QUOTE (Jason77 @ Feb 11 2009, 06:32 PM) Hey guys, I am new to RE and am wondering what types of RE jobs out there that you can do part time/maybe even full time to earn some money while spending most of my time learning RE on my own through books, networking, meetings, etc. Basically, I want to...

QUOTE (EffectiveResume @ Jan 28 2009, 03:58 PM) In all honesty, cashflow is bit of a problem for me and while I think I can manage the full memebrship I want to make sure it really is worth it. Most people spend 2500 a year at starbucks or Tims. I have been a member for a year or so. REIN has...

QUOTE (JordanRich @ Jan 23 2009, 02:26 PM) 1. spend all your money on real estate. I would add buying some gold bullion to the mix made even a couple coloured diamonds.

Interest rates have dropped again, thus increasing cashflow............I think that is pretty good news.

QUOTE (marco123 @ Jan 20 2009, 06:52 PM) Now my question is, Do any of you ever came across this when you`re starting to invest but time is limited by your full-time job? and at which point you would quit your job? Hi Marco, I am 26 years old and I have 5 investment properties, All which have...

QUOTE (wtoews @ Jan 20 2009, 06:03 AM) Is there anything saying that I can`t have 2 different agents working for me, One doing the selling and the other as a buyer? I have 2 agents in mind but think that they are better suited for one or the other. Since I will be mostly buying for the next...

QUOTE (GrahamWhite @ Jan 19 2009, 05:58 PM) I`m looking for someone who can show Red Deer properties. I`m happy to take all the phone calls, do all the screening and qualifying of tenants, but I need someone who can do a good job of showing the properties that is in the Red Deer area. I`m...

QUOTE (sunkat @ Jan 19 2009, 06:26 AM) Good morning, I have a question I would like to put out there. I am currently spending the majority of my time these days doing and over seeing renovations on the new properties (single detached homes) we are adding to our portfolio. My question is, can...

QUOTE (RogerPanchuk @ Jan 10 2009, 09:33 PM) I heard about this story so I looked it up here is the link. Apparantly some oil traders are betting on the value of oil going up ,I hope they are right http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/busine...gy/6198120.html Roger That is a very...

Thank you so much for the posts. I have decided that I will take your recommendations and let the tenant go and keep the property manager for the other 3 properties and move on. You posting have been very very helpful and I really appreciate that sound and experience based advice. I have...

I would like to add Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (a 2005 non-fiction book by University of Chicagoeconomist Steven Levitt and New York Times journalist Stephen J. Dubner that has been described as melding pop culture with...

I am facing a couple recent road blocks and would like some advice. I have 4 properties (5 doors) in the Fraser Valley which are all managed by the same company (I am living in France). I have a suited house that has an unauthorized suite and the tenants are having petty issues with each other...

QUOTE (princecharles @ Jan 7 2009, 11:21 PM) Hey there Any young aspiring RE investors in their mid20s, or age doesnt even matter as long as you are a beginner, who would like to learn and strategize together please drop me a line at [email protected]. I would love to brainstorm and...

QUOTE (thejules @ Jan 6 2009, 07:58 AM) Well I have to stand up for Darren a bit here. I started with this crazy idea of investing after reading books & listening to tapes of Robert Kiyosaki`s & a few other American based courses. And at the time, Darren Weeks was the only one of his kind...

Great post Dan, that was very helpful.

Thank you for the great podcast recommendations. I subscribe to numerous podcast as I find it a great way to stay current with everything in life (news, business, economics, music etc etc). Here are a few of my favorite podcasts. 1. The Economist (great world perspective) 2. Financial Post...

QUOTE (CLW @ Nov 19 2008, 06:09 PM) Don't have an answer either, but these guys don't make it easy to have compassion for them: "Big Three auto CEOs flew private jets to ask for taxpayer money" http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/19/autos.ceo.jets/index.html Although I do not support...

The grass is not always greener on the other side! Why buy in the US when you can buy in Alberta especially as a newby. Stay in Canada, you will make more money, learn more, get frustrated less. Alberta is best in the world, do fall into the trap that you will make more money in the US.

QUOTE (Ian @ Oct 16 2008, 03:57 PM) I just closed on a property in Red Deer at the end of september. I chose to work with Simco Realty as the property manager. so far i am happy. they were able to rent the basement and garage for me just in time for closing. (I inherited the top floor...

I am looking for a property manager in Red Deer. Please let me know your experiences with the companies you deal with... good and bad. Thank you very much for your help.