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It Starts At The Bottom

The Kick Real Estate May Need Do you know where the turnaround in the housing market starts? It starts at the bottom. I’m not referring to the slums or the starter housing market, but with the rush for rental property … Continue reading

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Buy Buy! Wait I meant Sell, No Wait Rent Instead!

I’m Frustrated With Real Estate This Real Estate market is killing me. Anyone else feel the same? Every time things start looking better in the world, up pops something to knock a table leg out and start the worldwide economy … Continue reading

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Breaking Down The Headlines

Calgary Real Estate/Business Headlines I haven’t really touched on any of the recent headlines many of you have been reading lately, so now is probably a great time to break down some of the stories for you. There are three … Continue reading

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The Best Type Of Rental Property To Invest In Is….

Investing In Rental Property Can you believe we are already on our fourth article in this series of Real Estate investment articles? This post will cover my thoughts on what I believe are the best type of rental properties to … Continue reading

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Lessons From The Real Estate Boom

Surviving a Real Estate Boom It was pretty heady times during the last Real Estate boom in Alberta. The economy was cooking, companies were hiring anyone who could breathe (and some who shouldn’t be breathing!), the malls were stuffed with … Continue reading

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Condos – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Condos As An Investment It’s been a while since I’ve written about condominiums and my thoughts about owning them personally really haven’t changed although I do understand why they are attractive to so many people. They provide a lifestyle perfect … Continue reading

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June Sales Jump

June Real Estate Market Update The June Real Estate market’s numbers are out and they are interesting to say the least. There are a couple statistics though, that seem to be drawing all the attention. The one getting the biggest … Continue reading

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What To Do With Your Variable Rate Mortgage

Should You Lock Your Variable Rate Mortgage? Wondering when to lock in your variable rate mortgage, or what your lock in options are? If that is one of the mortgage questions you have right now you might find this video … Continue reading

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Canada vs. Alberta vs. Your District

Canada Is One Vast Country If you haven’t noticed, we are one darn large country. With over 9 million square kilometres of land, almost 10 million square kilometres of total area and over 156 thousand miles of border we take … Continue reading

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Bing, Bang, Boom

Here is an assortment of topics and items that were on my mind and occurring around us last week. Bing – Interest Rates May Be Stable For a While! There are some rumours out there the Bank of Canada may … Continue reading

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Dealing With Professional Tenants

Professional Tenants Understand the System If you aren’t familiar with the term, you would think a professional tenant is just someone with no intent on ever owning and intending on staying a tenant forever. Talk to a landlord who has … Continue reading

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Why The US Housing Market Won’t Correct Itself In the Near Future

US Housing Market Set To Suffer For Several Years The US Real Estate market seems to be a constant source of conversations lately. With the meltdown the market went through over the last several years, many areas of the US … Continue reading

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BoC Interest Rate Announcement

Bank of Canada Interest Rates Stay at 1% Sort of. On Tuesday, the Bank of Canada made its rate announcement and kept the rate unchanged at 1%. This is the rate at which banks borrow their money and base their … Continue reading

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When You Are On a Roll

Thanks for all the great feedback and comments on my previous article about When Being a Landlord Sucks. I was thinking about calling this post “When Being an Investor Sucks”, but the jury is still out. To set up the … Continue reading

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When Being a Landlord Sucks

The Police Called About a Tenant It was about 11:30 this morning when the police officer called me. I had already signed one new tenant into a shared accommodation and another out and was in the process of fixing two … Continue reading

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