Benjamin's Blog

November 6th, 2006 I can’t believe I haven’t gotten involved with this yet! This week’s Carnival is hosted at Landlord Shmandlord, a great site for those interested in real estate investing. Have a look through the links below; they represent the creme of the crop from around the real estate blo...

November 6th, 2006 Local Real Estate Market Enters November Showing Renewed Strength (updated with graph) (click picture to enlarge) The Kitchener Waterloo Housing Index rose 6 points this month, starting November at .40. Sales of residential homes rose 1.7% over October 2005, and the dollar vol...

The Real Estate Market - looking good October 18th, 2006 Most people who know me know that I have a real estate business, and that I’m involved in the housing market on a daily basis. Whether I’m helping people buy and sell residential real estate, or consulting with an investor about the directi...

Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate Forecast for 2007: prices still going up October 19th, 2006 Re/Max recently came out with thier annual forecast of local real estate markets across Canada. The entire report can be found here, and is a very interesting read. Here is what they have to say about our l...

Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate Housing Market Update: Buyers market despite increasing volume of sales October 8th, 2006 (click graph to enlarge) The KW Housing Index measures the level of buyer intensity for single family residential homes listed on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in Kitchene...

Endless Referals (third edition) by Bob Burg June 28th, 2006 Endless Referals (Third edition) by Bob Burg “All things being equal, people will do business with, and refer business to, people they know, like and trust.”Endless Referrals is all about getting people to know you, like you, and trust ...

October 5th, 2006 “March 1992. I thought I had landed in the middle of the Wild, Wild West, but it was actually the former Yugoslavia. Crazy looking soldiers were everywhere. I say crazy because these guys had mismatched uniforms, and unrecognizable or ‘missing’ rank insignia…What did missing ra...

  How to read the Housing Index: The KW Housing Index measures the level of buyer intensity for single family residential homes listed on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in Kitchener-Waterloo. The Index is compiled using raw data directly from the MLS, and buyer intensity is measured by track...

HELLO my name is INTERVIEW September 7th, 2006 Today I am joined by Scott Ginsberg, better known as “The Nametag Guy.” Scott is an author of three books, professional speaker, and the only person in the world who wears a nametag 24-7. His blog is a daily read of mine. Check it out at www.hellomyn...

Top Ten Real Estate Investment Questions October 26th, 2006 Since I’ve started putting on Real Estate Investment seminars (see this post for information on my latest educational extravaganza), people have asked me all sorts of questions about investing. Over the next few weeks, I’m going to (try ...