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Integrity In Real Estate
Integrity What a fantastic morning! Nothing like a few hours of vacuuming rooming house floors, finding, dust bunnies the size of actual bunnies, old toenails to suck up and spills in a room that you just cannot imagine how they … Continue reading
Secondary Suites – Petty Little People
Calgary Secondary Suite Issue There is a hot new topic being discussed in Calgary right now and its revolving around secondary suites. Our new mayor, Naheed Nenshi, is behind a proposal that would legalize secondary suites in almost every district … Continue reading
More Bad Housing News!
Alberta Households At Risk! Apparently Alberta households are among the most vulnerable in Canada and have the greatest potential risk to negative economic occurrences. This is directly from a report released by TD Economics and says Alberta is second only … Continue reading
Mortgage Rates On The Rise – Should We Panic?
Surprise surprise, banks are raising their rates. OK, we all knew it was going to happen, but now it’s suddenly front page news? The only excitement about it was who the first lenders to jump the gun would be. So … Continue reading
Freaking Fear Mongerers
Heard it on the radio this morning. Couldn’t believe my ears. Some freaking economist in Ontario has come out with a report stating house prices could tumble 25% ACROSS CANADA. Which is exactly what the radio is reporting and as … Continue reading
Why Don’t Tenants Read The Ads?
This post is just a short little pet peeve of mine. Part of being a landlord is learning to write ads that do a portion of your work for you. If you don’t put little qualifiers in place such as … Continue reading
New Mortgage Rules Changes Introduced January 2011
OK, here comes the government with more changes to the 2011 mortgage regulations. Although government intervention in many things economic typically have negative results (go read my Rent Control article from a couple years ago), changes like the ones just … Continue reading
Another Potential Dagger in the Real Estate Market Crash Theory
I was just reviewing some past news articles this morning and stumbled across a story for October last year I thought needed some reflection. The story was about a recent report from TD Canada Trust called the Boomer Buyer’s Report. … Continue reading
Sales Are Down, But Values Are Up?
First off, 2010 wasn’t just a bad dream, instead 2010 really was just an extension of the last few years which have really been a nightmare for Alberta Real Estate values. The official 2010 CREB statistics are out now and … Continue reading
Why Don’t They Screen Tenants?
It’s amazing how many problem tenants could be avoided if landlords just properly screened tenants before handing over the keys. Here are some screening tips to help make it easier. Continue reading
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No One Saw It Coming – The Aftermath
As with many of my tenant stories, we never really know what triggered someone going slightly off or believing they could do what ever they wished. It seems this holds true with this story as well. Karen and I went … Continue reading
Foreclosure in Calgary – A Conclusion To The Story
Going through a foreclosure has been quite an eye opening experience for me and I felt it was a story that needed to get told. Ultimately, it comes down to my responsibility to make good on the terms and conditions … Continue reading
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End of an Era
Can you believe it was almost seven and a half years ago that Karen and I started this adventure in Real Estate? We made the decision to start investing in Real Estate in early spring 2003, attended a phenomenal Ron … Continue reading
My Foreclosure Story, Part 3
Here we go with part three of my saga with Xceed Mortgage, the lender who wouldn’t renew a mortgage and the ensuing problems you face trying to sell a property in a slow market. So the quick recap is as … Continue reading
My Foreclosure Story
I had written an article a while ago outlining some of the difficulties I was experiencing with banks not renewing mortgages and I actually ended up with some calls and emails from various readers and investors telling me they had … Continue reading