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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 [...]

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Committed to a Cause

August 1, 2009

Yesterday I was passing through the Vancouver area and I made time to meet up with Russell Westcott. For those who haven’t met him before, he’s the Vice President of the Real Estate Investment Network. The REIN members will know him as the MC of most of the meetings and the resident Joint Venture expert. [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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(Edmonton) Alberta remains best place for real estate investors

June 30, 2009

Here’s a great article from the Gary Lamphier in the Edmonton Journal today. I also got a call last night about a great deal in Edmonton that I’m going to make an offer on this weekend. When it comes to the housing market, E-town still rules. That’s the word from Don Campbell, president of Canada’s Real [...]

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Get a LIFE Weekend and Economic Summit

June 19, 2009

There’s a great Real Estate Investment Network (REIN) event in Edmonton coming up soon, June 26-28th. Friday night starts with an economic summit with key speakers, some top Canadian economists and veteran analysts. You can download the PDF brochure here, or click here to register. The panel for the summit will include: Carl Gomez, Vice President, [...]

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The Key to a Successful Real Estate Investment Group

May 19, 2009

…is to be a real estate investment group. Period. That’s really all there is to it. Your group need to be about that one topic and everything you do needs to be aligned to that objective. REIN’s tagline on the homepage of www.realestateinvestingincanada.com is: Discover How, When And Where To Buy Canadian Positive Cash Flow [...]

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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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