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Pre-Register for the Edmonton and Calgary Rental Ranking Report

January 11, 2010
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Smart advertising means doing your homework. Investors and property managers loved the Ontario ranking report we released in October and the original national report from last June. They’re reports that will help people advertise on the right websites, save money and fill your vacancies faster.
I’m proud to announce that reports for both Edmonton and Calgary [...]

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The Top Ontario Rental Websites – Fall 2009

October 30, 2009
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Advertising your vacancies on the right sites will save you time and money. What many real estate investors fail to realize is that between your property and the tenant comes an advertisement. The missing link is how they find your ads, and the answer is:

This whitepaper does the heavy lifting for you if you’re in [...]

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How to Cut Vacancies by 50%

July 16, 2009

Stuart Lomas told an intersting story this week. He has four properties in Edmonton, two of which were vacant (one up in Hermatige and one in Millwoods) .
They were doing well with their advertising. Lots of inquiries, and plenty of prospective tenants to come and look at the places.  The rents were appropriate, and the [...]

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Canadian Rental Website Rankings – June 2009

July 11, 2009

Renters and Real Estate investors both have similar needs. Renters want a place to live and investors have a place for them. Getting the two parties together can be a difficult exercise. However, there is one thing which brings us together. You might jump to the conclusion that it’s just the Internet. You’d be wrong.
The [...]

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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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Don’t rent out a new home…or blog about it either

October 23, 2008

I was going to write a post giving some kudos to Sara MacLennan’s great post about the hazards of renting out a new house. I went and re-read the post. But then I got distracted by the giant string of comments. Holy crap. 
What is it about real estate that makes people act like fools? 
Sara made [...]

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Creating Maps with Rental Data

September 19, 2008

This guest post was kindly contributed by QMan, a REIN member and educator. You’re sure to see more from him in the future. – Chris
The Challenge
One of the challenges I face is trying to identify the going rents for a given pocket of a particular community before we make our purchases to help determine cash [...]

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Where to Advertise your Properties (and some traffic tips)

June 14, 2008

I was at a REIN coffee meeting in Kelowna and we had a good chat about places to advertise our vacancies in Kelowna. After the discussion, and to save everyone from trying to write down a whole bunch of websites I’m posting a list (Edmonton, Kelowna, and Everywhere). I’ll come back to this list from [...]

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