This article in the NY Times discusses the recent decision by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) to allow brokerages to operate as independent entities, thereby enabling them to function without a requirement to join NAR. This move is expected to have significant implications for the real estate industry,
Are your clients asking tough questions about the decision to buy or rent? Benjamin Felix of PWL Capital has produced this high quality explainer video on something he calls the "5% Rule." It looks at the 5% unrecoverable costs for owning and compares that with renting. It works on
Password security is among the most challenging issues facing businesses today. When a large consumer site is hacked, the email addresses and passwords are sold or shared freely online. It's relatively simple for bad guys to merge databases from different sources and compile a "login profile" for you as an
A brief history of agent websites In 1999, when real estate agent websites were beginning to appear online, the early adopters of the technology entered listings manually. To do this, one needed to understand HTML, FTP, and the ins-and-outs of managing a hosting account. This was completely foreign to the
The current regulations for archiving documents for sales stipulate that an agent and/or brokerage must retain the paperwork for a deal for at least seven years. As more transactions are done electronically, it becomes vital that an agent archive these files in such a way that they can be retrieved
Our 2016 survey on investor perspectives was published in a two-part article on REMOnline.com, the Canadian real estate news magazine. Thanks to Jim Adair and his team for sharing our research and conclusions with Canadian real estate agents. You can read the articles here: Read all TRES Labs articles on
A big thanks to REM magazine for their article on Agent iFrame in the November 2014 issue. We appreciate the mention and will continue to support this great resource for Canadian real estate professionals. Copied from REMonline.com. See DDF® Database on Business or Social Sites A new platform from TRES