Pardon me while I be "that guy" who has to interject with a "well, actually", but this article that was posted recently has some unfortunate errors in the analysis. http://myreinspace.com/announcements1/f/123/t/20851.aspx The issue is that the payments presented in the variable rate...

If you manage your own properties for a while, you will eventually have some really strange stories to tell. This is one of them. One of the properties I purchased last year came with some inherited tenants. It's a single family suited house. The basement tenants had been there for a few...

At last night`s REIN meeting in Edmonton, Don once again reminded us that the key economic data underlying the real estate market is more important than the actual real estate statistics themselves. I had to leave the meeting early, but when I got home I wrote this blog article that outlines the...

Got a seller lead in Guelph, ON. Contact me if you`d like to follow up on it.

Hi, I`ve got a motivated seller lead for a 1991 mobile home in Ft. Mac. I don`t know anything about that market or about mobile homes. Contact me if you`d like this lead.

Those of you that attended Ron`s Seller Financing event in Calgary recently, do you have any feedback on it? What were the highlights/lowlights? Any significant new ideas? I got a marketing email from Ron`s org today that stated this: QUOTE We just taught an event in Canada last week and out...

Reposting this here because it wasn`t relevant in the orignal thread and there may be some interest among those active in Quick Turn real estate. These are a few notes I made about a Ron LeGrand webcast on Thurs, Apr 01, 2010, with Cameron Dunlap. Audio is not available, but Ron has the slides...

Hi, I`m looking for pointers to web forums besides myreinspace that people find valuable. This is a great community, but it`s really the only Real Estate relate forum I`m involved in (or aware of) and I`m curious about what other sites members here like to participate in. Do you have favorite...

Well, my first quick turn deal is now done. I`m on a `working vacation` in Florida - my wife and kids are taking in Disney World; I`m at another Ron LeGrand event. Fortunately for me, members of my "power team" did the work of closing the deal on my behalf. (The less I do, the more I make...)...

My online lead generation campaign is working well. However, I`m getting a fair number of leads from locations that I can`t easily follow up on. I get leads from all over Alberta but right now I`m really only interested in Edmonton and area. I`m looking to work with a few investors that would...

I`ve had some good success finding rehabbers looking for fixer-uppers to work on. My problem is now they`re bugging me every other day for more houses and I don`t have any. If you`re locating "ugly" properties that need some work, please contact me and let`s do some deals. Criteria: - In...

I`ve sent out about 600 yellow letters so far. Today I got a call from a Constable with EPS. Someone that got a letter called and somehow the call was dropped or something and he was suspicious, so he went to the police. I actually had a good talk with the Constable. He mostly just wanted to...

Hi, I`m looking at a potential quick turn opportunity in Edmonton, but I don`t know the neighborhood well. I can`t tell if it`s a decent location for re-gentrification or a potential war zone. The location is in Parkdale, 115 ave & 85 st, just north of Fort Road. Anyone familiar with this...

I have been in discussions with a seller that came to me via an online lead from my website. I have not yet been out to see the property, though I do know the area of the city (Edmonton) fairly well, so I`ve got a decent feel for the type of property and price ranges. Ironically, it`s also in...

I sent out our first batch of 100 yellow letters last week. I`m tracking the responses and will publish a report sometime soon, but I received a very unusual reply today: A handwritten Christmas card/letter from an older gentleman whose wife is hospitalized w/ Alzheimer`s and will not be coming...

MyREINSpace team, It would be nice to see a bit of housekeeping w/r/t the RSS functionality of MyREINSpace: Would it be possible to create some addtional RSS feeds for the site? Specifically, I`d like to see a feed for the Econ Fundamentals section, or even better separate feeds for each...

Hi, I`m looking for a Realtor with knowledge of the local RE market in Leduc, Alberta. Specifically, I`d like to work with someone familiar with condos there. I have some property in Leduc currently (no condos) and I`d like some help to understand the current state of the condo market in Leduc...

I`ve been running an online-only ad campaign to generate leads from motivated sellers. I thought I`d take a few moments to share what I`ve experienced so far. Here`s a quick rundown on what I`ve done and what`s been working. I had my house buying site (http://mrhousebuyer.ca) ready before the...

I have my house buying website up and running and I`d appreciate some critical input on it. You can see it here: http://MrHouseBuyer.ca I tried to keep it simple and to the point. I`m mostly using online advertising to drive traffic to it (After I`ve had more time to run the ad campaigns, I`ll...

I`m signed up for the conference next week but could not make the conference call this week. What did I miss? Is there a recording available for download? Anything I need to know from that call? Thanks