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July 2008

My VIP Birthday

July 15, 2008 Personal

This weekend my parents were on their way through town going to Merritt’s Mountain Fest. A couple weeks before the event Mom suggested I come down for the Friday night as they didn’t particularly want to see any of the acts, and it was going to be my birthday. Sounded good to me, and if [...]

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Use Lego to get JV Partners!

July 15, 2008 Joint Ventures

Over the last several weeks I’ve been speaking to potential JV partners. I’ve listened to CD’s, read books, talked to both newbie and successful real estate investors, and they all have different ways of approaching JV partners about investing in real estate together. At work I’ve also been learning more about making presentations. It’s something [...]

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Song of the Weekend!

July 10, 2008 Song of the Week

It’s been an exciting week and it’s going to be an exciting weekend! I had the chance to speak at CBD Network on Wednesday about my career path, my job hunt in Kelowna and my work at Enquiro. I love speaking and the CBD clients and staff made a great audience. My job hunting suggestion [...]

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Leverage in Real Estate | An Investor Tool

July 6, 2008 Financing

One of the fundamental reasons why people invest in real estate is because it’s an asset that can be leveraged. That means that you can borrow money from someone else to buy it, and also that you can borrow money against it. Using leverage give you the potential to exponentially increase your profits (and the [...]

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Song of the Week gets the Blues

July 6, 2008 Song of the Week

Slightly late, but better late than never. This last week has seen some pretty great posts, including two from Brent, and we’re both glad people like what we’ve posted. There’s more to come! Here’s your song of the week. This week it’s John Mayer and John Scofield rocking out on Leno. That’s Steve Jordan playing [...]

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Advertising for Your Edmonton Rentals – Week 1

July 3, 2008 Property Management

In March of this year, the rental market was slow in Edmonton, and we tried a few experiments to help pick up the pace. Over the course of one month, we started playing with our advertising to fine tune it. Internet sites change quickly, and what worked last year was not working this year. The [...]

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