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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.

$100 Oil, Again

So we have broken the $100 a barrel price point for oil again, is it a trend? Will it happen again? From everything we see and the demand worldwide for oil, this appears to be a more realistic trend for … Continue reading

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Stocks plunge, Dow’s biggest percentage drop in a year!

Just think, overnight a small group made a decision based on “an unexpected contraction in the service sector” that affects millions of investors. Of course the people at the top of the food chain, with all the money, may have not … Continue reading

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$100 Oil and the New Power Brokers

The Financial Post has a great article from a few days ago about how $90-100 for a barrel of oil has changed power levels of certain countries. It is a very interesting read, here are some excerpts; “As oil was … Continue reading

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Handy Rent Analyzer

At the latest Real Estate Investment Network (REIN) meeting we were shown a very handy tool to confirm whether your rents are inline with the other nearby properties. If you are currently a rental property owner or a tenant wondering … Continue reading

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Who says houses aren’t selling?

What an amazing couple of weeks. We have sold our second property this month within days of listing them within our Realtor Stef Lukas. The first one we listed with Stef on the 11th of this month, he had his … Continue reading

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Sub-Prime crisis in the US and possibly Canada?

I just read a great article that really explains how the Sub-Prime mortgage market created it’s own set of problems in the US. It was written by Don Campbell President of the Real Estate Investment Network (REIN) and really clarifies some … Continue reading

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Flipping Houses Part 2, Financing

So, your current ambition is to buy a property to fix and flip to make a pile of money. One of the first things you need to worry about is where you will get the money to purchase the property. … Continue reading

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Newspaper article

Just a quick update on another new forum for my Real Estate articles. Starting next week I will be writing a weekly newspaper article for the Chestermere Anchor. Chestermere is located just outside of Calgary and is a very popular … Continue reading

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Flipping Houses Part 1, Introduction

When you break the whole process down it comes to the following four stages, which we will call the four F’s, Finances Finding a Property Fixing Flipping The stages are not necessarily in the order they always happen and you … Continue reading

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So you want to get into Real Estate?

Kim and I were sitting at an Open House today and she was explaining to me how many people are interested in what she does (Kim is a co-owner of Essential Properties, one of the companies KatSid is a 50% … Continue reading

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A day in the life of a Real Estate Investor

Ok, first a reality check, this isn’t very glamourous today! 6:30 Alarm goes off, listent to news, think about day 7:40 finally get out of bed (we shouldn’t have stayed up to 12:30 watching a movie , love True Lies though) … Continue reading

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Buying Properties

We bought a property on Friday, and I think we’ll put an offer on another tomorrow.  Anyone want to join in? – posted by Karen

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Another Upgrader Project

As I am listening to the news this morning, I hear there is over $40,000,000,000 in energy projects that have been announced in only the last two weeks! The one project is Shell’s Upgrader in Fort Saskatchewan in an area … Continue reading

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