In this episode of In Your AREA, Provincial Practice Advisor Bryan Statt sits down with privacy law expert Laura Bracco Callahan to unpack a topic every Alberta REALTOR® needs to understand: privacy in real estate. This episode covers why privacy policies aren’t optional anymore, best practices for storing, retaining, and destroying client information, how to manage liability and ensure proper consent, and more!

We hope you enjoy!

In this episode of In Your AREA, Provincial Practice Advisor Bryan Statt sits down with Lindsay Fulcher, a commercial insurance broker at Toole Peet Insurance, to discuss the importance of liability coverage for REALTORS®.

Join Bryan and Lindsay as they break down the key differences between Errors and Omissions Insurance and Comprehensive General Liability Insurance, explore real-world scenarios where coverage is essential, and highlight best practices to protect both REALTORS® and brokerages from unexpected risks.

We hope you enjoy!

In this episode of In Your AREA, Provincial Practice Advisor Bryan Statt engages in an informative discussion with Mark Sokolnicki, a regional compliance manager for the Financial Tracking and Analysis Centre (FINTRAC).

Get ready as Bryan and Mark discuss the finer points around FINTRAC regulations, best practice suggestions and practical advice that everyone wants to ask.

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In this episode of In Your AREA, Provincial Practice Advisor Bryan Statt engages in a super practical discussion about REALTORS® and their taxes with John Pinset, a founding partner of St. Arnaud Pinsent Steman Charter Professional Accountants in Edmonton.

We discuss incorporation, self-employment, tax write-offs and other common REALTOR® questions that everyone would love to ask but don't know how.

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In this episode of In Your AREA, we discuss the Foreign Buyer Ban with Dionne Levesque of SVR Lawyers. We discuss the legislation and regulations REALTOR members need to consider when working with buyers over the next two years. We hope you enjoy!

In this episode of In Your AREA, we discuss tenancy with Helen Werbicki, an associate lawyer for Galbraith Law. We discuss the ins and outs of residential tenancy, the Residential Tenancies Act in Alberta, tenant and landlord rights, things to watch out for and even touch on commercial tenancy a bit. We hope you enjoy!

In today’s episode, AREA's Provincial Practice Advisor, Bryan Statt has a great conversation with David West, managing lawyer for West Legal.

Born and raised in Alberta, David is well versed in the culture and context of Alberta law, specializing in the areas of real estate, wills, estates and probate. This episode covers the current landscape in Alberta surrounding the moving of electronic funds, pitfalls for brokers and associates to avoid, and even a look towards the future potential of the electronic money movement. We hope you enjoy!

This episode is one of a special series, which interviews each of the UCP Party leadership candidates on questions of interest to REALTORS®.

On October 6th, the UCP Party will choose a new leader, and that leader will become Alberta's next Premier.

In this episode, Christine Cusanelli, Senior Advocacy Advisor of AREA sits down with UCP Candidate Leela Aheer, MLA for Chestermere - Strathmore.

We hope you enjoy!