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May 2008

Quickstart Live! and the Song of the Week!

May 16, 2008 Song of the Week

Happy Friday! First, I’ve confirmed my registration at Real Estate Investment Network’s Quickstart Live! in Calgary, June 7th and 8th. I’ll be posting from Calgary, and taking some video (assuming my new camera arrives in time). If you see me around there, stop by and say hi.  I’ve been up to my butt in work [...]

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Bugs in your Buildings? (Protecting your Real Estate Investment if you Self-Manage)

May 14, 2008 Property Management

I was listening to the April REIN meeting CD that they send me and Barry Maguire from the Ritchie Mill Law Office was talking about leases. He told a story about a court case where the lease said the tenant could have a gecko….but didn’t realize that geckos eat live crickets. I had to laugh, [...]

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Mother’s Day by Text Message

May 11, 2008 Personal

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mothers out there! I usually try (or like to think that I try)  to do something nice for my Mom on Mother’s Day. This year it’s a little hard. First, I moved to Kelowna from Edmonton in November. But compounding the problem is Mom and Dad have run away. [...]

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Song of the Week – OZO Style

May 9, 2008 Song of the Week

Well, it’s been a crazy week. Work’s been quite busy, and I’ve managed to do some biking this week (kelowna’s bike to work week), and a bit of sailing on Wednesday. The Song of the Week is from the great band Ozomatli, whose drummer, Mario, hangs out at DrumSmith . Cool guy, great band. Enjoy!  [...]

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The News!

May 5, 2008 For Real Estate Investors

Here’s some news headlines from the last couple days. Thanks to Joe Iannuzzi for his work in compiling the longest running thread on REIN! More news than you can shake a stick at. I’ve been busy getting a deal done, and preparing some JV paperwork. More about that stuff once the deal is done! High [...]

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No, it’s not OK to date your cousin in Alberta.

May 2, 2008 Song of the Week

Well, it’s a blog about Alberta real estate, so you should expect the Song of the Week to be about Alberta things. Anyways, my apologies for the lack of posts the last little while. Megan moved back to Edmonton for the summer, bought a condo in Kelowna for next year, and I just had my [...]

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