[Video] My First Tutorial: How to use the buyer’s portal

So, after countless of times promising myself I would sit down and create a simple tutorial on How to Use the Client’s Portal, I finally got to it!

I found this really cool way to make video-tutorials with Screenr.com, impressively easy to use. Hey, you could impress your clients and friends too ;)

And here it is…

Useful tips on how to view, classify and organize listings by emails.

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Home Ownership: Quality of Life Program

This morning I received the latest electronic bulletin from the Montreal Real Estate Board, and I was pleased to read about one more addition to the First Time Buyers Program, a new take on the RRSP maximum withdrawing amount as well as the possibility to have all RRSP holders (not just first time buyers) to invest in Real Estate. Here is a copy of the bulletin, that explains what the Quality of Life Program has to offer:

The Québec Federation of Real Estate Boards, through its Quality of Life program, is making access to home ownership a top priority in its government relations initiatives. Representatives of the Federation’s Government Relations Committee made a concerted effort to have the ceiling lifted on the maximum amount of money that can be withdrawn under the Home Buyers’ Plan (HBP). The maximum that can be withdrawn is now $25,000 for each RRSP-holder, so couples can now withdraw a combined total of $50,000 to buy their first home.

By the fall of 2009, the Federation will lobby the federal government for a new commitment – that of opening the Home Buyers’ Plan to all RRSP-holders. This would make the HBP available to first-time buyers, and to all people who want to use their RRSP to invest in real estate. Hopefully, the Government of Canada’s Department of Finance will grant the Federation’s request during its next economic update. [Read more...]

SLEB: The criminal scandal behind the luxury project.

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The luxury condo development called Sleb on the corner of St. Laurent and Ontario was originally started by Minco Construction. In 2003 by Luciano Minicucci. Dozens of home buyers invested at the pre-construction level of this project.

The project started in 2003 to be completed in 2005 and that same year Minco Construction sought bankruptcy protection from it’s creditors, since then no work has been completed in Sleb. Last November the superior court withdrew the project from MINCO Corporation to give it to Bartolo Dalle Nogare (9170-6929 Quebec Inc.), the new owner.

Luciano Minicucci was arrested in Italy in mid January 2008, for extortion against the new owner of Sleb. [Read more...]

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