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August 2009

Enjoying The Rain

August 30, 2009

Thanks again for the emails, comments and tweets!
I’m probably out of commission for the rest of the week. If you just can’t get enough of my blogging you can read the Chris and Megan Travel Blog!

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Joint Venture Secrets Unleashed: Teleseminar Series

August 29, 2009

Dan Barton of Oasis Properties dropped me a line about a webinar/teleseminar series he’s running on a subject near and dear to my heart: Raising Joint Venture money.
Dan’s done a lot of deals, and Oasis is a serious player in REIN circles. I’ve chatted with Dan and Greg briefly at REIN events and I have [...]

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Locked and Loaded

August 25, 2009

It’s been a crazy week and a half. Now I’m in Edmonton and about the only thing I still own in this country is Real Estate.
We’ve sold our cars and the hand-me-down furniture we’ve been using till now. We’ve packed away most of our stuff and in four days we’ll be on a plane [...]

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Link-o-Ramma for Aug 8

August 8, 2009

Here’s some great stuff from around the blogosphere. I’ve heard sounds about bidding wars and markets heating up, in Toronto in particular. I can tell you that I got a call from my Realtor in Kelowna who had a flood of calls this morning for our unit here.
Wade Graham’s Top 5 Real Estate Investment Mistakes [...]

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Five Ways to Flush $50k

August 8, 2009

Wade Graham of HGREI liked my Six Reasons No One Wants to Buy Your F**king Real Estate Investment post and felt inspired to write his own list on a slightly different topic.
Five Ways to Lose $50K (in no particular order)

1. You pay too much for the property. This one sounds obvious but 9 times [...]

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Prepared for Take-Off!

August 6, 2009

It’s been a busy and turbulent week.
On the plus side, Megan and I found out that our Irish work visa have been approved and are winging their way to us now. They should get here early next week. We’re heading back to Edmonton around the 22nd and we take flight on the 29th of [...]

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Committed to a Cause

August 1, 2009

Yesterday I was passing through the Vancouver area and I made time to meet up with Russell Westcott.
For those who haven’t met him before, he’s the Vice President of the Real Estate Investment Network. The REIN members will know him as the MC of most of the meetings and the resident Joint Venture expert. He’s [...]

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