I found a wonderful article on home safety that I wanted to share with you.  There is some great information and videos on how to keep a safe and happy home.  Enjoy!

A Safe Home is a Happy Home

A home is truly the heart of the family. Having a home that’s happy, comfortable and clean is important to us – and so is making sure it’s safe. Thankfully, there are many simple steps you can take to help prevent accidents from happening in your home. On this page, you’ll find many safety tips to help protect your home. Whether you have little ones of your own or friends and family with children, you can rest easy when you know your home is safe for everyone.

Safety Made Simple
You expect, and deserve, the best for your family and we want to arm you with resources and information that will help you keep your home as safe as it can be. There are plenty of quick and affordable things you can do around your...

EDMONTON - Edmonton is the second-best market in the country to invest in housing, says real estate analyst Don Campbell.

“Population growth is strong, job growth is strong and things are supporting this market quite nicely, said Campbell, founding partner of the Real Estate Investment Network, a business that provides resources and information on real estate to members.

“It doesn’t look like it’s going to be another ‘07 where it just got into pure frenzy, but I think you’ll see late this year and early 2014 — which is a year behind Calgary as always — that the market will really start to push up.”

Home-buying demand will start taking off late this year while prices will begin rising next spring, Campbell says.

He bases that prediction on a formula where demand and prices come about 18 months after increased rents, which in turn follow decreased vacancies, increased demand for rental housing and growing population. All of those are triggered...

When you’re shopping for a new home, you want to find a property that has
all the features and characteristics you want. A large deck surrounded by
picturesque landscaping ... a beautiful kitchen with gleaming marble
countertops... a cozy finished basement with fireplace....

You should look for the ideal home. You deserve it! But some home buyers
make the mistake of becoming fixated on finding the "perfect" property, and
passing too quickly on those homes that don't quite measure up.

Why is that a mistake? Because some of those less-than-perfect properties
have the potential of becoming your next dream home.

First of all, a home that is lacking some desirable features, such as a
finished basement, will probably cost less. Those savings may be more than
enough to cover any needed upgrade or renovation.

Secondly, if you look at a home in terms of its potential, rather than the
features it happens to have now, there will be more properties available on
the market...

I found a great article by James Kobzeff in regards to real estate investments and 5 very important questions to have answered when you are looking to invest.  

February 2, 2013 By James Kobzeff

A real estate investment analysis routinely gives real estate investors a basis for setting rent schedules, estimating income and operating expenses, as well providing the investor with a detailed description of a rental income property’s physical layout and marketplace position.

So it seemed like a good idea to take a closer look at what a real estate investment analysis should address and answer so less-experienced real estate investors engaged in real estate investing would have a better understanding of what to look for before they make an investment.

The list is not exhaustive, but it does touch upon the most crucial issues real state investors typically examine before making an investment.

1. How the Property Compares to the Market...