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Edmonton Rental Market Survey – June/July 2011

July 26, 2011 Property Management

Things have started moving a little more quickly in the Edmonton rental market this spring. Incentives have almost totally disappeared, and many Property Mangers and investors have said they’re starting to test the waters, moving rents up by $50-200/unit. Vacancy is down more, slightly below 4% according to Colliers, and things are (usually) renting quickly. [...]

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Real Estate Investing 101 – Part 1: Leverage

December 20, 2010 Real Estate

The most fundamental attributes of Real Estate, beyond the fact that it’s, well, real, is that is can be borrowed against. The action of borrowing money, much like a lever for moving physical things, has the effect of amplifying things. A small push on the right lever can move a large object. This amplification has [...]

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Real Estate Investing (REI) 101 – Part 1: Planning

November 12, 2010 Real Estate

I always get a million questions about buying and making money from real estate investments. There were a number of thoughtful, curious questions from commentors earlier in the week who honestly wanted to understand what, how and why I’m doing what I’m doing and why I’m such a big fan of real estate over other investment vehicles. [...]

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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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Email, RSS or more Email?

September 12, 2010 Personal

Several people have asked if I have another internet marketing workshop coming up, and I’ve heard some others mention going to a site several times a week to check for updates. There’s three or four easy ways to get what I write about, or to just find out about my workshops and other interesting info. [...]

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The Three Rules of Renos and Repairs

August 7, 2010 Business

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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ACRE Weekend Resources for Newbies

November 7, 2009 REIN

Well, Saturday morning in Calgary will find a bunch of people in a room with Russell Westcott, Don Campbell and a bunch of exceptionally successful real estate investors. I wish I could be there, meeting people, seeing what’s new and being inspired. It’s an ACREs (Authentic Canadian Real Estate Seminar) weekend, put on by REIN. [...]

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