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RE/WORK- Rewriting How I Do Business

March 24, 2011 Books
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I became licensed as a REALTOR® at the end of November. I got some systems set up in December and wrote handwritten cards to over a hundred of my friends and associates, then took the second half of December and first half of January off for the birth of my son. Since getting going it took [...]

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Evicting Tenants in Alberta

February 14, 2011 Property Management

First, thanks to Chris for allowing me a guest post. I am a fellow Real Estate investor and spent seven years with REIN, so I really appreciate many of his insights in his posts. This particular post is actually in regards to a post by Brian Persaud quite a few months ago in regards to [...]

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Lemonade from Braids

February 11, 2011 Song of the Week

By which I mean this is the song Lemonade from the band Braids. Now that I’ve posted a couple times I feel it’s time to break things up with a song of the week. Having a baby in the house and being a busy new Realtor has reduced the amount of time I have to [...]

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RE/MAX Edmonton Real Estate Barometer – Feb 2011

February 10, 2011 Statistics
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Kudos to the RE/MAX Canada head offices for getting their social media act together and getting some videos out there. The RE/MAX housing barometer measures the sales-to-listings ratio for major centers since the turn of the millenia (January 2000) and provides a bit of commentary. I’m posting the Edmonton, Calgary and Kelowna ones. Edmonton and [...]

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The 2011 Edmonton Real Estate Discovery Tours!

February 9, 2011 Edmonton
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Last year I helped Brent Davies (my Dad) start a series of tours for investors to help them get familiar with the Edmonton market and the different types of real estate which commonly make good investments. We also used it as a chance to get people out into some of the neighbourhoods that attract attention [...]

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On The Mounted Animal Nature Trail – The Song of the Week

January 22, 2011 Song of the Week

It’s been a couple of very busy weeks with a new baby, a couple cool clients and a bunch of time spent in courses at the Edmonton Real Estate Board. I’m heading off to ski patrol this morning, but I wanted to leave you with a classic tune from the Arrogant Worms. It’s called the [...]

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One Killer Strategy To Make The Mortgage Changes Work To Your Advantage

January 20, 2011 Financing
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I’m sure you’ve all heard about the Federal Government’s January 17th change to CMHC mortgage rules by now (and I missed blogging about it, shame on me). They take effect on March 18th, and there’s one great strategy I’ll share to get some killer deals if you’re out shopping for more real estate right now. [...]

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