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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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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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Homeowners Frustrations When Selling Their Home

Home Selling Frustrations It’s tough out there right now if you are trying to sell a property. There are still significant amounts of inventory for buyers to choose from and it’s putting buyers in the driver’s seat. Couple this with … Continue reading

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Landlord Challenges

What Are Your Landlord Challenges? $100 oil seems to be rather good for the economy. The economic activity created by this surge in prices is rippling through the province and is only in the early stages of generating increased job … Continue reading

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Want To Learn How To Sell a Rental Property?

It seems to be another busy week here for me and due to that, I have been negligent with my posting. Between preparing a rental property for sale, the kids out for spring break and half a dozen other projects … Continue reading

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Peering Into The Real Estate Crystal Ball

Every now and then I like to do a little crystal ball forecasting by looking at the developments around us and then taking an educated guess as to where this will lead us. While it would be nice to have … Continue reading

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Bank of Canada Rate Announcement March 2011

Bank of Canada March 2011 Rate Holds As I have been hoping for a while, the government learned from their series of rate increases last year and held solid to the current rate. The benchmark rate is remaining at one … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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A Cautionary Tale From A Calgary Real Estate Investor

What better experience for a cautionary tale than to experience it yourself and then to tell others. Hopefully by sharing some of our experiences with you, it better prepares you if you also invest, or are thinking about it. So … Continue reading

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