Posted in Real Estate, Winnipeg, architecture, green, green buildings, shipping container homes, shipping containers on Jan 27th, 2010 No Comments »
Over the last several days I have been looking at the design of our future container home and I realized that I could achieve much more with the design if I separated the two containers. If I was going do that, I figure I might as well put the staircase in the middle of the [...]
Posted in LEED Certified, Real Estate, Winnipeg, architecture, green, green buildings, shipping container homes, shipping containers on Jan 13th, 2010 No Comments »
In order to help with the design on our green shipping container home in Winnipeg, I have ordered the following two books:
Posted in LEED Certified, Real Estate, Winnipeg, architecture, green, green buildings, shipping container homes, shipping containers on Jan 12th, 2010 3 Comments »
Last time I wrote I talked about the idea of building a shipping container home. The first and foremost thing on my mind with that idea was whether I would be able to find a reliable source for the containers here in Winnipeg. If we were on the coast or in a much bigger city [...]
Posted in Real Estate, Winnipeg, architecture, green, green buildings, shipping container homes, shipping containers on Jan 9th, 2010 3 Comments »
A couple of friends and I have been tossing around the possibility of building a L.E.E.D. certified home here in Winnipeg. Specifically, I would like to build a home out of shipping containers and employ as many “green” technologies and design philosophies as possible.
Posted in Real Estate, Real Estate Investing, cash flow, mobile home parks on Aug 24th, 2009 No Comments »
Well, it was supposed to happen on August 3rd, and things got a little crazy in the step over the border. But everything finally worked itself out and we are finally the proud parents of a bouncing baby mobile home park. Okay, it’s not so much a baby, the park has been around for about [...]
Posted in Real Estate, surety bonds on Aug 17th, 2009 5 Comments »
Josh Kayser from Surety Bonds.com is back for his last day with us, with his last of a 3-part series on Contract Bonds.
Posted in Real Estate, surety bonds on Aug 14th, 2009 No Comments »
Josh Kayser is back from Surety Bonds.com to continue his discussion of contract bonds. This is the second of a 3-part series.
Posted in Real Estate, surety bonds on Aug 11th, 2009 2 Comments »
A while back, I wrote a post about surety bonds and how I needed one to complete a specific mobile home deal. My research led me to the fact that this type of bond no longer exist, if in fact they ever did. However, it is always good to know more about bonds with respect [...]
Posted in Real Estate, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate Investments, Real Estate Strategies, Rehab, valuation on Jul 15th, 2009 3 Comments »
Profitable real estate investing assumes an immediate possibility of making a profit right at the time of purchase of the property. Buying at higher rates means that you are stealing profits from yourself. However, you can ensure that you do not commit the mistake of buying at a higher price that would eat into your profits by taking the following steps.
Posted in Real Estate, valuation on Jun 7th, 2009 4 Comments »
In relation to my previous posts on the Home Valuation Code of Conduct, I found this post at Creative Real Estate Investing which highlights an important point about the issues facing this new legislation. What this legislation seeks to do is separate the people ordering appraisals from the people actually performing them.
