Recent content by GarretW

QUOTE (kir @ May 14 2010, 12:58 PM) I think my rental portfolio (7 units), came as a result of me switching jobs, initially. When I sold my first home on my own, I made about 10K. Then the next year, the market picked up. Then the light bulb went on and I said, if only I could of waited a bit...

QUOTE (housingrental @ May 13 2010, 09:31 AM) Hi Garret Thanks for sharing I take it from the above post you've run into higher than expected maintenance costs recently and tenant profile issues re uncollected rent, vacancy, or damages? Would you be willing to let us know in more detail what...

QUOTE (fumbrunner @ May 13 2010, 09:14 AM) Hi Garret, as you probably know, I just bought one of your properties. If you have others and want to sell privately send me an email. gggmmmar(nospam)@hotmail(dot)com I found out from our Realtor the other day - I recognized your name! We are always...

We were disenchanted graduate students, and were looking for a business we could run with a cellphone and a pager. Started out thinking we could flip houses, and ended up buying one, only to find out we didn`t do our numbers right and wouldn`t have made any money! After hard lessons learned, we...

Troy and Russell: What kind of attendence have you had the last couple of meetings? Mark and I might be interested in coming to a few meetings to check things out. Maybe can lend our experience and learn a few things as well?

QUOTE (fumbrunner @ May 9 2010, 09:56 PM) Email me at gggmmmar@(nospam)hotmail(dot)com and I`ll give you her name. None of my properties are CMHC insured. You do not have to go through CMHC if you have 20%. In my opinion, it would depend on what type of investor you consider yourself...Are...