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What's your tenant profile? Everyone has heard at least one horror story of "the tenant from hell," so much, in fact, that dealing with renters is the biggest fear potential investors face, writes industry expert Paul Kondakos. But that
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Are real estate investment properties overvalued in London or the rest of Canada? If you read any business page, wealth guru, economist (they go to the same school that a weather forecaster did), or watch any financial programming, that’s all we
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Daily our associates view residential investment properties in South West Ontario and have been able to sift out the deadwood and troublesome properties to a few winners. There are over 70+ residential income properties active on the market at this writing.
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Top 5 tenant gripes about condo landlords While the regulatory powers that be sometimes fail investors, landlords are no saints either. According to Geordie Dent, executive director of the Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations (FMTA), condos are
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While a slowdown in home sales and dip in property prices continue to make headlines, according to one of the country’s biggest banks, a slowing market isn’t all bad news. "Cheaper home prices could bring winners as well as losers across
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Landlords don’t want to scare away tenants by raising the rent, but here’s a lesson in how and why to do it. Income properties are in essence a business, and as such, you are constantly trying to increase income and decrease expenses. One
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Late payments, bouncing cheques – these are just a couple of the warning signs seasoned landlords look for. But while evicting a troublesome tenant may seem the easy solution, doing so isn’t quite as simple. Harry Fine , a paralegal specializing
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An Approach to Hassle-Free Rental Income If you own rental real estate, you probably have a few “war” stories to tell of tenants from you-know-where. If you don’t own rental real estate, you most likely have heard stories as well, or,
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How to invest in real estate? This question has as many different answers as “how to build a better mousetrap.” If you look online or watch late night television you will find thousands of people pitching their “proven methods”
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Is there ever a bad time to invest in rental properties? I am asked this question a lot and usually I reply that if you want shade from the sun, when is the best time to plant a tree? Today or 3 years from now? I have always preached buying investment
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My key real estate investor is retiring and it's my fault. He and his wife made too much money and at 52, they are off touring the world for awhile. How this all happened was I met them about 4 years ago at one of my listings. They were buying properties
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THE CITY OF LONDON'S CTR / REHAB ASSISTANCE PROGRAM The City of London's Convert-to-Rent/Rehabilitation (CTR/Rehab) Assistance Program financial assistance will be up to $48,000 per self-contained rental unit, to a maximum of seven (7) units or
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John Reed wrote the following blog about Rich Dad, Poor Dad and its author. I think the biggest thing you may want to understand about his blog is that not all things appear equal and that perception can be your reality. Think twice about how you invest,
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Here are 7 tips for successful real estate investing that was written by Mark a couple of years ago and holds true today. I think you will enjoy this article Ty Be careful with basement apartments and homes rented to students. Although these units can
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