Tales from the Trenches
Podcast featuring stories of real estate landmines—and how to avoid them. Coming to you from the desk of veteran Canadian lawyer Barry McGuire.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 9 minutes
- Episodes
- 135
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2022
Learn How to Write Agreement for Sale Paperwork in Canadian Real Estate
Podcast Episode 136: “AFS Paperwork and Education.”
How to Buy Property Without a Mortgage in Canada by Solving a Seller’s Problems
Podcast Episode 135: “Win-Win Real Estate Investing.”
Here’s another success story from the lucrative Creative Real Estate Investing space. For would-be Canadian real estate investors, two of the bi…
How Much Money Can I Make Quickly in Canadian Real Estate?
Podcast Episode 134: “Wholesale Home Run!”
For a change of pace, here is a positive Tale about a massive success in Canadian real estate investing. Longtime readers/listeners know that my Tales fro…
How Long It Takes to Buy a Foreclosed Property
Podcast Episode 133: “Foreclosure Timing Traps.”
When searching for the ideal piece of real estate to buy, properties in foreclosure can be an interesting place to look. Are you an investor looking f…
Three Issues to Negotiate When Buying or Selling Real Estate: Chattels, Defects, and Stigmata
Podcast Episode 132: “(Un)attached Goods, Defects, and Stigmas.”
Negotiating an Offer to Purchase for a piece of real estate is about more than just the price. In this blog post, I’ll start by lookin…
Renovated Basements Without Permits and Inspections Come Back to Haunt Buyers
Podcast Episode 131: “Renovation Heartbreak.”
Dishonest, fly-by-night, or even inexperienced renovators can leave a trail of heartbreak. Buyers happily move into their newly-purchased, freshly-renova…
Third Preventable Flood at Alberta Home; Who Is Liable?
Podcast Episode 130: “Third Flood.”
Recently, some Alberta homeowners finally ran out of patience when their property was flooded—again. They lived on the lower end of a sloped street, and water flow…
Should a Buyer Accept Title Insurance in Lieu of a Real Property Report and Compliance?
Podcast Episode 129: “Home-buyer’s Dilemma.”
Seems like I’m always finding examples to write about regarding real property reports (RPR) and how they fit into a real estate transaction in Alberta. L…
Real Estate Cage Fight: Restrictive Covenants vs. City Bylaws
Podcast Episode 128: “Secondary Suite Grudge Match.”
Would-be Calgary Landlord Builds Legally-Approved Secondary Suite but Gets Stifled by Restrictive Covenant on Title for Neighbourhood’s Single-Fam…
Three Examples of Real Estate Woe with Permits, Surveys, and Compliance
Podcast Episode 127: “3×3 Permits.”
This is the third Tale in my recent mini-series on Real Property Reports (RPR), municipal compliance, and building/development permits. Our first two Tales dealt w…
Rules and Regulations for Secondary Suite Permits Getting Stricter
Podcast Episode 126: “Trapped in a Permit Maze.”
This Tale from the Trenches is the second in our ongoing mini-series on permits for real estate. You know, those sometimes-nasty bits of paper that to…
You Can’t Fight City Hall on Real Property Reports and Compliance
Podcast Episode 125: “Hot Tub Trials and Tribulations.”
This episode of Tales from the Trenches is shocking! A client had retained my legal services to help with purchasing her dream home in Edmonton…
Negotiating Tax on Real Estate Deals when the Seller Is not a Resident of Canada.
Podcast Episode 124: “Non-Resident Taxes Part II.”
Like all things tax related, non-resident tax is complicated when it comes to buying and selling real estate in Canada. In February, 2016, I posted a…
Panelists Share Experiences with Creative Real Estate Investing – plus Q & A
Podcast Episode 123: “Creative Real Estate Investors Panel.”
Special one-hour dive into the trenches of Creative Real Estate in Canada… and Africa! Barry has gathered a panel of experts, veritable roc…
Protect Property Against Flooding
Podcast Episode 122: “Water Is Coming”: Climate Change Preparedness for Homeowners and Real Estate Investors.
Damaging floods are on the rise, whether as sewer backups, swollen rivers and lakes, risi…
Subdividing Property to Increase Density Can Raise Issues with Mortgages on Titles
Podcast Episode 121: “Subdivision Nightmare.”
Across Canada, there is an ongoing discussion about the lack of affordable housing. In some areas, developers won’t build rentals because building condo…
How to Work with a Property Manager
Podcast Episode 120: “Property Management Nightmare.”
I got an email recently from an unhappy investor about problems with his property manager in Edmonton. Real estate investing is all about rela…
How to Avoid Bad Real Estate Deals
Podcast Episode 119: “A Deal That Went Bad and the Lessons Learned.”
This edition of the Tales from the Trenches podcast features special guest Arden Dalik, a senior advisor in the Calgary office of …
Get to Know the Real Estate Purchase Contract in Alberta
Podcast Episode 118: “Big Changes To The Standard AREA Contract.”
September 2016 (with mild tweaks in July of 2017) brought numerous and meaningful changes to the existing 2014 residential purchase d…
Inheriting Property Isn’t as Simple as it Seems
Podcast Episode 117: “Estates Are Tricky!“
Real estate can cause all kinds of problems when a family member passes away. First, it can take a long time before the will is executed and the inheritor i…