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Calgary Ranks as 23rd Most Affordable City in Canada

The Winnipeg based Frontier Centre released it’s report on housing affordability recently and proclaimed Calgary was ranked 23rd out of the 28 cities in their affordability index. The number one cities for affordability were Windsor and Thunder Bay. Can anyone … Continue reading

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Foreclosures in the US Continue to Rise in 2010

In previous articles, I have mentioned it is too early to jump into the US housing market unless you have a very long term plan. This latest article in Business Week seems to concur with my thoughts. 2009 was a … Continue reading

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You Gotta Start By Crawling Baby!

Wow, am I ever grateful it’s 2010. 2009 was a pretty brutal year economically, business wise and action wise for us. We still have a few headaches that have followed us over into 2010, but with some strong action and … Continue reading

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Another Tenant (Or Near Tenant) Story

This particular post could have also been titled “Google Knows All”, but it does revolve around tenants, so I thought I would share. Hopefully there are a couple lessons and some laughter for everyone in this. Around mid December I … Continue reading

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Calgary Ranked Top Real Estate Investment City in Alberta for 2010 by REIN

I just received my copy of REIN’s Top Investment Towns in Alberta for 2010 and Calgary has been tagged as the Top Town in the province over the next 3-5 years. How exciting! Except that I am selling some of … Continue reading

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The Flood Gates Have Opened

I know, third post in as many days, what’s going on? Well as the New Year has started, the flood gates of information have started as well. I have been getting inundated with all types of information regarding what 2010 … Continue reading

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Don Campbell on BNN Talks About The Canadian Housing Market for 2010

As a REIN member and an investor I am a big fan of Don Campbell and here is a clip for an excellent interview Don just had regarding Real Estate and what is coming up for 2010. Looks like BNN … Continue reading

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No I’m Not Giving Up On Real Estate!

I had a few inquiries yesterday whether I was packing it in, this is far from what is happening. We are actually simplifying and this involves getting rid of quite a few of our current properties. Most of them are … Continue reading

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Investment Properties For Sale – Get Your Jump on 2010 Now!

Let’s start 2010 off with a bang. For you investors reading this I have two properties I need to sell. One is a traditional rental with an upper suite and a non-conforming lower suite along with a detached garage. It … Continue reading

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My Biggest Mistake of 2009

Another year has flown by and this particular year has had its share of headaches, heartache and economic impact virtually everywhere on the planet. Although hindsight is 20/20, reflecting back on this past year I have become mindfully aware of … Continue reading

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Do You Need to Revisit The Big Picture?

As we are on the back end of what has been termed the worst economic situation since the Great Depression, do we need to re-establish the Big Picture of what is happening in the world? Sure it’s fun lamenting about … Continue reading

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SWAT Boy – The Saga Continues

How refreshing, every day my thoughts about people and helping out get dragged further down. Case in point, SWAT boy caused a bit more stress Sunday. Here I am sitting at home when the neighbour to the house calls. When … Continue reading

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It Begins Again – Evicting a Difficult Tenant in Calgary

The story of SWAT boy carrys on, and it just keeps getting better, fortunately I am trying to take the positive lessons from this. First I screwed up. Everyone take note, don’t fill out eviction forms when you are frustrated … Continue reading

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Stats From October 21st

Sorry for the delay on these, but here are the stats for single family and condo sales and new listings from October 21st. Calgary Metro – Single Family Sales Oct. 1-21st, 2009 Year 2009                             2008 Sales                        877                               537 New Listings      … Continue reading

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If It’s Thursday It Must Be Blog Post Day!

If it’s Thursday it must be blog post day! I just wanted to touch on what’s happening with the Real Estate market right now. We are continuing to see a trend where the gap between number of sales and number … Continue reading

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