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October 2009

The Mario-Kart Love Song

October 30, 2009 Song of the Week

This Song of the Week comes to us courtesy of my good friend Mike Landry. If you like Mario Kart and love, you’ll like this song.

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The Top Ontario Rental Websites – Fall 2009

October 30, 2009 Marketing
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Advertising your vacancies on the right sites will save you time and money. What many real estate investors fail to realize is that between your property and the tenant comes an advertisement. The missing link is how they find your ads, and the answer is: This whitepaper does the heavy lifting for you if you’re [...]

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Gregory Klump and the Canadian Real Estate Market Forecast

October 26, 2009 The Economy

This video is part of REIN’s Video Insider newsletter, and here’s some of my notes, plus the video. Gregory Klump is: – Chief Economist for the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) – Senior Consultant with CREA and CMHC – Contributor to the Economic Research Committee This is the 2010 Market Forecast and the 2010 Canadian [...]

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Ontario Rental Website Ranking Guide – Out October 30th

October 24, 2009 Marketing
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After the success of the first rental website ranking whitepaper, I had a request from the folks at REIN to distribute it to the attendees at the Toronto Advanced Landlording and Investing Weekend. Always one to go the extra 10%, I wrote a special report just for the Top Ontario Investment Towns. This 20-page special [...]

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Explore Your Business Culture

October 24, 2009 Business

Tom and Nick Karadza run a Toronto area real estate brokerage that does a lot of investment-related work. They’re investors themselves and I know that some REIN members out east know them reasonably well. Some of their stuff is a little too over-the-top, but they sure know their stuff. Nick makes the good point in [...]

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It’s a Deep Blue Something

October 23, 2009 Song of the Week

We’re back this week with a tune from a great 90′s band called Deep Blue Something. This SOW is called Breakfast at Tiffany’s, which popped up when I had my iTunes on shuffle. It’s been quite a while since I heard it, so I thought I’d share. Monday is a bank holiday here in Ireland, [...]

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30 Days Might Mean 60 Days

October 23, 2009 Law
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One of the most important things you do as the manager of a rental property is communicate with the tenants. For things like rental increases, evictions, major repairs and the sale of a property you have to serve official notice, and you must follow the notice periods laid out in the Residential Tenancies Act. The [...]

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