Monthly Archives: May 2009

Rental Property Renovations … a diary of sorts

Sometimes you have to just bite the bullet and put some money and sweat equity into a property … and that’s what we’ve found with one of our units we own in Nanaimo. As it began to look like we’d … Continue reading

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Investigating the Real Estate Market in Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital city of Texas so not surprisingly, the government is a major employer in Austin. It’s also the home of Dell, the flagship Whole Foods store and a host of other good sized companies. The University also … Continue reading

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Law of Attraction and Real Estate

I’ve been super frustrated with the never ending problems we’ve been having with a property we have in Toronto. We spent nearly $10,000 doing the roof, repairing a ceiling, and then painting. It felt good to get the roof fixed … Continue reading

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You Get What You Focus On – In Real Estate and Mountain Biking

Ok – I know that rock doesn’t look very scary in this picture, but I can assure you it is a big rock! This picture was taken on my very FIRST single track mountain bike ride in the north shore … Continue reading

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Researching the Location for Your Next Rental Property

While researching Kelowna, BC as a potential market to purchase investment properties in, I recorded a short video to help explain what I look for in a market. In this video, I focus on just one of the elements within … Continue reading

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You Only Need to Get Good at Two Things in Real Estate

Today we are sharing a special article with you from fellow Canadian real estate investors and investing experts Nick & Tom Karadza. We’ve often shared stories about the $20,000 we spent on real estate programs early on in our investing … Continue reading

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