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Top 6 Tips for Maintaining Home Appliances
Posted February 7, 2012 by Alan F Macdonald
Household appliances may be getting cheaper all the time, but they’re still worth maintaining. Appliances do more work than you realize and their condition can have a big impact on the value of your home – not to mention your expenses. Check out these maintenance tips for keeping your major appliances in tip-top shape. Refrigerator [...]
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How To Make Money In Real Estate
Posted January 18, 2012 by Alan F Macdonald
There aren’t many ways to make money in the world. You can invest and you can trade time for money, but beyond winning the lottery, there isn’t much else. Real estate is no different – but you don’t need a ton of options to make a lot of money. Land and housing have always been [...]
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The 5 Biggest Mistakes Home Sellers Make
Posted December 13, 2011 by Alan F Macdonald
People make mistakes all the time – it’s human nature. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to avoid them. And when it comes to real estate, any mistake could be a costly one. Money isn’t everything in a house sale, but everything has an effect on how much money you can get for your [...]
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Can I Afford To Buy A Home?
Posted November 29, 2011 by Alan F Macdonald
If you’re wondering if you can afford to be a homeowner, the answer may well be “yes.” If you’re thinking, “What?!! ME?!!” the thing you have to remember is that house prices in Edmonton are still reasonable, which could make home ownership a possibility for you and many others, under two conditions: 1) you are [...]
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4 Key Differences Between Homeowners And Real Estate Investors
So you want to be a landlord? Even if you already own your own home, there’s a big difference between living in your own place and renting a home out to someone else. In fact, homeowners and investors differ in a number of wa...
What To Look For When Shopping For A Home
Whether to buy a given house shouldn’t be determined by wall color, the appliances, or a cracked sidewalk – although you might be surprised how often things that are easily fixed become a deciding factor. But if you put...
REALTOR®
What is a REALTOR®? Not to be confused with a real estate agent, a REALTOR® is someone who sells real estate and is also a member of the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) in Canada, or a member of the National Associati...
5 Simple Tasks To Help You Maintain Your Home
Everything requires maintenance: cars, computers, even relationships. Your home is no exception. Even brand-new homes will need frequent work to take care of anything that may cause a larger problem down the road. Here are five...
Street Types
What are Street Types? Street types are identifiers of street names. Some examples of street types are: street, road, avenue, boulevard, junction crescent, etc. Real Estate Agent Explains Street Types Edmonton is a city based o...
Detached Housing
What is Detached Housing? Often used synonymously with the term house, real estate agents define detached housing or detached homes as houses that are separate from any other structure and being for single families only. Just ...
Two Ways To Invest In Real Estate
There are two main ways to invest in real estate. And by invest I mean pure investment, with no ulterior motives like shelter for you and your family (see Your Home Is Not An Investment). As with most investments, real estate c...
You Want To Sell Your Home – But Can You?
So you want to sell your home – but are you actually able to sell it? The fact is, selling a home is not as easy as tidying up and calling your real estate agent. There are many factors that dictate whether you can sell y...
Your Home Is Not An Investment
People often talk about their homes as investments. And in a sense, they are – with a few major caveats. What you have to remember is that a home is a place to live. That’s the No.1 reason you purchase a home. If yo...
Attached Housing
What is Attached Housing? In Edmonton, attached housing or attached homes are defined by real estate agents as homes that are side-by-side and connected (like row houses or townhomes), but that are not categorized as condomini...