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April 2008

A Sailing Song of the Week

April 12, 2008 My Personal Belize

Well, it’s a day later than I’d planned but that’s life. This edition of Song of the Week is less about the song and more about the video. It’s footage from the 18-foot skiff US Nationals. It’s also related to real estate because Howie Hamlin, an icon in US sailing, is a very successful real [...]

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Make Your Real Estate Office Forest Friendly

April 9, 2008 Alberta

 Editor’s Note: Today is the second of a series of guest posts. I’ve invited several people in the real estate and property management communities to contribute and Today’s is from Kevin Ablett, a Realtor from Calgary and a REIN member. This post was originally shared on the REINspace forums, and Kevin kindly offered to share [...]

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Pro-active landlording for your real estate?

April 6, 2008 Cool Websites

Todd Spetter from the REIN website shared this video about proactive landlording….and the caretaker isn’t exactly what I’d call a proactive landlord.   The Landlord on FunnyOrDie.com   Pretty darn funny though.  

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Friday Break Time

April 4, 2008 Song of the Week

Well, it’s not related to real estate, or to Edmonton, or to me. It’s about the Death Star (which is real estate of a different kind)….and the challenges of being as famous and powerful as Darth Vader. I’m working on getting some information together to send to my mortgage broker, so chrisdavies.ca is getting a [...]

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Has anybody seen a greenhouse around here?

April 2, 2008 Alberta

Charles Frank from the Calgary Herald wrote an interesting article about carbon, climate change and Alberta. He said a couple things I don’t fully agree with, although I’m sure in an extended discussion we’re in agreement. The majority of his article is right on the money. In a nutshell: Canada produces slightly more than 2.5 [...]

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