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Jul2011
50 Powerful Rules To Amp Up Your Business – Vancouver

While reading one of Robin Sharma’s older posts this morning, it really reminded me that Leaders are at their absolute best during messy cycles versus during the easy ones. And messy cycles bring with them gorgeous opportunities. Here are 50 powerful rules to amp up your game so this business cycle is one of your [...]

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Mar2011
BIG BROTHER Sees Your Mortgage – Vancouver

As you may or may not know, the mortgage landscape is changing. But what you might not know is, something else has quietly been changing on the Mortgage front. In a nutshell, the BIG 5 Banks can now see what you see when you pull your own credit report. If one of the BIG 5 [...]

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Nov2010
Nine steps to a better credit score Vancouver

As seen in the Globe and Mail My husband and I are pretty competitive, always trying to one-up each other. It was to my chagrin, therefore, when I learned that although my credit score is excellent, his is better. I have never missed a bill payment, never carried a balance, so what could be holding [...]

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Oct2010
2nd Mortgage Investing In Vancouver

My Client Got Exactly What She Deserved – And It Could Happen To You Next! You Might Be Surprised When You Find Out! You may know of someone that has done exactly this? She thought about it long and hard. Well, she got what she deserved – A 14% return on their savings secured by [...]

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Oct2010
Are You A Guilty Vancouver Realtor?

My good friend Dean Jackson once told me this, having listings will NOT make you a more successful real estate agent….only SOLD listings count. Second, getting “famous” in a farm area does not equal getting “Rich” as a listing agent. Here’s the evolution that most agents go through to some extent throughout their career. As [...]

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Mar2010
Rental Suite Income qualifying for a CMHC Mortgage with Vancouver Mortgage Broker Mark Fidgett

Rental offset is the percentage of rental income a borrower receives that the lender is willing to use to qualify him/her for a mortgage.  Specifically, the use of 80% rental offset will be eliminated on April 19, 2010.  It will be replaced with a 50% add-back calculation.  This will have a significant impact on how much [...]

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