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Evicting Tenants in Alberta

February 14, 2011 Property Management

First, thanks to Chris for allowing me a guest post. I am a fellow Real Estate investor and spent seven years with REIN, so I really appreciate many of his insights in his posts. This particular post is actually in regards to a post by Brian Persaud quite a few months ago in regards to [...]

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Kicking Out Deadbeat Tenants

September 30, 2010 Property Management
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There comes a point in every landlord’s life where you have a tenant who: Doesn’t pay on time Damages their own unit Damages the common property Fights with other tenants Does something illegal on the property Threatens or attacks you Is paying old and very low rents Doesn’t play well with others Hasn’t paid in [...]

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Six Shockingly Simple Tips to Prevent Rental Fraud

August 25, 2010 Property Management
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There’s a scam that comes around every few years. You put an ad up for one of your units. Someone copies it, drops the price and ends up suckering someone out of a damage deposit or a month’s rent and running away. It’s the oldest trick in the book – sell something you don’t own. [...]

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The Three Rules of Renos and Repairs

August 7, 2010 Business
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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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64 Photos of a Screwed Up House

June 27, 2010 Real Estate

I could have named this post 64 reasons I can buy for 30% below market in Edmonton, but it’s not sold yet. It’s a house we bought from a distressed seller who needed to move very quickly. I’ll go into details about how to find, fund and close on places like this. This is the [...]

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10 Reasons Why Tenants Should Give You Nightmares

February 28, 2010 Property Management
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There’s something that you start to learn after 15 years of property management and thousands of tenants. There’s nothing that will surprise or disgust you anymore. I don’t claim to have seen it all, but I’ve seen enough. The Giant TV of Doom – They’ll  bounce the rent cheques, struggle to have any sort of [...]

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Things Tenants Leave: Funny or Scary?

February 22, 2010 Property Management

My parents were renovating a property of theirs after a tenant has moved out. You find all sorts of funny things tenants leave, but this was a new one.

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