I'm wondering if anyone can help me do research on rents for a HOUSE in Burlington. It belongs to a family member and is located around Brant near the lake. It's a one bedroom plus den bungalow with an unfinished basement, 2 car parking, backyard. It's been completely renovated professionally...

Has this ever happened to anyone else? My bank usually deposits the funds from my posted dated cheques into my account by the 2nd of each month, so when the funds did not show up by mod June, I contacted them. My tenants have confirmed that the rent has not come out, so it's not a matter of...

hi everyone, I have a friend that is moving to hamilton in september to go to McMaster U. As well, he would like to be close to a climbing gym at Main and Dundurn and we were wondering which areas he should be looking to rent in and which areas he should avoid. Which areas should be avoided...

okay, so I got an email today from someone inquiring about an apt that I rented out about a week ago. The link came through "Urban Renters". When I went to their site, sure enough, there was my apt for rent. They basically copied and pasted the text that I had written along with one pic, my...

hi, I`m just wondering if anyone is investing in the Montreal area. I have a friend that owns a dulpex and wants to buy more. I don`t know much about Quebec other than the fact that have pretty strict rent control rules. I would love to speak with an experienced investor in the area and ask a...

I thought I would share this information with everyone. I was recently in Mexico when I got an email from one of my tenants saying that they were going to be moving. As I had photos on the laptop with me, I decided to not wait 5 days until I returned home, but post an ad right away. I was...

hi, I have a friend that is moving to thunder bay and looking to buy an investment property near the university. Are there any experienced rein members that currently invest there that I could put him in touch with? Thank you, Terri

here`s an article from the toronto star. http://www.yourhome.ca/homes/article/643200 I don`t know if other Toronto area investors are feeling this, but the market is crazy. I`m seeing line ups for open houses. At least back in the peak in 2007 there was inventory. Right now there`s not a lot...

According to this article, Toronto has transitioned into a sellers market in the last couple of months, primarily because there`s a shortage of listings, but it has been pretty shocking to see bidding wars and things go in 2 days for over asking so soon after such a big fall. http...

Wow, it`s been a crazy few months for me, but there`s something that I wanted to share. A little while ago I read "Outliers" by malcolm gladwell, and I don`t know how many of you have read it and I know that I should post this on the book list thread and hopefully I will remember to do that...

so everywhere I read that the housing market is in a decline, prices have dropped, sales have dropped, so why is it that any property that I would want to buy is selling in 2 days or less? There have only been 2 properties that have come up on the mls in the last 2 months that perfectly fit my...

hi everyone, well, it`s taken a while but I finally have my website (almost) finished. yahh! http://www.queenwestrentals.com/index.html but it`s not quite time to celebrate yet. It still needs some tweaking and........ I would love some constructive criticism to help improve it. I`ve been...

QUOTE Home Depot, believed to be the main tenant of the 99,000-square-foot development, would base this store on a highly successful “storefront Home Depot” in Manhattan rather than the usual massive, aircraft-hangar-sized store. http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/t...-west-cool.aspx...

Hi, there`s been a few threads on here about rental apt scams involving craigslist. I actually got one myself from an ad I posted, which brings me to wonder what other areas besides apts for rent are experiencing scams. Now, I know this site is supposed to be about realestate investing, but I...

Okay, so I posted this in financing so I`m trying again..... I`m helping a friend to decide what the best route would be to go on a house that he just inherited in Markham. He does not live in Markham, has no intention of living in the house, and currently rents in Toronto. We`re going to be...

has this ever happened to anyone else? here is my ad on craigslist, posted dec 6 http://toronto.craigslist.ca/tor/apa/501289013.html here is an ad that i did not post , posted dec 7 http://toronto.craigslist.ca/tor/apa/501710535.html they changed the posting title, I think they made it better...

I have a very unique 4 plex and it`s difficult to find good comparable sales. One reason being, is that it`s not a legally converted muti unit. Technically it`s a single family with legal non-conforming retrofit status. It`s been grandfathered. (My favorite kind of property. I pay taxes as a...