Category: The Friday Rant

Once upon a time, buying a home was a celebrated event. But doing so today means half the city despises you.

Why is that, I wonder?

Do nice guys always finish last?

Or just when I’m telling a story on TRB and trying to fit the narrative to my conclusion?

Is the job of the Real Estate Council of Ontario to promote and protect the best interests of consumers? You’d like to think so, right?

But what if they have the mandate to license as many new real estate agents as possible?

Now, now. We don’t like to point fingers!

But let’s say we did, just for fun. At whom would we point them, in this case?

You already heard this rant from me last Friday, so apologies in advance for giving you deja-vu.

But I really, truly hope that buyers and sellers can learn from these stories, as tough as they are to hear…

If you’re wondering why this “Part-Two” wasn’t preceded by Part-One, it’s because we actually had this discussion last summer!

Just when you think we’ve run out of people to blame, we find a new group…