Where Did the Dog Days of Summer Go?
WHERE DID THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER GO? First, let us say, last week we were intentionally practicing the art of keeping our mouths shut. It’s harder than we thought. In the worlds of construction and real estate investing, we are imagining that there are quite a...
Backup Plans for Real Estate Investors doing Builds or Reno’s
Back in the day, we used to do a bit of rock-climbing. OMG, are we really old enough to talk about “back in the day?” Oh well, moving on …. Rock climbers have a major guiding principle of using redundancy. Engineers, and especially pilots, do the same thing. In...
Stampede Mayhem Begins
STAMPEDE MAYHEM BEGINS With water issues resolved in the nick of time, Calgary is now officially in party mode for the next 10 days. What’s your favourite? The parade today? Mini-donuts? Rides? Chuckwagon races? The bar scene? Pancakes? Barn animals? Cowboy...
Purple and Orange Political Landscape
Real estate investors in Alberta know all-too-well that politics can, and do, influence property values, building, and even rental housing markets. But there’s a wild card coming in that we haven’t seen before. Naheed Nenshi just became the leader of the Alberta NDP...
