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The Three Rules of Renos and Repairs

August 7, 2010
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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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ACRE Weekend Resources for Newbies

November 7, 2009
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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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Chris’ Podcast – May 7/09

May 8, 2009

Here’s a first for me, a shiny new podcast. Brent bought a sweet USB mic, so I fired it up and here we go. It’s just over 8 minutes long. You can listen by clicking the play button below, or by right clicking on this link, selecting ‘save as’ and using iTunes or something on [...]

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Real Estate Education From Kindergarten to University

April 26, 2009

There’s a natural progression within Real Estate education, it’s a lot like school. I’m going to try and paint a picture of what I think this looks like for Canadian investors. I’m using the metaphor of school because it’s familiar to us all, but don’t think that it’s literal. For many investors there’s a 10-20 [...]

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Edmonton Still #1

March 9, 2009

I came across an article in the Edmonton Journal the other day about Don and why Edmonton’s a great place to invest in now. (If you want more info, go check out the Top 10 Alberta Towns Report.) Photo Credit: Rick MacWilliam, The Edmonton Journal It’s stuff that I’ve been hearing for a while because [...]

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Define Your Investing Niche

February 17, 2009

Hi, I’m Chris. I buy three-bedroom townhouses in Millwoods. That’s my niche. You may have met my Dad, Brent. He’s the King 82nd Street. (That’s over here) If you’re going to do anything, you need to define your niche. Where, what, how, why, where, and what makes you different than your competition. To that end, [...]

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8 Essential Real Estate Investment Business Processes

February 16, 2009

For me, and for all the REIN members like me, we’re buying or are preparing to buy. I have no doubt in my mind that the properties I buy today will have appreciated significantly in five years’ time. Why five years? Because that’s the minimum hold that my Joint Venture partners and I agree on. [...]

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Do you know what your line of credit costs?

September 2, 2008

Most people have two phases to their real estate investing. First, they’ve got a little cash for downpayments. Maybe it came from selling their last principle residence, an inheritance, or a buyout or retirement. Either way, cash is the first and most obvious way to go. Phase two is borrowed money for downpayments and such. [...]

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