About the Authors
Douglas Gray, LLB, is one of the foremost experts on real estate in Canada. He’s written more than 25 books on real estate and personal finance, all of them best-sellers. They include ten books on real estate, such as Making Money in Real Estate, 101 Streetsmart Condo Buying Tips for Canadians, Mortgages Made Easy, and The Canadian Landlord’s Guide. He brings to this book 35 years of experience investing in residential properties as well as many years as a lawyer representing buyers, sellers, lenders, borrowers, and developers. Doug is a consultant and columnist and regularly gives seminars on real estate across Canada for both professional Realtors and the public. His website is www.homebuyer.ca.
Peter Mitham has written on Canadian real estate for publications in Canada and abroad for more than 20 years. A long-time real estate columnist for Business in Vancouver (www.biv.com), he also covers rural property issues as associate editor of Country Life in BC (www.countrylifeinbc.com). Growing up in Quebec, he was fascinated with the catalogues of property listings and mortgage applications in the home office of his father, an appraiser. He has also collaborated with Douglas Gray on Real Estate Investing For Canadians For Dummies and The Canadian Landlord’s Guide: Expert Advice for the Profitable Real Estate Investor (both by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.).
Authors’ Acknowledgements
The authors gratefully acknowledge the invitation John Wiley & Sons senior acquisitions editor Tracy Boggier extended to them to undertake this edition. The opportunity to refresh and update the original text of Tony Ioannou benefitted from the close reading of editor Chad Sievers and technical editor Don Loney. Don has been Doug’s muse and mentor on real estate books for almost 19 years and is a consummate and talented professional in the publishing business; this latest collaboration furthered his esteem for the excellent guidance he provides.
Peter appreciates the many conversations he’s had with homeowners and professionals in the course of covering the Vancouver real estate market for Business in Vancouver Media Group. He acknowledges his debt to those who have shared with him their real estate adventures, stories that have spurred many of the anecdotes, and some of the advice offered in these pages (names have been changed to protect the innocent). He gratefully acknowledges the support of family, in particular his parents who instilled in him an appreciation of both good writing and residential real estate.
Publisher’s Acknowledgments
Senior Acquisitions Editor: Tracy Boggier
Project Editor: Chad R. Sievers
Technical Editor: Don Loney, MA, B Ed
Production Editor: Mohammed Zafar Ali
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