Hi Stephen I am a REIN member and very active within REIN (guess who keeps giving them the economic fundamental articles ;) ) and also in the Halifax market. I'll give you a call and see if we can get together

Thanks Thomas for putting them all in one place and keeping us "rookies" going. One day I will get over to a REIN meeting out West and would love to meet you! Maybe you'll come see us again on the East coast???

Thanks for the kind comments Manoj! Means a lot coming from you. If anyone wants to know more about Halifax and the surrounding areas then feel free to email me [email protected] or you can PM me and we can setup a call. It is great to see Halifax and the Maritimes getting some...

We started by reading the ACRE book by Don. Once I had this it made perfect sense to go to ACRE weekend and then of course to join REIN as the event is free. Don't confuse the course fee that you pay for the quality you will get!! REIN ACRE is great as there is no "sell" just a system and...

My good friend Erwin, We have a blog going on and people can access it here! We also have a free report that prople can download as well on Halifax on the landing page of our website. Also watch out for the March REIN Ontario meeting as I will be there to live out one aspect of my belieze...

Hi Wade - looked at the video and it looks great!! You did a good job and I am sure it will sell fast for the best price

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We find it much easier and more reliable to hire someone to do it for us. It isn't really that much of an expense out here on the East Coast. For this winter so far $45 is all we have had to pay but it is also a quiet winter so far (please don't let me jinx us!)

This talk is all going to change soon though! Let me know if you want to know anymore about the HRM area and you can email me by clicking on the signature below. More than happy to share what I know and get people fired up to invest in an massive opportunity we have here :)

Hi The reason there isn't much talk about the East coast is that there aren't many REIN members out here! Halifax has extremely strong fundamentals and there are some recent news articles about the ship building contract we won in Oct 11. This is one link to an article in the Chronicle Herald...

It is all taxed as income in the province you reside in - BC

I own properties in Hamilton and also here in Halifax, NS. With all the restrictions on ON we are looking more at Nova Scotia as we not only have the ship building contract to bring people here for jobs but we also have no rent controls!! We have a free market for increases in that if you...

I agree with Thomas. We have been comparing our smaller duplex/triplex portfolio with a thought of "trading" it all in for one bigger one and currently it makes no financial sense as we would get less cashflow! The education is key as well as a team that you trust implicitly! And I mean REALLY...

Hi Lothar, I am a REIN by post member (2 years) but I do try to get out to either the ACRE or another "event" during the year. The biggest benefit I find is the CD recordings. It is like being there but you can skip what you don't need to hear and get to the best bits and listen to them over...

Hi Jay, We bought our first property (now our principal residence) when we were still living in the UK so it can absolutley be done. It is all about having a team you TRUST in the area where you are looking for those strong fundamentals that will make your investment a great deal. Once we...

Hi Everyone, Don mentioned at last Thursday's REIN ON meeting a small thing that has changed the course of Halifax's RE Investment market - a $25 billion ship building contract! Like I said, just a small thing! Irving Shipbuilding, Halifax Shipyard was awarded the main combat contract under...

Depending on where you are you could use George Dube www.dubecuttini.com/ or Navaz Murji http://www.realaccountant.com/. These are the 2 main guys that REIN members tend to use and both own real estate themselves

George Dube is the accountant that all in REIN will refer I am sure - www.dubecuttini.com/ I have used Lawrence Cohen from Cohen & Chasse before and found him to be good - www.cohenlawyer.ca/

What does the local residential tenancy act say? I know in Halifax the tenant has the right to do this once they have been there a year on a yearly lease and you can't refuse! BUT....you can also give them a 90 day notice of rent increase. Here it is 90 days as that is the notice period they...