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Edmonton Multi Family for Sale
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Discovery Tours for Real Estate Investors, Spring 2012
Our discovery tours for investors are designed for the new and experianced investor to test kick the tires of different property types. The pro and cons of each type of property from single family, suited properties, and multi family. Numbers have to work, but if your basic assumptions are wrong, then the [...]
Fully Renovated Bungelow in Meadowlark Park, Edmonton $345,000
Renovations underway as we write. Hardwood floors refinished, new bathroom fixtures, flooring and basement development. Stunning 3+2 bedroom home with 2 bathrooms and 1 on suite. Double car garage, fenced yard. Located directly across the street from the Jasper Place leisure center. This great property will be ready for sale or rental on April 1, [...]
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Landlords Do Care, But You Will Never See It On TV!
Fred was pensioner who lived in one our apartment suites in northeast Edmonton, where he has been living in a bachelor suite since 1977. I first met him when we took over management of his apartment building in 1990. When we took over, Fred’s rent was $100 lower than the other suites. We were told [...]
Advanced Landlording & Investing Fundamentals Expo (LIFE)
The Real Estate Investment Network (REIN) is putting on a awesome event in Edmonton on June 26, 27 & 28. Friday night starts with an economic summit with key speakers, some top Canadian economists and veteran analysts. You can download the PDF brochure here, or go here to register. Saturdayis the LIFE Expo and starts [...]
Testing Edmonton Rental Websites
As a Landlord in Edmonton, finding the great tenants during the busy summer rental season is a must. With the economic slowdown and the increased vacancy in Edmonton, it time to check our rental tools. The Edmonton Journal Classified section, the traditional place to advertise the rentals, has shrunk from 2 full pages a few [...]
Drowning in a Sea of Ads
How does a tenant find a place in the big wide sea that is now the Edmonton rental market. 10 years ago, we only had the Edmonton Journal, the Edmonton Sun, and the Home Renters Guide. No internet. 4 years ago, Rent Edmonton and Rentfaster were available, and were very good at attracting the tenant [...]
11 Lessons From Recessions Past
I was listening to the local news last week and the headlines gave me this feeling of doom. Companies closing, job layoffs, foreclosures and the stock market crashing. No political scandals or crazy celebrities to take my mind off the bad economy. I flashed back to the last big recession in my life; the 1980′s in Alberta. [...]