Recent content by Brandon

I was wondering if any members here have used any carpet cleaners in the Edmonton area besides Alberta Carpet & Furnace Cleaning? I had a bit of a disagreement on the phone with them, and Im wondering if it just cant be done any cheaper than what i`ve paid in the past. I was quoted $211 for 4...

Hey Matzo, we have a contractor that works right out of our office. He is a general contractor as well as a professional painter for 10+ years. He just finished painting about a 2000 square foot house for us for $4000, and he bought all the paint. We did a full reno paint flooring...

Hello Rick, I have two recomendations for you. In regards to Property Management, give Libertas Property Management a call at 780-478-6492. The owners Tyler and Keenan are long time REIN members and have a fantastic system there. For a realtor I am going to recomend myself. I am a 1 year...

Wow sounds like quite a mess you got through. Do you mind if I ask who your property manager is? and what your experience with them has been. Sounds as though they were quite hands on in the clean up and repairs. Thanks - Brandon

Hi Brenda, congrats on your success. But I have a question for you, how does one go about acquiring that many properties so quickly? What are the best strategies i.e. joint ventures, purchasing low/no money down. I am approaching 10 properties now but am a little reluctant to keep refinancing...

Who has time for all that nonsense. Thats what the delete button is for. In my experience if the response is wordy and confusing and they seem too polite, they will just waste your time and eventually try to scam you for money. Delete and move on, not even worth thinking about. Brandon

I have recently had a couple of vacancies and am finding the single family home rental market quite slow. I presume it is just the December January market and nobody wants to move. However, I have had to lower asking rent from 1800 to 1500 for one house, which in the spring/summer it would...

Hi, I think the best thing for you to do without incurring a payout penalty would be to get a second mortgage or a HELOC in 2nd position. This would essentially mean that you would keep making your exact same payments to the bank on your first mortgage, and be making interest only on the money...

Hi, I am looking for a good residential property manager in Edmonton. I would prefer to only pay around 7-8% per house and no 1 months rental fee for securing a tenant - this is the same deal I arranged with another property manager in a different city for a house there. Anybody know of a good...