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12 Cash-Flow Assumptions You Haven’t Thought of Yet

October 24, 2011 Buying
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Last weekend Brent and I attended one of the Real Estate Investment Networks’ ACRES weekends. It’s always a good refresher weekend and the people I meet there always amaze and inspire me. We often take out a booth to share our listings and our services as REALTORS®. However, since Brent joined me this July, we’ve [...]

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Edmonton Rental Market Report – Dec 2010

December 17, 2010 Property Management

Knowing what a potential revenue property will rent for is the most important and most difficult part of establishing a rental portfolio that has positive cash-flow and creates serious passive income. To help out my clients, readers and all you investors, I’ve teamed up with several investors, Realtors and property managers to come up with some ballpark [...]

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Kicking Out Deadbeat Tenants

September 30, 2010 Property Management
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There comes a point in every landlord’s life where you have a tenant who: Doesn’t pay on time Damages their own unit Damages the common property Fights with other tenants Does something illegal on the property Threatens or attacks you Is paying old and very low rents Doesn’t play well with others Hasn’t paid in [...]

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Six Shockingly Simple Tips to Prevent Rental Fraud

August 25, 2010 Property Management
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There’s a scam that comes around every few years. You put an ad up for one of your units. Someone copies it, drops the price and ends up suckering someone out of a damage deposit or a month’s rent and running away. It’s the oldest trick in the book – sell something you don’t own. [...]

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The Three Rules of Renos and Repairs

August 7, 2010 Business
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You can have it cheap, good or on time. If you’re good, you can maybe have two out of three. You cannot have all three. Cheap and Good – This will take a long time and you’ll likely end up doing most of the work yourself (assuming you’ve got some skills or like learning) Cheap [...]

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Property Management Can Save Your Ass

May 12, 2010 Uncategorized
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There’s a cliche in the real estate business that you make your money when you buy. It sounds all fancy and sexy to say things like: I bought a place 25% under value. or I never pay more than 75cents on the dollar. For the rest of us in the real world, buying is only [...]

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7 Ways to CTL+ALT+DEL Your Real Estate Investing

March 17, 2010 Real Estate
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Your computer, your life and your business all need a restart every so often. Unload everything, wind down, unplug, go have a cup of coffee, and then fire things back up one at a time. I just came back from one of REIN’s ACRE weekends, which is really Real Estate Investing 101 and 102. For [...]

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