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UZU iPad App

Got an iPad? Grab the Uzu app now (free today!)

Coolest iPad App Following up on The iPad and Real Estate: What you need to know, I wanted to share a new iPad app I just found with you. Uzu is a visually stunning, fun to play with app for the iPad.  Maybe the coolest iPad app yet (although not the most useful). It is [...]

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Write on a MLS Listing PDF on an iPad with iAnnotate

The iPad and Real Estate: What you need to know

Update – CBC’s The National asked me if I thought the iPad was an essential business tool – watch below to find out what I said!  Let me know if you agree or think I’m wrong Last month I bought my first apple computer, a 32gb wifi iPad. I mention this so you know that [...]

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REALTORS discuss HST & Real Estate in Ontario

REALTORS discuss HST & Real Estate in Ontario From The Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate Board blog: On Thursday June 17th, 2010, 16 leaders from Waterloo Region’s real estate industry, including REALTOR® members of the Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Board (KWREB), Cambridge Real Estate Board, staff, and a representative of the Waterloo Home Builder’s Association met with Ontario PC [...]

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Kitchener Waterloo Earthquake zone

Earthquake felt in Kitchener Waterloo, from New York to Montreal

I was just having lunch with a client, and the restaurant started shaking.  That was *freaky* There was just an earthquake in South Western Ontario, felt in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, New York, and here where I am, in Kitchener Waterloo.  That is a rather large span.  No words on aftershocks yet.  Overheard on Twitter from @jtorrespants: [...]

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Ontario Rent Increase Guideline for 2011 is pretty low

Are you a Real Estate Investor? You need to learn about the Ontario Rent Increase Guideline for 2011. It’s pretty low, but you can raise the rent more on some properties.

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Real Estate Investors take note: Gold hits another high

Many of the clients I serve are investing in real estate as a way to take control of their retirement back from the stock market.  The stock market has had a rough decade, and looks to be headed for more bad times.  Here is yet another bad sign for people counting on the stock market [...]

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Canadian Economic Indicators Show Healthy Growth

Canada’s economy grows at fastest pace in a decade: RBC Economics Canada’s gross domestic product is projected to grow by 3.6 per cent this year, according to a new forecast from RBC Economics. This follows real GDP growth of 6.1 per cent in the first quarter, which RBC says was the fastest pace in over [...]

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Update on the Real Estate Market in Canada – June 2010

A smart real estate investor is one who is educated on what’s going on with the market. So, what is going on with the residential real estate market in Canada? Let’s turn to my friend Jay Papasan, with this month’s update This Month in Real Estate – Keller Williams International Canada’s economy continues to remain stronger [...]

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This Month in Real Estate Canada

What’s going on with Real Estate in Canada?

   Real Estate Market Statistics for Canada and Kitchener Waterloo (Ben’s Kitchener Waterloo real estate market update is at the bottom of this article) Keller Williams Realty’s Real Estate Market Update for Canada This Month in Real Estate Video Report for Canada Market – April 2010   Commentary: Research from Keller Williams Realty International Canada’s economy continues to show [...]

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Why do Real Estate Investors like the Kaufman Lofts?

Why do Real Estate Investors like the Kaufman Lofts?

A real estate investor recently asked me why people like buying condos at the Kaufman Lofts in Kitchener, Ontario Between the terrific location (across from the new Health Sciences campus at the corner of King and Victoria St in downtown Kitchener), the iconic nature of the property – Kaufman Footwear has been there since the [...]

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