rather than
organized real estate, Bosley says, «Those comments in particular are certainly of interest to our members and we are currently assessing what impact,
if any, they will have on the industry.»
If they have worked hard to try to make some change in
organized real estate and were thwarted, I admire their commitment and effort.
To make the decision - making process more streamlined, the Futures plan also proposes an outside review of the 100 or so boards and associations in
organized real estate to determine
if roles and responsibilities currently allocated to each level are appropriate or necessary.
If Agents choose to no longer use the System or use it as they choose to, the system then becomes invalid because it will no longer be complete, without
organized Real Estate this information is not available.
Larry,
if you opt out of local
organized real estate you do not belong to provincial boards or CREA by default.
For a
real estate agent, paperwork, dates and emails build up quickly and can become astoundingly cluttered
if you neglect to
organize them.