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  1. ChrisDavies

    Garage Suites

    Has anyone actually built a garage suite? If so I'd love to chat about the process and your experience.
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    Colour choices (dark/light grey)?

    Anyone have a dark/light grey combo they like? We're painting a bunch of apartments and I think we need something more modern. Most of the units are getting LVP flooring so we can match the flooring to the paint.
  3. ChrisDavies

    Help Pick My New Book Cover

    I'm just about ready to publish my new book about investing in apartment buildings. We've been running a contest to design a cover over at 99 Designs and I'd love your input. Let me know which of the five designs is your favorite and what I can/should change...
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    What happens when your `property manager` steals your deposits?

    I'm just on my way back from a terriffic weekend in Vancouver at the ACRES weekend. I've heard been a number of discussions there and seen some threads on here about property management that give me some concern. There's two reasons your property manager needs to be licensed: 1. It's the...
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    REWORK- Join the REIN Book Blogging Club

    I have a challenge for the bloggers and readers out there. I talked in my latest blog post (below) about how the book Rework is changing the way I look at my business. The chapters are all just a few pages, and are easy to read and comment on. I challenge you all to join me in reading the book...
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    Come Drive Edmonton on Sunday

    If you're in the Edmonton area and have Sunday afternoon free, come join Brent and I for a couple hours of looking at Edmonton properties with some other investors. This is a free, no obligation chance to learn more about different property types and neighbourhoods available in Edmonton. We'll...
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    My New MLS Search Site

    Hi Folks, I've finally launched my new website to cover the Realtor side of my business (I'm keeping chrisdavies.ca as my investment-focused blog). The biggest reason I picked the developers I did is because it's got a kick-ass MLS search functionality, and it makes it easy to...
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    One Killer Strategy To Make The Mortgage Changes Work To Your Advantage

    Here's an excerpt from my blog post on the topic. I'm sure you've all heard about the Federal Government's January 17th change to CMHC mortgage rules by now (and I missed blogging about it, shame on me). They take effect on March 18th, and there's one great strategy I'll share to get some...
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    The Chris Davies Edmonton Rental Market Report – Dec 2010

    Originally posted on my blog: The Chris Davies Edmonton Rental Market Report – Dec 2010 Knowing what a potential revenue property will rent for is the most important and most difficult part of establishing a rental portfolio that has positive cash-flow and creates serious passive income. To...
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    Edmonton Rental Market Survey

    After answering a lot of questions, I`ve decided to try and compile a market survey for the Edmonton area. Attached is a spreadsheet, and I`d ask you to take 10 minutes, throw in some ballpark numbers for currently available or recently units and email or fax it back. Please feel free to forward...
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    A $1,500,000 Massage

    I had a great reminder from the multi-family weekend today. I went for a massage and got to chatting with the therapist. She`s a resident manager at a 15 suit building in west-Edmonton which is going up for sale. I`m not looking to buy, but you never know where you`ll find properties for sale...
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    Hey Edmonton, Come Ride the LRT Tonight!

    Hi Edmonton folks. I`m going to be going on one of Brent`s discovery tours tonight. He`s been showing investors different property types (multi-family, single family homes, suited properties) and we`re going to look at condos along the LRT line (present and future) that might be a good...
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    Hamilton Realtor and Rental Wanted

    Hi Folks, Two friends of mine are headed to Hamilton next month. The wife just got into med school at Mac, and I work with the husband. They`re curious about buying, but they`ll need to rent for at least the first couple months (probably a year), and if it`s the right place all the way...
  14. ChrisDavies

    A Property Manager Can Save Your Ass

    Normally I don`t share blog posts here, but this was pretty apt since it`s related to another thread here about AHS. The original post is Property Management Can Save Your AssThere’s a cliche in the real estate business that you make your money when you buy. It sounds all fancy and sexy to say...
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    Where should we do the next Rental Site Ranking?

    Hi Everyone, I`m floating a survey to see where people would like the next rental site ranking report to focus on, and if there`s enough interest to start a regular series of them. In case you didn`t get a copy at the Ontario ALIFE weekend, or haven`t downloaded the from my site (here and...
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    Your Guide to Ontario Rental Websites

    Hi Folks, Those of you at the aLIFE weekend in Ontario got a copy of a report I wrote that ranks the different rental websites according to how well they show up in Google. I did a custom report detailing the rankings for each of the Top Ontario Investment Towns. Now that the REIN members...
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    Carpet Cleaners in Kelowna

    Morning everyone, A friend of mine is looking for a recommendation for a carpet cleaner. The unit in question is in Kelowna. Cheers, Chris
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    Six Reasons No One Wants to Buy Your F%^$ Real Estate Investment

    From my blog this morning: Six Reasons No One Wants to Buy Your F%^$ Real Estate InvestmentI get to talk with a lot of people who are new to investing. As a rule, they`re amazing and frequently very successful, particularly among the REIN crew. Most of us know that one person who just won`t...
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    Tomorrow`s CPI will be negative. This does not mean we’re headed for deflation.

    This just went live on my blog, but thought you folks would like to see it. Also, go check out Gordon`s economics blog. Stephen Gordon writes one of my favorite blogs on economics, and pointed out something interesting about what’s going to hit the news tomorrow. The CPI will be negative. This...
  20. ChrisDavies

    Finding Tenants in the Internet Age

    Hi Folks, Brent wrote a whitepaper about some research he`s done to test various websites and advertising mediums. I`ve put a copy of it for download up on his website. http://www.brentdavies.com/advertising-ren...he-internet-age Enjoy!
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