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March 2010

I’m On A Horse – The Commercial of the Week

March 13, 2010 Song of the Week

I’m at the REIN event this weekend, which means I’m a day late posting for the song of the week. This is one of the best commercials I’ve ever seen and it’s gone viral in a big way. Good job Old Spice

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Edmonton and Calgary Rental Rankings – Winter 2010

March 10, 2010 Marketing

At long last, here is the Winter 2010 Edition of the Rental Website Ranking Reports for Edmonton and Calgary. Like the Ontario ranking report and the original rental website report, it helps you understand which rental advertising websites are dominating Google and why that’s an important thing if you have vacancies to fill. The top [...]

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Edmonton and Calgary 2010 Housing Market Price Predictions

March 8, 2010 Real Estate

Editior’s Note: The results are now live:  2010 Real Estate Predictions. You can still submit your predictions here. I’ve been seeing a lot of people coming to this site searching for terms like ‘Edmonton 2010 Housing Market’. There’s few people who want to come out and make clear predictions for the next year on a [...]

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This Week – Tom Brokaw Explains Canada To Americans

March 5, 2010 Song of the Week

I wanted to post this sooner, but NBC is stupid and removed the original video which managed several million views in just a few days. It’s really worth going to YouTube and watching it in HD. Enjoy your weekend, and feel proud to be Canadian. I’m planning on writing offers on some properties this coming [...]

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You Don’t Buy a Happy Meal for the Toy

March 4, 2010 Financing
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I had an awesome question via Twitter from Ben Arledge, a REIN member and web developer. Thoughts on life/disability insurance on rental property? To which I replied: Not worth it, better do deal with a real insurance broker and get the right insurance. You don’t buy a happy meal for the toy. His next question [...]

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Mortgage News from Peter Kinch – March 3rd

March 3, 2010 Financing

Peter Kinch’s email newsletter just hit my inbox this afternoon and it’s got some great info I thought I’d share. (Peter’s a great mortgage broker and I’ve used his office in the past.) Here’s what he had to say: It’s rare to see a big bank undercut its mortgage competitors publicly. Most of the time [...]

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Don Campbell’s New Book – Free Book Give Away

March 3, 2010 Books
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A shiny new book showed up today, in a boring brown package. Wiley sent me a free copy (being a Facebook addict has it’s advantages), just for commenting on the wall of their Facebook group. That’s a pretty smart way to do things, and I’m going to pay it forward, but I’ll get to that [...]

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