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The pandemic was a scary time for landlords. You may remember Premier Doug Ford essentially telling Ontarians in March 2020 that they wouldn’t be evicted if they didn’t pay rent. For corporate investors, this announcement was damaging. For small investors, it was downright disastrous.
Continue reading “Right Now is the Right Time to Buy an Investment Property”
Spoiler alert: this isn’t one of those pro-renting articles that seem to be so in-vogue these days. You’ve probably seen the type. They purport that contrary to popular belief, if you look deeply into the long term economics of homeownership, you’ll find that it actually makes much more sense to rent. Some even tout the psychological benefits of foregoing homeownership (based on… not all that much).
Continue reading “Is It Better to Rent or Buy Your Home?”
Hope this update finds you well. First, let’s make sure you are okay. We will get through this. I guarantee it! I’ve been through the 2008-09 US subprime mortgage crisis, the SARS 2002 crisis, and the 1990 real estate collapse. We recovered from all of those terrible times and we will recover from this. I am here to help you in any way possible. Don’t hesitate to call on me for assistance.
The government has been announcing new programs to provide financial assistance almost daily. And there have been just as many amendments to those programs as they work to fine tune the programs.
I want to make sure you are informed with accurate info. There’s been so much junk articles posted in the mainstream and social media outlets. Let’s block out that junk and focus on reality.
Continue reading “How are things?”
A few years back, I had the privilege of hearing one of my childhood idols – former Toronto Maple Leafs captain, Darryl Sittler – speak at a Real Estate Investment Network (REIN) meeting.
In case you haven’t heard of REIN, let me share some details about this group of real estate investors that gets together to network and share valuable information affecting real estate in Canada. The leader of the group is Don Campbell. His approach to buying investment properties has proven to be very sound and profitable. In fact, his “Top 10 Best Cities to Invest” lists are legendary! Continue reading “Darryl Sittler made his fortune in Real Estate… not Hockey!”
You’ve seen them before.. but they went silent for a few years. I’m talking about the housing bears. The pessimists that say house prices are too high and will crash. A housing bubble.
Are they right? Maybe. But here’s the thing. We’ve been hearing that house prices are too high for over a decade. One of the more vocal pessimists is David Madani, Economist for Capital Economics.
HOUSING BUBBLE?
Madani was on BNN this past week saying we are in a ‘Full blown housing bubble’. Hmmm, that sounds familiar. Let me think… when did I hear that before? Oh, that’s right, 2011. He said, we could see house prices drop by 25% in 2011. And he was completely wrong. (hope you didn’t listen to him). Continue reading “Housing bubble is coming… again?”
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