“I Have a Dream” to Become a Real Estate Investor

Dear Julie,
I read your article on “five ways to protect yourself from a bad property manager“. I have a dream to invest into Real Estate as I believe this is the best vehicle to get me out of the rat race. As I am still a dreamer, I read a lot of articles on the [...]

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The Mortgage Market in Canada – An Interview

Last weekend we sat down with Cindy Faulkner, owner and President of Meridian Coastal Mortgages and our mortgage broker, and got the facts on the crazy mortgage market in Canada. I’ve just finished posting the 5 part interview to our website and wanted to let you know. Check it out! We cover everything from what’s [...]

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Parade of New Homes… Continued

In our last post, I shared some pictures of our visit to Intracorp’s Glenmore at Morgan Heights townhome development. In this post, I want to share with you pictures from my favourite home…and a few other random photos from the day.
As judged by me, and with no scientific reasons behind the award…
THE AWARD FOR BEST [...]

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Parade of New Homes in Greater Vancouver

I’m not sure what you spent your Saturday doing, but I am pretty sure you didn’t do what we did!
We started the day off with a nice run around Rice Lake in North Vancouver, then we got ourselves cleaned up, hit Starbucks and drove out to Surrey to meet with Cindy Faulkner of Meridian Coastal [...]

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Real Estate Renovations

Do you ever wonder what EXACTLY people are referring to when they refer to a house and say “the place just needs a bit of lipstick”, or “it’s just ugly but has good bones”? Well, we have a property in Nanaimo that fits that description. Our tenants are leaving and we’re getting ready to either [...]

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Ignore the Fear and Loathing in Real Estate

It’s almost overwhelming right now…everyone is talking about the pain in the market. The stock market just dropped again today…the banks in Canada are pulling some of their most popular mortgage and financing programs…the declarations of doom and gloom are hard to ignore. But, you should ignore them. Stay focused on your objectives, and find [...]

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Forget the market – Focus on the Deal!

What a week! After a weekend in Cumberland on Vancouver Island doing our last adventure race of the year, I had to jump on a plane and fly to Calgary for part of the week. When I finally got my weary body home, the last thing I felt like doing was getting up Saturday morning [...]

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Licensed to be a Landlord – Your Toronto Tax Dollars At Work!

I am just picking my jaw up off the floor. I cannot believe this! It’s a proposal for all landlords to get a license to be a landlord in Toronto!
Ah, another brilliant idea from government officials! Let’s create more useless government jobs by charging landlords a licensing fee. With the proceeds, we’ll then hire inspectors [...]

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