*This post is sponsored by one of The Real Estate Investment Network’s Trusted Partners, Park Insurance. To become a contributing editor or to learn about our sponsorship opportunities, please contact us at david@reincanada.com. No matter where you live in Canada, or who your insurance provider is, the fact remains: prices went up. Sometimes dramatically.  Why? The simple answer…

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“Value-add services is what separates the average from the excellent.”Chad Griffiths With over 15 years of real estate investing experience, Chad Griffiths provides an overview of the climate around Edmonton commercial space and opportunities within it, along with his view of the Alberta economy, both pre-March 2020 and what’s ahead. Broad uncertainty makes it difficult…

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Since The Real Estate Investment Network began 28 years ago, it has evolved in many ways, but one thing has been constant throughout that time—Deb Butler. Deb has been part of our team for 26 years as of December 1, 2020, when the team consisted of herself and one other employee. She was hired as…

“You don’t need to have a big audience; you need to have the right audience.”Matt Johnson Matt Johnson is a marketer, entrepreneur, podcast expert, and musician. As the founder of Pursuing Results, a podcast PR & production agency based in San Diego, Matt runs a worldwide virtual team helping business coaches and agencies…

“In terms of measuring success, for me, the bar should always be moving. As soon as you get to a certain level and you accomplish that goal, you say: OK, well, what’s next? So, when you have that entrepreneur mindset, it’s about the journey, it’s not about actually getting to a specific spot. You’ve already…

“To me, integrity means acting consistently in accord with your genuine underlying core values. The stoic ideal would be that if you’ve gone through the fire of the Socratic method, the absolute ideal would be to be free from hypocrisy and self-contradiction. That you’ve basically thought through your attitude towards life…

*This post is sponsored by one of The Real Estate Investment Network’s Trusted Partners, Park Insurance. To become a contributing editor or to learn about our sponsorship opportunities, please contact us at david@reincanada.com. The Seismic Shift in Realty Insurance What REIN Members Need to Know The realty insurance sector in Canada is facing…