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Stop Getting Scooped
I had one of my listings scooped in the 30 days between my phone calls. Someone wrote an offer, got it accepted $10-15k below what I would have sold it for, completed their due diligence and were about to close – all by the time that client came back around to the top of my […] No re...
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I had one of my listings scooped in the 30 days between my phone calls. Someone wrote an offer, got it accepted $10-15k below what I would have sold it for, completed their due diligence and were about to close – all by the time that client came back around to the top of my […] No re...
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BREXIT, CETA, and Trumpflation’s Effects On Real Estate
(N.B. Today’s post is a guest post from Michael Sadler at Access the Flock, who I met at one of the better real estate networking meetings I go to.) How has Brexit affected North American real estate prices? Brexit is supposed to cause real estate prices in Canada to go up until 2019 becaus...
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(N.B. Today’s post is a guest post from Michael Sadler at Access the Flock, who I met at one of the better real estate networking meetings I go to.) How has Brexit affected North American real estate prices? Brexit is supposed to cause real estate prices in Canada to go up until 2019 becaus...
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New Release! My Apartment Book, an EBook and I’m still alive!
Some of you may have noticed that it’s been well over a year since my last post. There’s a very good reason for that, besides selling lots of apartment buildings. I’ve finally completed my book and we’re published! It’s available on Amazon.ca (here) or directly from ...
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Some of you may have noticed that it’s been well over a year since my last post. There’s a very good reason for that, besides selling lots of apartment buildings. I’ve finally completed my book and we’re published! It’s available on Amazon.ca (here) or directly from ...
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11 Metrics for Your Real Estate Portfolio
Everyone loves Excel! Pivot tables, pie charts, bubble graphs, colour-coded bar-scales! Ok, that’s just me. I do love data. One of my most read blog posts is really nothing more than a big spreadsheet of real estate values since 1962. (NB – no, I can’t update that post. The way they collect data ...
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Everyone loves Excel! Pivot tables, pie charts, bubble graphs, colour-coded bar-scales! Ok, that’s just me. I do love data. One of my most read blog posts is really nothing more than a big spreadsheet of real estate values since 1962. (NB – no, I can’t update that post. The way they collect data ...
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My 2014 Review
I have to say that 2014 was a year of massive changes. We’re going into 5 years in the business of helping people buy and sell and we’re finally properly conscious of what we know and don’t know. I’ve never been more excited for the future. Here’s the highlights: – Our move to do more [R...
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I have to say that 2014 was a year of massive changes. We’re going into 5 years in the business of helping people buy and sell and we’re finally properly conscious of what we know and don’t know. I’ve never been more excited for the future. Here’s the highlights: – Our move to do more [R...
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Moshe Safdie: How to reinvent the apartment building in 5 minutes
Moshe is brilliant and there’s some great ideas here. Apartment building living doesn’t need to be for the poor, be boring, or be mediocre. No related posts.
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Moshe is brilliant and there’s some great ideas here. Apartment building living doesn’t need to be for the poor, be boring, or be mediocre. No related posts.
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The Double Edged Sword of New Rental Construction
There are many reasons I love new dedicated rental buildings. There’s also a lot of reasons I love working out of a RE/MAX brokerage. I have many great commercial clients and a lot of wonderful friends who are simple residential clients. There’s also a world that crosses the divide; i...
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There are many reasons I love new dedicated rental buildings. There’s also a lot of reasons I love working out of a RE/MAX brokerage. I have many great commercial clients and a lot of wonderful friends who are simple residential clients. There’s also a world that crosses the divide; i...
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The Rural Alberta Advantage – 2013’s Apartment Vacancy and Rental Cost Survey!
Ok, the title is a shameless plug for a great band. The Apartment Vacancy and Rental Cost Survey put out by the Alberta government’s Municipal Affairs department is only slightly less awesome. What is it? Here’s a quote from their introduction. Since 1973, (with the exception of 2004)...
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Ok, the title is a shameless plug for a great band. The Apartment Vacancy and Rental Cost Survey put out by the Alberta government’s Municipal Affairs department is only slightly less awesome. What is it? Here’s a quote from their introduction. Since 1973, (with the exception of 2004)...
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Tenants Who Smoke – A Slightly Dirty Love Affair
Like most landlords, I have a love/hate relationship with smokers. They’re usually great tenants, pay on time and tend not to move as often as their fresh-air cousins. The hate (really, more of a dislike) comes when they move and it’s time to re-rent or sell. Flooring, paint, washing, ozone, and ...
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Like most landlords, I have a love/hate relationship with smokers. They’re usually great tenants, pay on time and tend not to move as often as their fresh-air cousins. The hate (really, more of a dislike) comes when they move and it’s time to re-rent or sell. Flooring, paint, washing, ozone, and ...
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5 Tips To Sell Tenant Occupied Properties in Alberta
I’m well known around my office for knowing quite a bit about landlording and the laws that govern tenancies in Alberta, or at least knowing where to go to find answers. It’s not surprising that I get a lot more questions when it’s spring and leases are up for students or people...
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I’m well known around my office for knowing quite a bit about landlording and the laws that govern tenancies in Alberta, or at least knowing where to go to find answers. It’s not surprising that I get a lot more questions when it’s spring and leases are up for students or people...
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Manic Depression – Seal and Jeff Beck do Jimi Hendrix
It’s been a while since I did some musical sharing. Given my post about mental health the other day I thought I’d combine the two. There’s a lot of good Hendrix covers out there and I’ve been loving the Songza World of Jimi Hendrix playlist. Jeff Beck is legendary and Seal...
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It’s been a while since I did some musical sharing. Given my post about mental health the other day I thought I’d combine the two. There’s a lot of good Hendrix covers out there and I’ve been loving the Songza World of Jimi Hendrix playlist. Jeff Beck is legendary and Seal...
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10 Free Ads (and what to do with them)
Marketing is a funny thing. There’s a bygone era that the 1950’s Mad Men typified which made mass marketing an art form. It worked great back then. Today it not the same. We’re immersed in messages from every angle. Brands are on everything and I dare say that you can find 10 lo...
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Marketing is a funny thing. There’s a bygone era that the 1950’s Mad Men typified which made mass marketing an art form. It worked great back then. Today it not the same. We’re immersed in messages from every angle. Brands are on everything and I dare say that you can find 10 lo...
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Understanding Referral Fees
Amongst real estate investors (and most group of people) there’s a lot of confusion about how organized real estate works. Commissions are pretty straight forward, though they very by location and property type (i.e. commercial properties have a different commission because they require dif...
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Amongst real estate investors (and most group of people) there’s a lot of confusion about how organized real estate works. Commissions are pretty straight forward, though they very by location and property type (i.e. commercial properties have a different commission because they require dif...
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