Tag: analysis
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NIMBYs vs Garden Suites – by John Lorinc
Here’s an odd little mystery about a freshly filed appeal by a residents association coalition of council’s new “garden suites” bylaw, which was approved by council in February. Last week, a group of seven Toronto ratepayer groups, calling itself the “Building Better Neighbourhoods Coalition,” issued a press releasesaying they would be appealing the bylaw to the Ontario Land…
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The Revival – March 2022
Greetings Friends, We again find ourselves writing from sunny Mexico. Time away with family and friends is why we focus so hard on building our investments and taking control of our financial futures. While we’re enjoying the sunshine, a ray of hope awaits us and all Ontarians, as an end to the nonsensical, divisive, oppressive…
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Rick Rule’s 5 Reasons to Buy Hard Assets
The Federal Reserve has printed $30 Trillion dollars in 30 months. More than any other time in history. As you know, low demand and high supply mean a drop in value of anything, including the dollar. The reason Robert and Kim Kiyosaki hold gold and silver is because they don’t trust the government. Today’s guest…
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The Almanack of Naval Ravikant – Book Summary (Blas.com)
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Naval Ravikant and Eric Jorgenson Summary A beautiful and more evergreen version of the incredibly deep How to Get Rich podcast Naval did in 2019 where he talks about wisdom, wealth, health, happiness, and more. Key Takeaways I only really want to do things for their own sake. That is one…
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The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Taleb – Book Summary by Blas.com
The Bed of Procrustes by Nassim Taleb Summary Every aphorism here is about a Procrustean bed of sorts – we humans, facing limited knowledge, and things we do not observe, the unseen and the unknown, resolve the tension by squeezing life and the world into crisp commoditized ideas, reductive categories, specific vocabularies, and prepackaged narratives,…
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The Revival – January/February 2022
Greetings Friends,The new year is well underway now! I’m currently writing this edition from sunny Cabo San Lucas where I am looking at investment opportunities, and exploring the Baja with friends + family. Recently my wife Katherine joined the team as a full-time realtor! She is wowing our Toronto clients with her 5-star service and deep market knowledge.…
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The “Problem” With Housing In Canada Is Lack Of Supply! – TorontoRealtyBlog.com
For those of you who have commented in the past, “I usually skip the stats posts,” you’ll want to close Google Chrome right now. Then again, if you want to sound informed when you talk real estate at the next box social, or wherever youngsters congregate these days, perhaps have a skim. On Friday, my rather tame…
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No relief in 2022: Experts’ predictions for Canada’s housing market – by Clayton Jarvis
People have been calling Canadian real estate’s upward trajectory “unsustainable” for almost a decade now. But if a global pandemic, followed by a recession, followed by more pandemic hasn’t been enough to cool the market, it’s fair to wonder when conditions will change enough to give homebuyers some hope in the face of dwindling inventory…
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MASSIVE INFLATION & ITS EFFECT ON REAL ESTATE – BY: ANDY M TRAN
On October 22, Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square tweeted the now infamous… That tweet was met with wide ridicule, with many responding that he is wrong, and that the definition of hyperinflation is actually 50% increase in prices per month. That of course is not happening. However, is he seeing something in the…
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Edmonton Poised for a Big Run! – Arlen Dahlin
Real Estate Investing Tip. YOU SHOULD BE CONSIDERING EDMONTON AS THE PLACE TO BUY YOUR NEXT INVESTMENT PROPERTY 👍🔥🔥 From the Edmonton Journal: David Staples: ‘There’s no better place in the world to be than Edmonton in the next 10 years,’ business insider says 😲 A cure for the gloom that’s gripped Edmonton since the…