You are here: Home » Archives for Real Estate

Posts tagged as:

Real Estate

Idiot-Proofing Home Appliances – Some Funny Pictures

December 23, 2009
Thumbnail image for Idiot-Proofing Home Appliances – Some Funny Pictures

Yesterday Megan and I went looking at houses for a new principal residence. It’s always fun to look at houses, and I always seem to find something really entertaining. This time I found it in the laundry room. On the washing machine: (The stickies say stuff like ‘cheer normal to medium line’, ‘Fleecy use about [...]

2 comments Read the full article →

ACRE Weekend Resources for Newbies

November 7, 2009
Thumbnail image for ACRE Weekend Resources for Newbies

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. [...]

1 comment Read the full article →

Gregory Klump and the Canadian Real Estate Market Forecast

October 26, 2009

This video is part of REIN’s Video Insider newsletter, and here’s some of my notes, plus the video. Gregory Klump is: – Chief Economist for the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) – Senior Consultant with CREA and CMHC – Contributor to the Economic Research Committee This is the 2010 Market Forecast and the 2010 Canadian [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

Me and West Jasper Place – In The Press

October 19, 2009
Thumbnail image for Me and West Jasper Place – In The Press

Back in the spring I was contacted by  friend and an Editor for Canadian Real Estate Magazine who was writing a column on the Edmonton neighbourhood of West Jasper Place. that’s a neighborhood I’m very familar with, and between Brent and I, we were able to answer her questions. I’d mentioned this before, but CRE [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

BC’s HST Threatens Housing Recovery

July 30, 2009

REIN put out a press release on Monday regarding BC’s decision to move from a split 5/7% GST/PST to a harmonized 13% HST. The big concern is now there are several items which were not subject to HST will now become taxable. This includes real estate. “What this means is that the new sales tax [...]

4 comments Read the full article →

Six Reasons No One Wants to Buy Your F-ing Real Estate Investment

July 27, 2009

I get to talk with a lot of people who are new to investing. As a rule, they’re amazing and frequently very successful, particularly among the REIN crew. Most of us know that one person who just won’t shut up. Since I’ve been one, and I’ve been exposed to quite a few lately, I’m going [...]

3 comments Read the full article →

Edmonton Monthly Prices Updates

July 16, 2009

FYI, I’ve updated my massively popular spreadsheet of Edmonton Real Estate Prices since 1962 to include the June 2009 Data. You can also check the second sheet of the raw data to view two new additions: month-vs-past-month and month-vs-month-last-year  price change calculations. Have fun and be nice to your data!

1 comment Read the full article →

Live From Edmonton – The Video of the Week!

May 3, 2009

Sorry for the lack of posting this past week. I’ve been lost in the middle of moving out of my old place, into Megan’s place, cleaning that place up to show, and moving back to Edmonton for three weeks. Did I also mention that work has been busy but completely awesome? I’m also finally getting [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

← Previous Entries