Category: Real Estate

When Congress passed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) in 2012, the goal was to help small businesses find capital outside of traditional lending institutions to help them grow their businesses.  It was not purposely designed to help launch crowdfunding for real estate investments. But, the law of unintended consequences struck, and now…

The practice of dual agency has come under fire of late — specifically in the BC real estate market. New rules which come into effect on June 15, 2018, seek to strengthen protections for customers by limiting dual agency practice in the province of British Columbia. But other provinces have not, yet, banned the use of dual agency.…