We Recommend

For Real Estate Investors...
Safe And Sound Real Estate Investment Group

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We Recommend

One of the purposes of this website is to provide some valuable resources for real estate investors.
Whether you’re someone with money or great credit looking for a superb real estate investment
to increase your ROI, or someone with a great investment property looking for money,
we’re certain you will find something helpful in the recommendations that follow.

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Organizations we recommend:

Whether you are a new or experienced real estate investor, or just thinking about adding real estate to your investment portfolio, we recommend you check out these organizations’ websites. You might be surprised by what you’ll find there!

OREIO – Ottawa Real Estate Investors Organization

(For residents of the Ottawa region)

OREIO (www.OREIO.org) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing education, networking, and support to new and experienced Canadian real estate investors in the Ottawa and surrounding areas.

REIN – Real Estate Investment Network
(For Canadians)
REIN (www.reincanada.com) provides an unprecedented combination of training, knowledge and networking opportunities to equip average Canadians to successfully invest in residential real estate.

Spirepoint Properties

(For Canadians, mostly living in the Ottawa area)

Spirepoint (www.spirepoint.ca) is dedicated to making real estate investments easy by providing the very best in educational products and services, as well as private investment opportunities.

Rich Dad Poor Dad

The Rich Dad Company (www.richdad.com) is the collaborative effort of Robert and Kim Kiyosaki. In 1996 they embarked on a journey to raise the financial literacy of people everywhere and carry the Rich Dad mission to every corner of the world. Today they continue this mission through the Rich Dad series of books and products, live seminars, and educational programs.

Rich Dad Education
Rich Dad Education (www.richdadeducation.com) is a dynamic educational company that delivers the life-changing financial philosophies and content of the Rich Dad Company through the proven educational model developed by Whitney Information Network, Inc. The company's training consists of a series of educational products and services that prepare people to take positive action in implementing the Rich Dad principles into their lives to achieve true, long-term financial independence. The Rich Dad Company teaches personal finance and business success to people throughout the world through its bestselling series of books and educational products, including the popular board game CASHFLOW 101.

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We know many excellent realtors in the Ottawa area. You'll find some of them listed below.

Realtors we recommend:

Grace Glastonbury (Royal LePage) (greater Ottawa, ON) You can reach her here or at (tel) 613-725-1171

Julie Jamieson (Royal LePage) (greater Ottawa, ON) You can reach her here or at (tel) 613-733-9100

Steve Bedard (Royal LePage) (greater Gatineau, QC) You can reach him here or at (tel) 819-777-7539

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Legal firm we recommend:

If you live in Canada, and are in need of a truly professional law firm that understands the meaning of the words client service, we highly recommend you contact Kelly Santini, located in Ottawa.

Their website is at www.kellysantini.com.

As you will see, the nearly 50 people in the firm (including 9 partners) cover almost every aspect of law imaginable.

We use that firm for our corporate affairs, our real estate transactions, and if we ever need to litigate, they do that too.

We deal mostly with Lawrence Silber who has been very instrumental in the success of our Real Estate Investment company.

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Accounting firm we recommend:

Wherever you live in Canada, if you’re looking for a professional, experienced, client-focused accounting firm to take care of all your accounting needs, especially if you are a real estate investor, look no further. Take a look at Dube and Associates (www.dubeandassociates.com). It’s the firm we’ve been using for a while and we have nothing but great things to say about George Dube and every member of the team.

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Mortgage agents we recommend:

If you’re investing in real estate, whether you buy-and-sell or buy-and-hold, one of the keys to your success is to deal with a very good mortgage broker. We are fortunate to deal with some of the best in the Ottawa area. They are experienced, knowledgeable, friendly, and they work fast.

We highly recommend them (in no particular order):

>John R. Walsh, B.Eng
Mortgage Agent with Mortgage Alliance Partners www.mymortgagegenius.com

You can reach John here or at (tel) 800-688-0094 x148

>Bill Gosewitz

Ottawa-Carleton Mortgage Inc. www.mortgagesmadeeasy.com

You can reach Bill here or at (tel) 613-563-3447 ext 2232

Home inspector we recommend:

If you’re investing in real estate, whether you buy-and-sell or buy-and-hold, one of the keys to your success is to deal with a very qualified home inspector. We are fortunate to deal with one of the very best in the Ottawa area (he also works on the Quebec side). He is experienced, knowledgeable, friendly, and he works fast.

Steve Ott
(Ottawa Valley Home Inspections Ltd.) www.ovhi.ca
You can reach Steve here or at (tel) 613-724-0868

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Books, Magazines & Newsletters we recommend:

Someone very wise once observed "If you think the cost of education is high, try the cost of ignorance."

One of the main reasons we are successful is that we have invested a lot of resources in educating ourselves. Much of that education was provided by the books, magazines, and newsletters recommended below.

We do not make an affiliate or referral commission from any of the products we recommend here. If we suggest you buy this book or subscribe to that magazine, we do so because we have your best interest at heart.

("International" means anyone, anywhere in the world, will benefit from this recommendation. "USA" means mostly US residents will benefit from this recommendation. "Canada" means mostly residents of Canada will benefit from this recommendation.)

Books (International)

Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki, with Sharon L. Lechter

Increase Your Financial IQ by Robert T. Kiyosaki

Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant by Robert T. Kiyosaki, with Sharon L. Lechter

The Wealthy Barber by David Chilton

OPM-Other People's Money by Michael A. Lechter (Foreword by Robert T. Kiyosaki

The ABC's of Real Estate Investing by Ken McElroy (Foreword by Robert T. Kiyosaki)

Real Estate Advantages by Sharon L. Lechter & Garrett Sutton (Foreword by Robert T. Kiyosaki)

The Millionnaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller (of Keller Williams)

Real Estate 101 by Gary W. Eldred (Foreword by Donald Trump)

Books (Canada)

Success Stories from Canadian Real Estate Investors by Don R. Campbell with Joy Gregory

Real Estate Investing In Canada 2.0 by Don R. Campbell

Making Money in Real Estate-The Canadian Guide to Profitable Investment in Residential Property by Douglas Gray

97 Tips for Canadian Real Estate Investors by Don R. Campbell

Flipping Houses for Canadians for Dummies by Ralph R. Roberts, Joe Kraynak & Camilla Cornell

FLIP-How to Find, Fix and Sell Houses for Profit by Rick Villani & Clay Davis (Foreword by Gary Keller of Keller Williams)

Books (USA)

How to Make Money with Real Estate Options by Thomas J. Lucier

The Real Estate Fast Track - How to create $5,000 to $50,000 per month Real Estate Cashflow by David Finkel

Magazines (Canada)

Canadian Real Estate www.canadianrealestatemagazine.ca