My partner and I started out flipping houses before we stumbled onto REIN. We were fairly successful for a couple of reasons. 1) We had the ability to do 99% of the work ourselves including things like building cabinets and countertops. 2) The market in Edmonton forgave all our rookie mistakes...

We used Bossanova Communications in Edmonton. It was more expensive than going to Staples and but I can`t tell you how many comments we get on our cards. http://www.bossanovaonline.com/

We own units in a couple of buildings that use the SmartCity system from Coinamatic. http://www.coinamatic.com/coinamatic_group...city/index.html Tenants get a refillable card that they use to do laundry. They also get a list of locations around the city where they can add money to their card...

Hi talno; Check out http://www.rentometer.com/rentometer/index_ca. It should give you a pretty good idea of what rents are like in and around the area.

I agree with the above poster that you`ll need to head to Grande Prairie and take charge of the situation. I`m under the impression that the vacancy rate in GP is effectively 0% so I would think that the property should be rented by this point. When we have properties to rent we: 1 - Clean the...

http://www.checkfirstonline.com/ I use these guys and they`ve been very good so far. If I request a credit check first thing in the morning, I usually have the report in my hands before noon. There`s a one-time $45 sign-up fee but I believe that includes one free credit check. After that...

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news...45-b9949c21504e An interesting story from the Edmonton Journal about the last time the Tories tinkered with oil and gas royalties. Alberta`s current economic boom is the greatest thing to happen to either the province of Alberta or the oil companies...

QUOTE (REGirl @ Oct 15 2007, 08:25 AM) A prospective tenant appeared very interested; but asked if she could pay the damage deposit over a two or three month period. How would a sophisticated investor handle this request? My concern would be that if she's having a hard time paying her bills...

Hi Ken; I often rent to people whom I`ve never met face-to-face. I do the same background check I would perform on a prospective tenant that already lives here in Edmonton. At a minimum, I want to talk to you on the phone, I want to know where you`re going to be working, I want three-to-five...

Hey azimkabani; Check out websites like http://www.gottarent.com and http://www.rentfaster.ca and compare your properties to what`s available online. I also recommend that you grab a copy of whatever local paper you read and check out the rental properties available in the classified ads. Even...