You are here: Home » Archives for March 2008

From the monthly archives:

March 2008

How is Telus not bankrupt?

March 31, 2008 Alberta

I hate Telus. They’ve always been annoying. Their cell service has always sucked, their reps are frequently annoying, and then they tried to sell porn on their cell phones. Now I’m trying to get a phone line hooked up. I’m in the middle of trying to buy some more real estate, so it’s a good [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

Playing with Real Estate in the Oil Sands Box

March 28, 2008 Alberta

It’s Friday and that makes me happy. It’s going to be a great weekend for me, and there’s a couple more properties I’ve done a cash flow analysis and some due diligence on and have asked my Edmonton team to go check out. Might be a motivated vendor. Today I’m going to share some more [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

The Song of the Week: Great Drum Grooves I

March 27, 2008 Song of the Week

This week’s song of the week was inspired by my iTunes playing 5 John Mayer tunes in a row (out of over 4500 songs). Steve Jordan is the man on drums, and he’s one of my favorite drummers. Very cool groove, and a great tune. John is an amazing guitarist…with this band, covering Hendrix? It [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

I’m still here, just fighting the web wars

March 26, 2008 Personal

No need to worry, I’m still here. I’ve been fighting some web issues (thank Manoj!) and I think I’ve got it settled. I tried to put those pictures in the last post and it kept doing wierd things with my text. (It was an extra class=”Left” in the CSS) Since coming back from Edmonton I’ve [...]

2 comments Read the full article →

Come visit my office

March 24, 2008 Business

If there’s one thing I can recommend to everyone to improve creativity, planning, time management, right-brain thinking and the attitudes of your children, it is this: Go buy a 4×8′ sheet of white corrugated plastic. Attach it to a wall in your house. Buy some dry erase markers. Draw something big and random in the [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

A Happy Easter from Edmonton

March 23, 2008 Personal

No real estate news today, just a wish that you’re all enjoying a blessed Easter with friends and family. I’m in Edmonton hanging out with my family. I love coming home. Also, my first deal is looking to be a little more complex than the standard, but I’ll explain that more after we’ve got things [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

Things I Could Tell You In My Sleep

March 18, 2008 Business

Editor’s Note: Today is the first of a series of guest posts. I’ve invited several people in the real estate and property management communities to contribute and the first one comes from somewhere close to home. Enjoy! Hi everyone! I’m Chris’s sister Carolyn, and I’ll be your guest blogger today. My life in the world [...]

1 comment Read the full article →

← Previous Entries