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Quickstart Live 2008 Real Estate Seminar in Edmonton

October 21, 2008 REIN

I’m going to be there. You’d better be there. It’s the Real Estate Investment Network’s Quickstart Live in Edmonton, November 8th and 9th, 2008. What this is, in essence, is an expanded and updated version of Real Estate Investing in Canada. Take that book, add in all the tools you need to actually get out [...]

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Warning: Diatribe Ahead

October 10, 2008 The Economy

Markets are crashing. Economies are collapsing. Politicians are being twits. I get freaked out. I’ll be honest. Sometimes I read the news, or check my stock portfolio and see things going completely to pot. I’m never going to be able pay for my kid’s education, or Megan and my wedding. People are going to loose [...]

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Canadian Real Estate Events Calendar

October 9, 2008 For Real Estate Investors

It’s hard to keep track of all the things going on these days, and it’s easy to miss out. There are meetings, events, webinars, and releases of important information. I’ve decided to bring it all together in a calendar. This is intended for investors like myself, members of the Real Estate Investment Network (REIN) and [...]

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Banks tighter than a duck’s ass

September 28, 2008 The Economy

So, unless you’re dead, you’ve been reading about the stock market crash and the death of AIG; the explosion of WaMu (Washington Mutual) and Congresses’ $700 billion bailout. The real issue right now isn’t what happened; it’s what can’t happen going forward. All this has caused the entire finance industry to pucker tighter than ducks [...]

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Newspapers are Confusing

September 23, 2008 Real Estate

I’m a big fan of Danielle Millar’s blog. Short entries, good news clips, and a minimum of advertising/self-promotion. She’s also about to have her first child, which has been pretty cool to follow. She had a good post on Sunday with four seemingly contradictory newspaper articles. She makes a good point, that those of use [...]

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Top 10 Alberta Investment Towns

August 24, 2008 REIN

The 2008 REIN Western Canadian Workshop is over and the brand new list of the Top Ten Towns to Invest In is out. No surprise for me, but Edmonton’s at the top and Calgary’s regained the #2 spot, while Grande Prairie fell to #5. High River fell off the #6 spot on the old list, [...]

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Six Steps to Finding Cashflow Creek (and two bonus steps)

February 25, 2008 Alberta

The secret to investing in Real Estate is Cash Flow. If you get some cash out each month/quarter, you’ll be able to continue to invest. If not, you’ll be stuck nursing along your one property and never make any progress towards your own personal Belize. Because I hear and read a lot of new investors [...]

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