An Anchorage judge has laid the gavel down on the head of a dual agent who failed to properly disclose her client and causing him to overpay for his home. Yet statistics across the country show that other agents are doing the same thing. Why aren"t some double-dip agents providing proper disclosures?
Only six per cent of Canadian greenhouse gas emissions come from residences. A new report from Statistics Canada says that thanks to improved home heating equipment and cleaner fuel sources, residential emissions remained fairly constant between 1990 and 2002. While the emission rate remained steady, almost 22 per cent more Canadian households were formed.
You"ve been reading about it, listening to late-night shows and hearing about your friends making the jump into real estate investing. But you just can"t bring yourself to taking the plunge into owning property, collecting rent, taking repair calls and possibly having a renter who won"t pay the rent or take care of your property.