Monthly Archives: November 2008
Phantom Rent: Pitfalls of Buying Pre-construction Condo’s
Thinking of buying a pre-construction condo? As we enter the 11th month of paying “rent” to the developer on two units we own in the Toy Factory Lofts in Toronto’s trendy King West district, I want to tell you not … Continue reading
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Fourth Place in this week’s Carnival of Real Estate
Hosted by The Stockton Real Estate Specialist, the 118th Carnival of Real Estate has a great assortment of articles…including one written by yours truly!! My article was one that I wrote for our newsletter subscribers on the five steps to … Continue reading
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Knowing Your Property Comparables – An Article by Justin Ford
My head is still spinning from the amazing week I had in Florida. For the first 4 days I was in Delray Beach at a information marketing conference put on by the amazing folks at Early to Rise. And let … Continue reading
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5 Creative Ways to Make Money in Real Estate
I’m honoured and excited to let you know that Patrick Riddle of Must Know Investing has posted one of my articles on his site . Check out the article and the other great stuff on the site! Even if you’ve … Continue reading
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Buying a Timeshare in South Beach – Is it A Good Real Estate Investment?
We hadn’t even checked into our little boutique hotel on Ocean Drive in Miami’s South Beach when Danny was greeting us with promises of VIP passes to the Mansion, reserved chairs, tent and towels at Nikki Beach, $100 in gas, … Continue reading
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Meeting a Reader & Real Estate Investment Courses
So, there I was in Toronto at the event I mentioned in my last post, chatting with a very recent addition to the RealNet Canada research team when he says “Julie, I want you to meet my long time friend … Continue reading
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The Market Isn’t Always Going To Be Like This… Bruce Flatt says so!
I just returned from a trip to Toronto, where one of the highlights of my trip was the Schulich Real Property Perspectives Lecture featuring Bruce Flatt, Senior Managing Partner and CEO of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. Brookfield is famous (at … Continue reading
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New Website: What Customers Say
I recently came across this website: www.what-customers-say.com . It compares itself, albeit at a much earlier development stage, to something like Trip Advisor. I’m pretty excited about it’s potential. Julie is the Queen of Trip Advisor. Everytime she travels somewhere … Continue reading
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