In another, a personal trainer replaces
a Realtor at a lawyer's office.
Not exact matches
Realtor fees run around 5 % to 6 % of the final sale price, so count on
at least $ 23,250, while
lawyer fees cost $ 1,200 to $ 1,500.
With
realtor commissions, HST and
lawyers fees to sell the existing home and Property Purchase Transfer Tax, Lawyer's Fees, Home Inspection and Appraisal Fees to purchase the next property, the decision is really worth thinking about.A new home purchased
at $ 600,000 in Vancouver, BC would cost approximately $ 10,000 alone in Property Purchase Transfer Taxes, plus $ 1,000 in
lawyers fees, add the appraisal, inspection and other miscellaneous costs and you are looking
at close to $ 15,000 alone in just closing costs.
In contrast, most clients in residential real estate deals begrudge having to hire a
lawyer at all; and often choose the one recommended by their
realtor.
In 2010, (with the October vote fast approaching)
at a meeting with the then CREA President, I stood in my place and I asked him what he knew about any legal opinion that CREA had received or was seeking in relation to acquiring an opinion from
Lawyers who specialize in Trademark law, as it would pertain to CREA's entitlement to reject any notion of «mere postings» as being an infringement on CREA's legal rights to protect the
REALTOR trademark.
It almost appears that the ongoing situation whereby Mr. Dale (
lawyer - now -
Realtor guy) seemingly, routinely, provides ammunition for Ms Aitken to load into her bazooka (which bazooka remains steadfastly aimed squarely
at TREB) mirrors that old catch - phrase... «The tail is wagging the dog.»
As
lawyers tend to be looked
at to be more bonafide professionals, than real estate professional,
REALTORs, I feel it was incumbent on the writer to touch on this aspect of the sited case.
Steven is the firm's broker, a
lawyer and an instructor
at the
Realtors Association of Edmonton.
When it comes to the SPIS, a
REALTOR «S job is to explain the form to the seller them direct them to their
lawyer for his advice as to completing same or not and,
at his direction — not ours.
«A good start» is the punch line to that old
lawyer joke, edited to ask, «What do you call 100
Realtors at the bottom of the ocean?»
In B.C., the
Realtor merely turns over the complaint to the Real Estate Errors and omission insurance and their
lawyers will defend the
Realtor at no cost to him.
We could have an exchange of information for
Realtors only that could address issues that are being created by
lawyers to increase their businesses
at our expense.
We met up not long after and discussed market conditions, price range i was willing to sell
at,
realtor and
lawyer fees, as well as other pertinent information Amanda was able to share.
Executives
at T - Mobile heard an earful from
REALTORS ® and NAR
lawyers over the company's recent TV campaign, featuring an actress playing an ethically challenged real estate practitioner who is identified as a «motivated
Realtor» and is being studied by lab workers as a «top talker.»
Using the Internet, I can sub ‑ contract to or create associations with many competitive moving companies, provide guarantees, work directly with in - house mortgage brokers and in - house
lawyers, and work with high - calibre
Realtors who don't mind paying me a 20 to 25 per cent referral fee but would not work for anyone
at 30 to 40 per cent.
I think all
REALTORS ought to take a long hard look
at the fact that Ontario's
lawyers are no longer allowed to represent both buyer and seller unless in limited circumstances in order to avoid conflict of interest and, that the
lawyers could be contesting something within the very deal binding both parties as put together by a
REALTOR.
The
lawyers involved need to consider the actual, real - life likely outcomes of «all» of the potential scenarios that «can» be produced by a tribunal's decision, and decide which «one» would realistically provide the best outcome for the consuming real estate public, and not just for a particular dissaffected former
Realtor claiming to be acting as a reasonable facsimile of a modern day Robin Hood (my interpretation of Dale's apparent claim to have spent years studying ways and means to provide real estate services equal to or superior to current standards via CREA's operations
at much less cost to consumers), all the while projecting profits of hundreds of millions of dollars (it's 50/50 that «Robin Hood» is a myth).
It is also directing people who are engaged in real estate transactions involving Exit Realty on the Rock to contact their
lawyer or the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of
Realtors by phone
at 1-855-726-5110 or by email
at [email protected] (Note: This is the email address of Bill Stirling, CEO of the NL Association of
Realtors.)