Category: Ideas + Articles
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Real Estate Investing Tip
HOW TO GET AN 800+ CREDIT SCORE!! – By Arlen Dahlin As lending tightens, having a GREAT credit score becomes more important than ever, especially if you are looking to finance REAL ESTATE purchases. I posted this last November, I feel it is important enough to post again. 3 Key Things That = A High…
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Outsider Wealth Podcast with Glen Sutherland
In this episode of Outsider Wealth, Randall sits down with Glen Sutherland, a Canadian Real Estate investor specializing in American properties. They discuss how to find a hot market, how to work remotely with trades and municipalities, and when to keep vs. when to flip. Beyond the nuts and bolts of cross-border investments, they also…
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Business / Real Estate Investing tip
SURPRISE: EACH ONE OF US ARE ACTUALLY A HUMAN HEDGE FUND What is a hedge fund? They are investment firms that take their capital and invest it in a portfolio of assets. The assets are allocated for some kind of strategic reason. And the assets are conditioned for both risk and yield (reward). You are…
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Canadians to Borrow and Spend More in 2021
But debt-wise, they may be less vulnerable than they were pre-COVID Key Findings: Mortgage debt has surged, but lower rates and higher incomes have made debt servicing more manageable Canadians’ mix of debt is slightly less interest-rate sensitive than it was pre-COVID Household excess savings and real-estate asset values have both increased more than mortgage…
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Brace yourself, inflation could create a ‘giant wealth transfer’ from lenders to borrowers
One group of borrowers can count themselves as ‘lucky’ during periods of inflation. Higher prices for rental cars, airplane tickets and uncooked beef roasts have economists and consumers wondering whether we’re living through the start of an inflationary period. It remains to be seen whether these price hikes are just a temporary blip resulting from…
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The Hidden Power of Leverage
A bank will happily lend you 80% of the money needed to buy a property. Why are they so eager? The inherent leveraging possibilities of Real Estate are so powerful that the bank will allow you to leverage their own money. Afterall, money makes money, right? With interest rates where they are (for some financial…
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Awesome Asset Appreciation – Simple, Conservative Estimates
Investing in Real Estate is not a fly-by-night, seat-of-your-pants type of investing. Even the most risk-averse, conservative investors can comfortably make a profit over time through appreciation. Let’s look at an example:You buy a property for $250,000. With no lavish renovations, and with only the most basic maintenance, your property would appreciate in value at…
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Outsider Wealth Podcast with Russell Westcott
In this episode Randall sits down with the master Russell Westcott. They talk about the ups-downs of real estate investing and joint venture partnerships. They also cover market cycles, mindset, coaching, and the future of investing in Canada. Don’t miss this one, there is a ton of value! Please take a moment to like +…
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The Revival – June 2021
Greetings Friends, Although we are writing the Revival in Florida for the second month, we were delighted to hear that our home province has decided to lift many of the archaic lockdown measures and loosen some of the confused quarantine rules. We’re pretty jazzed for our friends, clients + Ontario’s small business owners! Working remotely in sunny, south…
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Peterborough and the Kawarthas Association of REALTORS® Inc. MLS® home sales set new all-time record
The number of homes sold through the MLS® System of the Peterborough and the Kawarthas Association of REALTORS® Inc. totaled 364 units in May 2021. This was more than double the levels from a year earlier, surging 136.4% from May 2020. This was also a new sales record for the month of May and was…