The Difference?
Jun 22nd 2010 | 8:50 am
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Re: The Difference?
Originally Posted by kamikaze @ 9.38pm 22/6/10
I have been visiting BC for the last 10 years and my new woman (new wife) had never been to Canada, I have been trying to get the balls to make the move for what seems like a lifetime, I took my new wife out there 3 years ago for the first time and we did the Canadream motorhome deal where they give you the RV for $100 as long as you deliver it to Whitehorse in the Yukon, I extended the trip and took her over to the Island and we did the trip to Tofino and up to Campbell river ,then down to Victoria in April time when the roads are quite and the throbbing hoards are not everywhere, great weather and your eyes getting filled up around every corner showed her that there is a lot of outdoor livivng to be done in Canada, and that was her hooked, before she went to Canada she would have told you she would never have camped in her life, after 2 weeks in Canada she wanted to buy a tent we have been back 3 times ayear since and are now proud to be property owners on Vancouver Island.
It has taken 3 years to actually put day to day life on hold long enough to make this dream a reality, I just wish I had pushed the button 10 years ago when $2.10 to the £ was a reallity.
It has taken 3 years to actually put day to day life on hold long enough to make this dream a reality, I just wish I had pushed the button 10 years ago when $2.10 to the £ was a reallity.
JJ.
Jun 22nd 2010 | 8:59 am
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Re: The Difference?
Thank you, Luck is what you make of it, The way I look at it "Whats the worst that can happen" In the word of the late Colin McCrea "we are all here for a short time.....................so lets have a good time"
Get your wife out there and hope for great weather and she will be hooked, as we say " Yer a langtime deed"
Get your wife out there and hope for great weather and she will be hooked, as we say " Yer a langtime deed"
Jun 22nd 2010 | 9:01 am
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Re: The Difference?
Thank you, Luck is what you make of it, The way I look at it "Whats the worst that can happen" In the word of the late Colin McCrea "we are all here for a short time.....................so lets have a good time"
Get your wife out there and hope for great weather and she will be hooked, as we say " Yer a langtime deed"
Get your wife out there and hope for great weather and she will be hooked, as we say " Yer a langtime deed"
Jun 22nd 2010 | 9:14 am
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Re: The Difference?
Carpe Diem, baby
Jun 22nd 2010 | 9:25 am
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As my old dad said, you dont make money when you sell something, you make it when you buy it I cant beleave the deals I have made on the Island, right now is the time to Buy,buy,Buy if your into property. Its just not the time to sell in the UK. I have been picking up stuff at 30%-40% below bank appraisal, Its abuyer market right now Carpe Diem baby
I cant beleave the deals I have made on the Island, right now is the time to Buy,buy,Buy if your into property. Its just not the time to sell in the UK. I have been picking up stuff at 30%-40% below bank appraisal, Its abuyer market right now Carpe Diem baby
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Jun 22nd 2010 | 9:36 am
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Re: The Difference?
Here(Toronto) it’s all about investing and buying property in Florida and the agencies that are so willing to help you make those deals, right down to discount flights and assistance with renting the properties, the Americans that we know through business reckon the good stuff was snapped up over a year ago….
Jun 22nd 2010 | 9:43 am
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Re: The Difference?
As my old dad said, you dont make money when you sell something, you make it when you buy it I cant beleave the deals I have made on the Island, right now is the time to Buy,buy,Buy if your into property. Its just not the time to sell in the UK. I have been picking up stuff at 30%-40% below bank appraisal, Its abuyer market right now Carpe Diem baby
I cant beleave the deals I have made on the Island, right now is the time to Buy,buy,Buy if your into property. Its just not the time to sell in the UK. I have been picking up stuff at 30%-40% below bank appraisal, Its abuyer market right now Carpe Diem baby
Jun 22nd 2010 | 9:45 am
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Re: The Difference?
Florida ? that was so last year !!! Its all about Arizona & Nevada now, Its true that if you are a property dealer people seem to hate you, as a commercial landlord you sometimes feel like you should be ashamed of what you do, I have never seen so many realtors in my life until I started in Canada, I have never bought a property from an agent in my life, in my business as soon as a property goes to market its too late ! unless buying it direct from the owner we walk away, The only thing an agent does is drive the price up, I advise all my buddys to chap the door of the house they want with a price in mind and 3 times out of 10 the owner is receptive. It never does any harm to ask and many owners are flattered that you liked there property enough to chap there door.
Jun 22nd 2010 | 9:46 am
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Jun 22nd 2010 | 9:49 am
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Re: The Difference?
There are openings everwhere, you could buy just about anything for the right money now, the secret is to try and use your own money and only buy stuff you like,ugly property is hard to move on 
I would have bought the house with the leaking oil tank if she had came back with the right price when she was freaking out.
I would have bought the house with the leaking oil tank if she had came back with the right price when she was freaking out.
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Jun 22nd 2010 | 9:50 am
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Jun 22nd 2010 | 9:53 am
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Re: The Difference?
Your starting to sound like Gordon Gekko
