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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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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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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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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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