And since Rich Dad is here in Edmonton plugging their useless free seminar, I`ll add my favorite reason why REIN is the best real estate education out there: two years of membership plus all the books costs less than ONE of the extended courses or mentorships the other groups try to sell you.

Hi Ron, There`s a lot of information here if take the time to read it, and several good blogs written by REIN members. This is a good buying time in Edmonton, as we`re bouncing along the bottom of the W, with stronger, if slower, growth coming the next few years. Interest rates have nowhere to...

Ron Roth and I did a report in Spring 2010 listing the top rental websites from Google`s perspective. You might also try Rentspot and Homerent. You can download the whole report here. You`re right that people don`t like to move in the winter, and it`s coming up on Christmas, which is a junky...

Monte, I like the first one too. One recommendation from a conversion standpoint, see if you can kill the catagories box on the right below your signup form. It`ll prevent any distraction once their eyes go over there. I`d also kil the blog posts at the bottom for now, and the `uncatagorized`...

That`s a very cool looking talk! I`ll be sure to watch the whole thing later.

To add to what Brett said, Realtors aren`t allowed to completely ignore them, but it`s human nature that a listing offering substantially less will get fewer buyers looking at it. I wasn`t completely sure from your initial post if you`re asking from the perspective of a seller seeking a...

That`s an impressive video. Wonder what it`s like to stay in.

Many people in REIN buy properties outside of where they`re located, including lots of people who buy in Alberta. You have to be willing to (potentially) fly out a couple times a year if you`re self-managing, or end up paying more for a property manager who might not find it worth it to just...

QUOTE (RedlineBrett @ Oct 14 2010, 09:54 AM) Anyone have anyone to refer? I can`t find any software programs out there that I like so I need to build my own. I doubt this will be a one-off... it will lead to modifications and other business so while I love the idea of spending pennies on...

Even smart people make mistakes or have bad things happen. Never think you`re exempt from having a run of bad luck. I`ve seen many people, REIN members included end up in bankruptcy from mistakes, bad luck or growing too fast. That said, outside of Gold, long term real estate makes a great...

You might mention that CRA has an agressive tax planning division, who will stop at nothing to figure out what`s going on. There have been cases where CRA has discovered fraud by adding up values of assets, and seeing if the income vs assets is reasonable. He`ll get nailed eventually.

QUOTE (PaulPoulsen @ Sep 14 2010, 11:01 PM) Thanks Thomas. Do you have a specific prayer you can recommend? See Matthew 6:9-21, with particular attention to line 12 I`m sure Thomas would agree.

So true! I buy three bedroom townhouses in Millwoods (Edmonton), and I make myself learn quite a bit about a new area before I buy anywhere else (and I think I know the city pretty well). I actually have a long list of things I look for in a property, including half-baths which can be made...

Kudos to the investor Brent mentioned for having the foresight to call a Property Manager in advance, he just needs to get on it a little earlier.

FYI, the law says the method of payment must be agreeable to both parties, and cash doesn`t sound agreeable to you. You can refuse it and require a cheque or money order. They can get money orders at Safeway for a couple bucks. At Davies Management we stopped taking cash because it was unsafe...

You should see what happened when I updated my facebook status with something similar.....I`m friends with a bunch of mental 12 year old boys. It also turned out the building for sale is one we used to manage. Small world!

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...

For a landlord friendly province, try Alberta.

I talked to a a well known investment Realtor in Ontario who has been very involved in many deals and teaching some RTO techniques. They said the best folks they know manage a 60-70% completion rate. It often ends up being 2-3 tenants before one of them manages the close.

They found you a renter, where`s the problem? Scraping is a common problem online, and you`re not likely to get a reply from Urban. The pull content from around the web, hoping to get traffic from search engines, so they can sell ads.