Wow sure seems like it was a powerful weekend, now I`m gutted I was in France and missed it!!

Thanks for the post, great info

Congrats!! Very inspirational

Craziness, another reason I`m striving to have passive income so that I can live wherever!!

Congrats Darcelle, confidence goes a looooong way in life!

I picked real estate because I really want to get some properties so would spend most of the 100K on that however I have made some nice little capital gains playing the stock market a bit, so would love a little more play money for the markets! So maybe 80K on real estate then 20K on stocks and...

QUOTE (invst4profit @ May 27 2009, 01:23 PM) Probably just by informing the offending dog owner that it is your intention to put bacon grease on the poop he would correct his bad habits. Haha too funny, have to tried this one?! Other people`s dogs can be so annoying eh, there`s one over the...

If you`re going to have to hire a property manager in Kelowna then it might be better to go to Waterloo where you can manage yourself, also if you can get a triplex in a top ten town that would be awesome! Either way best to pick you focus and stick with it, if you don`t plan on buying more in...

Home re-sale market shows signs of recovery, rises for third straight month THE CANADIAN PRESS May 14, 2009 OTTAWA - The Canadian Real Estate Association says sales and prices of existing homes rose sharply in April from the previous month but remained lower than they were at the same time last...

Thanks for the post, I must read that book! I had it out of the library but then I had a baby hence didn`t get round to reading it but now I have some time when he`s sleeping I should get it out again!

Congrats that`s awesome!

Awesome info, thanks Brett!!

Calgary is the top city out of 21 major urban areas in terms of living quality and economic potential, according to a new study released by the Toronto Board of Trade. The board launched its first-ever study of the world`s biggest cities on Tuesday, measuring urban locations in terms of quality...

Hi, My value is down 5.7% (Rocky Ridge), I don`t think we know what the new property tax will be though as they haven`t set that yet (says we get notice in May). The amount on the assessment is just an indication based on no change to 2008 rates but they are most likely going up at least 5%, so...

I think the premium for walking distance will now go up as it will be even cheaper to walk to the station!! Can`t say I`m a big fan of the idea though, wonder how much of the revenue it`s going to cost them to monitor and implement it too. I think they would make more money if there were gates...

QUOTE (Jack @ Nov 10 2008, 11:50 PM) The fundamentals weren`t there? Really? No food, fuel, or fertilizer in Saskatchewan? Almost everybody is forecasting them as the top performer for 2009 in terms of % GDP growth. Like Alberta, they`ve got oil, but they`ve also got potash & uranium, which...

I personally think it just means YAY it`s time to buy in Calgary and Edmonton! I don`t think there will be a ripple effect in SK because the fundamentals weren`t there for the boom in the first place, so I think it will just adjust back and not ripple. While I don`t have any rental properties...