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June 2009

Fried Chicken on a Friday

June 19, 2009 Song of the Week

Happy Song of the Week! (And TGIF) It’s been a very, very busy week for me. There’s been a lot going on at work, and I also sat down last night and fleshed out my presentation about marketing for some Kelowna investors on Monday (6pm in Dakota’s Sports Bar’s Legends Room). I’ve also been doing [...]

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Latest Property Goldmine Factors

June 18, 2009 Economic Fundamentals

Chris inspired me to put this together with his previous post. Here is the latest data that REIN Members look at when we study a real estate market. RBC’s Affordability Index measures the amount of pre-tax income that goes towards housing for the average person in the region it’s studying. Affordability = Avg Mortgage (with [...]

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Rate of Decline Slows Significantly

June 17, 2009 Statistics

Today’s edition of the Stats Can Daily showed the largest monthly improvement in the unsmoothed composite index in 30 years. The rate of decline of the leading indicator slowed markedly to 0.1% in May, the smallest of nine consecutive declines. The shift from a 0.9% drop in April to a 0.1% dip in May was the [...]

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Response to Problem Tenants in Ontario

June 16, 2009 Guest Blog Posts

That is brutal! Why and how are these laws made? Is it because tenants have been making more noise over the years to the MLAs? -Jerry Thanks for the comment Jerry… I mulled over your question while working throughout the day and had a moment of inspiration…I really should be preparing for a presentation but [...]

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Problem Tenants In Ontario

June 15, 2009 Guest Blog Posts

It’s such a pleasure guest blogging for Chris. I’m grateful for this opportunity to provide his readers with some real value. For my first post, I wanted to give you a taste on what it’s like managing properties in Ontario. The Landlord Tenant Board is a regulation nightmare for Ontario real estate investors. One wrong [...]

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Because We Can

June 12, 2009 Song of the Week

This week’s Song of the Week is Blue Boy by Orange Juice. Wierd, I know, but it’s not as much about the music this week. It’s about the really cool, really random video. It’s part of the Because We Can campaign put on by 42BELOW Vodka. It’s a little insane, and I’m enjoying it. I [...]

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Internet Marketing for Real Estate Investors

June 11, 2009 Presentations

I’ve been asked to speak for a group of investors about marketing. Internet marketing is how I make my day-to-day living, so that’s obviously going to be a big part of that. I have a decent amount of property management experience, so I’ll work from that angle as well. What do you think think are [...]

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