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Bill has been investing in Calgary Real Estate since 2003 and has been writing about various Real Estate topics since shortly after he started. With a significant amount of Real Estate transactions and experiences he is able to pass his knowledge on to other investors and partners, and now you through his Real Estate blog. To automatically receive new posts, be sure to sign up on the top right of this page and I will send you a free ebook on Screening Tenants.

$2 Trillion Loss in Retirement Plans

The $2,000,000,000,000 loss reflects how much has been lost in American retirement plans and I had to use all the zeros for the best effect. The link to the complete article will be below, but here are some quick thoughts … Continue reading

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Follow up to the US Bailout Vote

It appears the new revised bailout was approved, the full story is here, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26987291/ So after another week of posing, posturing and making sure they made the news they have passed the amended bailout, watch for another update next week.

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Quick Notes on the US Bailout

I seem to have a steady flow of updates on the US bailout coming my way, so hopefully I can break down some of the information for you that helps explain it a bit more. The key point from all … Continue reading

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Landlording Mistakes That Cost You Money

Here is a follow up to an article I wrote in the Chestermere Anchor last week about being a landlord. If you intend on investing in Real Estate some of these details can be key. There are many problems new … Continue reading

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Rooming House Story Finally Hits the Paper

By the calls and messages I was finally updated that our rooming houses made the paper. While I was a bit disappointed it didn’t talk more about our places and us, it did come out fairly well. Of course, who … Continue reading

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Recap of the REIN Western Conference Workshop

  The REIN Western Conference all day workshop took place last week here in Calgary and as usual, it was packed with information about investing in Real Estate. Particularly about investing in Alberta Real Estate of course, but much of … Continue reading

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Calgary Herald Update

So it looks like I was bumped from the Herald this weekend, I am trying to track down the reporter to find out when the story will be in the paper. Here is the link to the original post, Herald … Continue reading

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If you read the Calgary Herald, watch for me Sunday!

I just met with a reporter and photographer for the Herald this morning regarding an upcoming article on rooming houses. The story should be in this Sunday August 24th’s paper.   It was a few weeks ago that a rooming … Continue reading

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Follow up to the August Newsletter

So as a follow up to the article about BMW’s becoming boring in August’s Newsletter (read the Newsletter here, August’s Newsletter), here are some vehicle updates from Tuesday August 19th. I was shut out on Ferrari’s, Lamborghini’s and Maseratti’s yesterday, … Continue reading

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Recommended Books Update

I have just added a new feature that one reader asked to be added to the book list. The feature Stephen was looking for was the ability to search for other titles that were not listed there. Well it has … Continue reading

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What’s a FINTRAC?

FINTRAC stands for The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada .  Read one of my recent articles about the new rules about purchasing or selling property in Canada!!   FINTRAC or More Privacy Issues! If you plan on purchasing or selling a property … Continue reading

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Housing Prices Down, Rents Going Up!

In a surprise move by the government today it has been announced by Finance Canada that effective October 15th, CMHC will no longer guarantee mortgages that are longer than 35 years. They also will now require a minimum downpayment of 5%. … Continue reading

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Recommended Reading – Books you need to own!

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Four Hour Work Week followup

In February’s monthly Newsletter I referred to a book I had finished on my vacation called The Four Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss and several people had mentioned they were having problems locating it. It was quite popular at … Continue reading

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A walk through video on how the sub-prime mess came about

There seems to be a myriad of questions about the sub-prime issues in the US and the following video covers off what the problem The Sub Prime Crisis Hopefully this makes it much clearer. Enjoy.

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