QUOTE (Rickson9 @ Dec 22 2009, 12:35 AM) States like Florida are very hostile to foreign/alien ownership so it appears that it will take more time for them to work through their inventory. Could you elaborate on the hostility of FL towards foreign ownership? Property taxes higher for foreign...

QUOTE (bizaro86 @ Apr 21 2009, 08:32 AM) <quote>Could you explain what bad reputation Brooks have?</quote> The bad reputation brooks has is as an unsafe place to live. I lived there for a summer as part of my job (I work for a company with major oil and gas operations in the area). The first...

QUOTE (MarkTorgerson @ Apr 18 2009, 06:08 PM) Sorry, I haven`t been on here for a while. One of my biggest issues in Brooks was property management. I have always said that I have fired more property managers than I have evicted tenants.... I went through 3 of them in Brooks. The company I am...

QUOTE (brentdavies @ Apr 14 2009, 08:20 AM) Brooks is almost a 3 industry town. Beef packing plant, agriculture and oil. Lakeside packers is up for sale by Tyson foods, and it may have already been sold. Talk about shutting it down. What is the current employment at lakeside? Oil and gas...

QUOTE (selias @ Apr 16 2009, 05:45 PM) Talk to people who live there. I have yet to receive positive feedback from anyone. Brooks has a bad reputation for a reason. To quote Don "Choose a city with a future, not a past". It USED to be a nice place to live. There are a lot of great towns to...

QUOTE (MarkTorgerson @ Apr 15 2009, 03:28 PM) I have 4 places in Brooks. I am still getting good rent and no vacancies. There typically has been a low standard of quality for rentals. Places have been in rough shape and landlords asking far too high in rent. These are the places that are now...

Anyone familiar with rentals in Brooks? It seems to have quite a high vacancy rate since the second half of last year. What is happening to the beef factory there?

For 2009 in B.C, the rent incrase is 3.7% if the tenant lived there for a year. You can only increase rent once a year for the same tenant, and the rate is different each year, but it is set at inflation rate plus 2%. Normally the lease turn to month to month automatically after lease expires...

QUOTE (DonCampbell @ Nov 1 2007, 09:13 AM) There sure is. As a matter of fact, a number of Members have been doing very well in the area. They are using the filter system and focusing on `relationships` and are uncovering some VERY good deals. You may want to ignore the MLS and start looking at...

There is no way for positive cash flow in Chilliwack, let alone Abbotsford.