QUOTE (caglah @ Oct 30 2009, 09:28 PM) Here is an interesting artcle:.Easy credit, soaring prices raise new housing fears I have been going through the mls.ca website for Calgary. There is not much to buy in the single family entry level. There are "For Rent" signs everywhere in my daily...

Everyone seems to have either a horror story or something that crawled out from underneath a rock and bit them! Life in real estate investing does have it`s low branches to watch out for. Some things that can go wrong are rare occurances, but they do occur. This topic seems like it would make...

Two properties, one a distressed jv...2 of 3 investors want out. This one comes with a story... and a reminder to make sure that your jvs are well documented with everyone being on the same page at all times. A realtor is needed to list this one asap. Second one needs windows and garden/patio...

QUOTE (WadeFenner @ Nov 3 2009, 10:06 PM) Hello, I`m in Calgary this weekend for the REIN event and have a little boy looking to meet a new sitter hopefully another REIN member`s referral or a member who isn`t coming out. Brody is 15 months old and easy to get along with.... nevermind the fact...

Curious to know if both programs have the same material or different??? It seems the upcoming event has the What`s Behind the Curtain added plus the bonus evening from what i can see.

Great posting! 4. Then there`s commercial and office real estate, where many institutional investors have recently taken enormous losses. Here is what is happening in the office space arena. I know a lady who has around 85 small one room offices for rent. About a third of them were rented a...

If i were to purchase a condo to rent out, would i the owner pay the condo fees and add it to the rent or would the tenant add it to his/her expenses to pay? I have never bought condo property and that situation may arise in the near future. Better to use foresight than hindsight!

QUOTE (thomasbeyer2000 @ Oct 16 2009, 07:39 PM) not quite .. allow me two comments: 1) better to pay taxes LATER than the same amount earlier !! 2) Everyone eventually sells as at your eventual death assets (be they buildings or shares of the corporation that owns the piece of real estate) get...

Thanks everyone for your replies! I am sure a lot of readers of the forum were wondering about this too or just have not come across it yet. It seems like you want to buy really great properties using a corporation that lasts forever to hold them in so that they never have to be sold off and...

I have spent a lot of time actually working on real estate projects and now have decided to do my own bookeeping and better learn that area. The first thing that i noticed as i loaded my company file into the new 2010 Quickbooks Pro software (psst... on sale now at Staples, $50 off til the end...

Anyone interested in creating a Calgary Mastermind Investment Group? (like the one in Hamilton?)

My realtors in Pincher Creek have been putting the bug in my ear to become a realtor and join their team. I am more of a fix, stage and flip investor. I have always heard that you have a fine line not to cross when you are a realtor and an investor combo! I know that you do have priviledged...

I was searching youtube.com for some house flipping videos and came across these two guys out of college who became house flippers. They put together some great videos! Worth a watch! Great format! http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFirstFlip

I am realizing that i have come to a point in real estate investing where i have hit two ceilings. A) Just enough cash flow to cover the risk factor, debt and expenses. No more funds to upgrade properties. B) The time factor: I am only one person! I do what i am able to do with upgrading...

QUOTE (john75 @ Sep 24 2009, 12:14 AM) Here is an interesting article I remember reading awhile ago. They have had their issues with the B.C. Financial Institutions Commission. They ended up investing in the same US foreclosure deals as the other famous 3 letter so called real estate investment...

As the story unfolds, the realtor with the listing suggests waiting til the end of the month when the listing expires, then to give the landlord a letter along with the keys clearly explaining the details of the demise. One of three things will happen... 1. The landlord might agree to having...

I attended a Darren Week`s Rich Dad Poor Dad Seminar and first learned of this group. It seems that they can invest in real estate, stocks and ??? I am wondering just what structure they use to do this. My guess is a LLP? Mike had some good ideas of how they were investing when it came to...

QUOTE (thomasbeyer2000 @ Sep 19 2009, 10:47 AM) Well a typical case of being underfunded as a business .. the business may not be worth 29K or even 10K .. it is worth what someone is willing to pay .. it may be best to just walk out the door for the current "business" owner and credit it to the...

QUOTE (thomasbeyer2000 @ Sep 18 2009, 10:02 PM) depends on the lease term .. and on whether or not the owner has signed a personal guarantee on the lease. Stop paying the lease .. and see what happens or talk to landlord an change the lease as he may have a hard time replacing the existing one...

Recession time hits small business owners. What is done when it comes to quit claiming a lease for a business? I understand that basically the business owner signs over the business to the landlord and walks away in lieu of the balance of the lease. Does the landlord have the forms...