If you manage your own properties for a while, you will eventually have some really strange stories to tell. This is one of them.
Tighter Mortgage Rules in Canada – Is Rent to Own your solution?
A recent article in the Globe and Mail outlines why the newly introduced mortgage rules will shut out more potential home buyers (by design):
Posted in Articles
Comments Off
Our Investment Strategy – Specialize!
One of the keys to successful real estate investing is to know your market well. In addition to keeping abreast of local economic information, it helps to specialize in a particular type of property. You get to know that type well and can more quickly evaluate the condition, value and cash flow potential of a prospective new purchase. For our long-term buy-and-hold purchases, we focus on single family homes (bungalows) with suites. This specialization in suited SFH is driven by two main criteria that were taught to us by a friend who is a long-time real estate investor and has been an important mentor.
Posted in Articles
Leave a comment
The Stuff of Property Management
Believe it or not, the life of a landlord isn’t always filled with sunshine and happiness. Sure, it sounds easy enough – you buy a few properties, rent them out to nice people who always pay rent on time and next thing you know, your biggest problem is choosing which resort to vacation at next. Yeah. Right. It’s true that real estate is a proven path to long-term wealth and it should be a part of every investment portfolio, but the reality is that some days you need to deal with STUFF. Continue reading
Posted in Articles
Leave a comment
Key Economic Indicators for Real Estate Investors
This article outlines the primary sources of important economic data that I use to help guide our real estate investment business. This is meant as a resource guide to help the reader understand how we make our decisions and what information sources we rely on. It is not an analysis of the current economic data.
