Thoughts and prayers going out to everyone affected by the Alberta June floods especially all the part-time real estate investors who will fall through the Alberta disaster relief cracks (or should I say canyon). For those of you who are not aware, these types of surface water floods (from...

Thank you Rob and Russell!

Hello! Can anyone recommend a good, knowledgeable, experienced and honest realtor in North Vancouver specializing in areas around Capilano University. Daughter is off to university and we are struggling with whether we should rent an apartment for her which quite frankly pains us greatly. As...

This past week I heard about yet another sad first time investor story that just broke my heart. A couple purchased two condo units in a building on 17th Avenue SW, Calgary about 3 or 4 years ago as an investment. The 10 year old building has been plagued by leaks. This year they discovered...

nickek -------You're right, there probably isn't a 'yes' or 'no' answer to this kind of situation.----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ There ABSOLUTELY is a yes or no answer to this kind of situation. If you...

Calgary Realtors please answer this question. Why oh why do so few Calgary realtors acting on the behalf of the buyer not advise their clients to get a Property Disclosure statement from the seller? Is it because they are unaware of it? Is it lack of education from CREB on the existence...

I always caution investors on purchasing new. New is not always good especially with the poor construction practices and project management of some developers and the deterioration of building specs as it is passed down through sub contractors. There are many, many, many... did I say MANY...

QUOTE (orei @ Dec 3 2010, 11:37 AM) Hello! In a situation where you have an informal agreement to purchase a property (ie. verbal, no realtor involved), what are the steps to formalize the offer? 1) Do I forward the information to my lawyer and ask him to write it up? 2) Can I use the OREA Form...

Have you considered offering a "Professional Moving Gift Certificate" incentive during the winter months when tenants are not crazy about moving in snow. You provide your new tenants with XXX amount of dollars in certificates that goes towards their moving cost with a professional moving...

QUOTE (LAndersen @ Nov 6 2010, 01:17 PM) Has anyone up here had any ground water issues / flooding in the Mission Heights area. I am looking at a property on 71 Ave, near 102 Street. Thanks. Flooding issues can often be property specific. Asking a general question about flooding in a specific...

QUOTE (housingrental @ Oct 20 2010, 09:19 AM) You should post an address or it`ll be hard to beleive your storey Ken!I would strongly advise anyone in this REIN forum to NEVER publish anyone`s name or address. You really put yourself at risk for a defamation issue or lawsuit. I did see a post a...

QUOTE (hotbunz4 @ Oct 12 2010, 12:40 PM) So, the building behind mine is being demolished and the gas company is requesting an easement from me to branch off of my gas meter in order to supply gas to a neighbouring property. They will be digging a trench in my gravel driveway and filling it in...

QUOTE (Rickson9 @ Oct 6 2010, 05:37 PM) Don`t hold your breath Touché!! Ahh we need some humor to lighten this thread. Maybe I`ll skip over to the "A Plea" thread. Those guys are having fun in there.

QUOTE (Rickson9 @ Oct 6 2010, 03:59 PM) I just want it on the MLS for a hundred bucks. I don`t want to pay a realtor for anything else other than that. Looking forward to it! Given the amount of dollars CREA will have to invest to properly set up a new system/program which allows "owners" to...

My idea of an MLS/FSBO UtopiaI have to agree with Godried, this topic has been beaten to death. Both sides are in a deadlock and things are just being rehashed. I thought I might take this opportunity to present my idea of a unified MLS/FSBO Utopia. I’m sure you’ll all pick it apart in no time...

QUOTE (JDaley @ Sep 19 2010, 07:26 PM) For a guy with allot of doors, you sure have allot of time on your hands to post as often as you do, must be nice Having the time to so generously share his knowledge and experience with all the forum members is a luxury Thomas now gets to enjoy as a...

QUOTE (DBrown @ Sep 15 2010, 06:02 PM) Also, I don`t know what all is involved in the suite as far as codes and making it "legal". I see you have your location as Calgary so I`m going to guess this is where your property is located. If so, this City of Calgary secondary suite brochure should...

QUOTE (jseib @ Aug 14 2010, 03:41 PM) Reading how many people here think its perfectly fine to stick someone else with their losses honestly makes me sick.. I don't think anyone in this discussion has suggested sticking it to the developer but rather has encouraged the poster to try and...

QUOTE (terri @ Aug 13 2010, 07:21 PM) Is it possible that the a commercial dryer could use that much more power? Yes, it most certainly can. A poorly vented dryer or dryer not operating correctly can drastically increase your electrical bill. Just this past spring one of my tenants called...

QUOTE (housingrental @ Jul 28 2010, 12:53 PM) Sounds like a rip off re $20K job. Maybe they were installing a furnace and venting through bank vaults. There were (are?) great rebates available from the Ontario government recently I made use of when upgrading furnaces. Actually the furnace and...