Edmonton Real Estate Investor: May 2017

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June 1st., 2017

Volume 22, Issue 09

Dear Friends and Partners,

Summer is upon us - we’re already into June and it has been a tumultuous year around the globe. As you well know, I like to take a mid-year check up this month. I evaluate my life, business, health and pleasure goals and suggest you do the same.
In addition to 90 day goals a summer check up will help you make crucial course corrections so that you can end the year closer to where you wanted when you set your yearly plan into action. If you are already knocking it out of the park - tweak into the direction where you want to grow or enjoy more. This strategy is simple and it works!

Speaking of goals - here is someone who met or beat his initial BIG goal; sure he has more to come too.

South East Central Edmonton: Ottewell, Legal 2-Unit Cashflow

Turbo charge your portfolio. Perfect smaller addition or first property. Low risk investment in a great A+ area with 2 legal units under one roof. This legal suited bungalow is across from park and near school. 7 minute drive to downtown 8 minute to U.O.A. 9 minutes to Hospital.
This property has many recent upgrades including boiler and windows. Offering 1 X 3 & 1 X 2 bedroom units. Separate laundry in basement. 1962 built, double detached garage, zoned RF3 and wide front yard.

Terrific access to local amenities in sought after Ottewell. Purchase price to include renovation budget to upgrade interior and exterior to make it standout - rolled into mortgage. This is a turn-key deal. Excellent access downtown and in this highly rent-able mature neighbourhood.

Comes complete with great tenants making this a totally turn-key property for you. Ottewell is a mature neighbourhood that is convenient for tenants working downtown or attending UOA. HUGE upside potential due to the great purchase price, strong economic fundamentals and the proximity of this property in relation to Edmonton’s growing centre and University.

Purchase price: $380,000
Total Investment: $92,800
Your Estimated 5 Year Profit $54,232
Your pre-tax Total ROI is 58%

These 2 legal suites rent for top dollar and have everything arranged, including financing structure and incredible tenants. Your investment includes: impeccable tenant selection, financial analysis, professional inspection, insurance, financing set-up, legal fees, basic accounting, reserve fund, CMA, bi-annual statements, strategic market planning to ensure successful entry and exit, plus much more!

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Alberta’s two largest cities on the way to economic recovery

By Michael Franklin, CTV News, May 25th., 2017

According to a new report, the economies of Calgary and Edmonton will be turning upwards, buoyed by rising oil prices through the year.

The information, published by the Conference Board of Canada, says that while energy investment will remain low, oil production will increase, meaning the worst is over for the industry.

The price of oil is expected to reach $60 US per barrel by the end of the year. READ MORE HERE
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Varcoe: OPEC deal sets stage for continued Alberta recovery

By Chris Varcoe, Calgary Herald, May 24th, 2017

A pivotal moment for the province is unfolding Thursday some 8,000 kilometres away in Vienna, one that could ultimately smooth the runway for a continued economic liftoff in 2017 — or kick the skids out of the nascent rebound.

Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) are gathering at the organization’s headquarters in Austria to extend production cuts that helped revive oil markets late last year. An agreement to throttle back production for another nine months was struck, following some encouraging comments made by oil ministers from Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran. GRAB THIS ARTICLE

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Alberta land sales surge as producers rush into new shale pocket

By Nias Williams, Reuters, May 25th, 2017

CALGARY, ALBERTA -- Alberta oil and gas land sales have reached levels not seen since 2014 thanks to a rush to buy land in an oil-rich pocket of the Duvernay shale play that was until recently written off as being uneconomic.

Resurgent land prices are a rare bright spot for Canada's energy industry, dominated by northern Alberta's oil sands projects, a sector that global companies have withdrawn from this year because of high costs and slow returns on capital.

The Duvernay East Shale Basin is more similar to shale plays in the United States, where hydraulic fracking can unlock oil trapped between rocks in a matter of months. FOLLOW THIS STORY

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I appreciate all your calls and emails. I'm looking forward to helping you with your next step towards building real wealth.
Your success continues EVERYDAY, let me help you build for tomorrow.

“Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” -Malcolm Forbes

Warm Regards,

Todd and Danielle Millar

Alberta Oil Sands Investment Real Estate News®
Glenn Simon Inc.,
Suite 1217, 5328 Calgary Trail NW,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Tel 1-888-780-5940
Fax 1-888-276-4517
www.glennsimoninc.com
email: info@glennsimoninc.com

May 2, 2017

Volume 22, Issue 09

Dear Friends and Partners,

Hope you enjoyed your beautiful, sunny long weekend! We spent time walking the ravine with the newest addition to our family, Greta the rottweiler.

After fostering a few dogs over the last few months we found our new family member at WHARF. Rescues are always looking for foster homes. It's the best way to experience having a dog, all expenses paid and for a short stay only. If you have a "foster fail" as we did, you still win by getting a new addition to your family.

Local Edmonton Pet Rescues
1) http://www.edmontonanimalrescue.org/
2) http://scarscare.org/
3) http://www.cawsab.org/
4) http://www.zoesanimalrescue.org/
5) http://humaneanimalrescueteam.ca/
6) http://aarcs.ca/
7) http://www.animalrescuetransfersociety.com/adoptions
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South Central Edmonton: Ottewell, 4-Unit Cashflow

Turbo charge your portfolio. For those wanting a low risk investment in a great A+ area with 4 renovated units under one roof - here it is.

This 4-plex is steps from ravine and school and 5 minute drive to downtown 8 mins to U.O.A. 6 minutes to Hospital.
This is property has many recent upgrades and offers 2 X 2 & 2 X 1 bedroom units. Stylishly renovated up and down with laundry in basement. 1959 built, 6 parking stalls and wide front yard.

Terrific access to local amenities in sought after Forrest Heights. Purchase price to include reserve fund and exterior renovation budget to make it standout - rolled into mortgage. This is a turn-key deal. Excellent access downtown and in this highly rentable mature neighbourhood.

Comes complete with great tenants making this a totally turn-key property for you. Forest Heights is a mature neighbourhood that is convenient for tenants working downtown or attending UOA. HUGE upside potential due to the great purchase price, strong economic fundamentals and the proximity of this property in relation to Edmonton’s growing centre and University.

Purchase price: $635,000
Total Investment: $146,800
Your Estimated 5 Year Profit $80,991
Your pre-tax Total ROI is 55% or 11% per year

These 4 (non-conforming) suites rent for top dollar and have everything arranged, including financing structure and incredible tenants. Your investment includes: impeccable tenant selection, financial analysis, professional inspection, insurance, financing set-up, legal fees, basic accounting, reserve fund, CMA, bi-annual statements, strategic market planning to ensure successful entry and exit, plus much more!

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Alberta's economy looking up says ATB financial
By Michael Franklin, Friday May 19, 2017

"The province's economy is expected to make some advances in 2017, ATB Financial's latest report shows.

The bank released its latest quarterly outlook on Thursday and it's forecasting the economy will grow by 2.7 percent in 2017 and 2.3 in 2018.

Increased stability in the oil patch is one of the main reasons for the growth, the report indicates.

Modest growth in retail activity, housing price and the labour market will also help." Jump HERE
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Lower costs drive drilling boom in "bellweather" Montney shale formation in north western Alberta, B.C
Robert Tuttle and Kevin Orland, May 19, 2017

"Drilling rigs and roughnecks are hot commodities once again across the Montney shale formation in northern British Columbia and Alberta, and companies like Grimes Well Servicing Ltd. are having a hard time keeping up with demand.

That's because the Montney, unlike many parts of Canada's oil and gas region, is seeing a surge of investment three years after the worst energy slump in decades. During the first four months of 2017, the number of wells drilled jumped 80 percent from a year earlier to 277, according to Calgary-based Grobes Media Inc.'s BOE Report. It's the most for the period since 2014, when oil prices were twice what they are now and natural gas was 50 percent higher. " Read More HERE
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Foreclosures in Alberta up about 25% annually for past 2 years
By Emily Mertz

"More and more Albertans have or are in danger of losing their homes to the bank, according to numbers from the province.

Foreclosures are on the rise, up by abourt 25 percent annually over the past two years. Statistics from the province show a total. of 5,746 properties were foreclosed on between April 1, 2016 and March 31, 2017. Of those, 2,277 were in Calgary and 2,523 were in Edmonton." Jump Here
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And on the other hand....Edmonton real estate up
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I appreciate all your calls and emails. I'm looking forward to helping you with your next step towards building real wealth.

Your success continues EVERYDAY, let me help you build for tomorrow.

“I'm not usually in a talkative mood.” - Chris Cornell

Warm Regards,

Todd and Danielle Millar

===SPECIAL NOTICE: NO CASH, BUT GOOD CREDIT? CALL US TODAY TO LEARN HOW YOU CAN OWN INVESTMENT PROPERTY===

P.S. Stay ahead by checking out Danielle's blog at Edmonton Real Estate Investor for all your cutting edge market news and information.

Alberta Oil Sands Investment Real Estate News®
Glenn Simon Inc.,
Suite 1217, 5328 Calgary Trail NW,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Tel 1-888-780-5940
Fax 1-888-276-4517
www.glennsimoninc.com
email: info@glennsimoninc.com

May 2, 2017

Volume 22, Issue 08

Dear Friends and Partners,

Attitude is everything, right? I’d say that it having a good attitude has to be one of the most important attributes in life. In the commerce of life - sometimes just showing up is enough, even if its with a mediocre attitude. But a person that is open to change and constant improvement, that is truly valuable.

What got me thinking about this is how we see, feel and hear our “communal attitude” in Edmonton (maybe throughout Alberta) shifting to the ever-slightly-optimistic. In my opinion, true change in an economy or a city can first be seen when the community’s attitude shifts slightly more to positive over negative.

We can start to see this now as the roots begin to take hold. You can argue the chicken and the egg here; economy starts to improve, people notice a difference, attitudes change.. vs. people have a collective shift from negative to positive in a down economy, start to think of ways to improve economy and signs of improvement occur.

It may be the Oilers, the Arena District or an uptick in economy, no matter how fragile, the mood is brightening. Of course humans are a fickle lot, but for now there is a sense of brightening in the city.

South Central Edmonton: Ottewell, 4-Unit Cashflow

Turbo charge your portfolio. For those wanting a low risk investment in a great A+ area with 4 renovated units under one roof - here it is.

This 4-plex is steps from ravine and school and 5 minute drive to downtown 8 mins to U.O.A. 6 minutes to Hospital.
This is property has many recent upgrades and offers 2 X 2 & 2 X 1 bedroom units. Stylishly renovated up and down with laundry in basement. 1959 built, 6 parking stalls and wide front yard.

Terrific access to local amenities in sought after Forrest Heights. Purchase price to include reserve fund and exterior renovation budget to make it standout - rolled into mortgage. This is a turn-key deal. Excellent access downtown and in this highly rentable mature neighbourhood.

Comes complete with great tenants making this a totally turn-key property for you. Forest Heights is a mature neighbourhood that is convenient for tenants working downtown or attending UOA. HUGE upside potential due to the great purchase price, strong economic fundamentals and the proximity of this property in relation to Edmonton’s growing centre and University.

Purchase price: $635,000
Total Investment: $146,800
Your Estimated 5 Year Profit $80,991
Your pre-tax Total ROI is 55% or 11% per year

These 4 (non-conforming) suites rent for top dollar and have everything arranged, including financing structure and incredible tenants. Your investment includes: impeccable tenant selection, financial analysis, professional inspection, insurance, financing set-up, legal fees, basic accounting, reserve fund, CMA, bi-annual statements, strategic market planning to ensure successful entry and exit, plus much more!

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Alberta oilsands producers bet on a local advantage as foreign companies flee

By Kevin Orland, Bloomberg, April 20th., 2017

Now that multinational energy producers have sold their stakes in Alberta’s oilsands, local companies are hatching plans to make some real changes.

Cenovus Energy Inc. and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. are betting they can exploit new technologies and their deeper understanding of Canadian-specific issues, such as environmental rules and relations with native communities, to profit from one of the world’s biggest hydrocarbon reserves without their former partners.

“The oilsands require a focus on environmental issues like carbon pricing, indigenous issues, things like that, that are very specific kinds of skills that companies need to have for Alberta, for Canada,” said Harrie Vredenburg, a professor at the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business. “Some of the multinationals are not necessarily particularly suited to that. In all those things, it does favour the Canadian firms.” READ MORE HERE

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Vancouver’s Teck bets billions on Alberta oilsands
First project due for completion this year; second one enters public comment period

By Nelson Bennet, CBC News, April 18th, 2017

The Canadian public is being asked to weigh in on a new oilsands mining project in Alberta owned by Vancouver’s Teck Resources (TSX:TECK.B).

Teck’s $20 billion Frontier oilsands mining project recently entered a joint federal-provincial review panel public comment period.

But not even Teck expects the new oilsands mine to be built before 2026. In the short term, the company is more focused on getting its $13 billion Fort Hills project finished and producing bitumen before year’s end. GRAB THIS ARTICLE

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Braid: How Donald Trump may save us from America

By Don Braid, Calgary Herald, April 18th, 2017

Donald Trump may yet save Alberta. The U.S. president is pushing the province in a direction it has long needed to go — away from the American market.

For Trump this week, it’s goodbye Canadian dairy subsidies.

For the Alberta government, it’s hello China.

Premier Rachel Notley and officials are there now on a 10-day trade mission that also includes Japan. Those countries are already Alberta’s second- and third-biggest trading partners, respectively, after the U.S.

Alberta premiers have long courted the key Asian markets. The opposition parties may be temped to blast Notley for the $160,000 trip, but if they were in office they’d likely be doing exactly the same thing. FOLLOW THIS STORY

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I appreciate all your calls and emails. I'm looking forward to helping you with your next step towards building real wealth.

Your success continues EVERYDAY, let me help you build for tomorrow.

“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” - Harriet Beecher Stowe

Warm Regards,

Todd and Danielle Millar

===SPECIAL NOTICE: NO CASH, BUT GOOD CREDIT? CALL US TODAY TO LEARN HOW YOU CAN OWN INVESTMENT PROPERTY===

P.S. Stay ahead by checking out Danielle's blog at Edmonton Real Estate Investor for all your cutting edge market news and information.