Monthly Archives: October 2008

“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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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