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We’re offering a free service to walk new investors through the process of finding, evaluating and purchasing real properties in Edmonton. Come and visit actual listings and learn the secret to evaluating neighbourhoods, property selection, due diligence, cash flow analysis, budgeting for reno’s and flips, and writing/presenting offers with no fear, and no obligations. Discover [...]
10811 – 83 Avenue, Edmonton
Student housing with 3 suites in this superb Garneau home on RA7 land. Comes with 3 fridges, 3 stoves, and central coin laundry. 3 bedrooms on 2nd floor, 1 bedroom suites on main floor and basement. Renovation work underway includes closet in basement, front porch and stairs work. All bedroom windows meet Capital Health Standards. [...]
10807-83 Avenue, Edmonton
Located on trendy Whyte Ave. and just a few blocks to Fringe Festival site and University. Perfect location for students. 3 suites and shared coin laundry. Edmonton safe housing committee has approved all work for a safe property. Keysafe will allow access to top suite only. Property next door for sale also.
Finding Tenants in the Internet Age
(Editor’s note: This whitepaper was written by Brent Davies and distributed by the Real Estate Investment Network at the L.I.F.E. Weekend and Economic Summit in June 2009) Property managers and landlords are constantly looking for quality tenants. In March 2008, we ran some tests on Internet advertising because the response to both our newspaper and [...]
5 Questions to Ask Your New Property Manager
Recently a renovator posing as a property manager in Edmonton has gone bankrupt. Because this company was not a legal property manager, all rents and security deposits are probably gone. If you were one of the victims, it is critical that you file a written complaint with RECA (the Real Estate Council of Alberta) at [...]
If you property manager isn’t licensed, your money isn’t safe.
If you property manager isn’t licensed, your money isn’t safe. Many people don’t realize that property managers need to be licensed by the Real Estate Council of Alberta (RECA). When you’re considering a property manager, take the time to check your property manager’s licensing status. You can do this on RECA’s website. If you’re in [...]
Dealing with Difficult Tenants
(Posted by Chris) Hopefully many of you had a chance to attend Brent’s presentation to the Real Estate Investment Network (REIN) in Calgary on November 5th, 2008. This was the first in a three part series about landlording. Brent spoke about dealing with difficult tenants, in particular how realizing what type of game face you’re [...]
The Black Triangle of East Edmonton
First time Real Estate Investors, often out-of-town seminar grads, come charging into Edmonton and buy where the property is the cheapest. It’s Cheap for a Reason I shake my head whenever a client calls to tell me his new property is in East Edmonton. One client bought what he called a “3-plex.” In reality it [...]
Where to Advertise Rentals – Final Results
This is part two of our experiment testing several Edmonton apartment rental sites. (If you haven’t already seen them, you might want to check the week one results and our ongoing list of some other popular sites where you can list your Edmonton, Calgary and Kelowna properties for rent.) This is actually almost three weeks [...]