Tag: Investment

  • The Revival – March 2022

    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…

  • Rick Rule’s 5 Reasons to Buy Hard Assets

    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…

  • Thoughts on the 2022 Real Estate Market – by Russell Westcott

    Thoughts on the 2022 Real Estate Market – by Russell Westcott

    What follows is a note I shared with my inner circle clients last year (Feb. 2021). Unfortunately, as another year has passed, I see this situation has not improved. The ‘lenses’ that I will be looking at this is from the perspective of Investment Real Estate; owning a property a personal residence is an entirely…

  • The Revival – January/February 2022

    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.…

  • Canada’s housing market hotter than ever — and investors are playing a big role

    Canada’s housing market hotter than ever — and investors are playing a big role

    Gravity-defying home prices are drawing more and more investor capital to Canada’s housing market, several recent reports suggest. Addressing the Ontario Securities Commission on Nov. 23, Bank of Canada deputy governor Paul Beaudry said a “sudden influx” of investors in the housing market likely helped fuel rapid price growth in early 2021. Canada’s home prices…

  • The “Problem” With Housing In Canada Is Lack Of Supply! – TorontoRealtyBlog.com

    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…

  • No relief in 2022: Experts’ predictions for Canada’s housing market – by Clayton Jarvis

    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…

  • 4 Misconceptions People Have About Buying Investment Properties by Don Wede

    4 Misconceptions People Have About Buying Investment Properties by Don Wede

    Who me? Invest in real estate? I can’t imagine buying investment properties! Regrettably, you may miss your chance to provide a comfortable retirement for yourself because of myths that have convinced you real estate investing isn’t for you. We’re here to let you know; anyone can invest in real estate. To that end, we will…

  • Land Development Is Easier Than You Think by Darcy Marler

    Land Development Is Easier Than You Think by Darcy Marler

    In talking to other real estate investors, most of whom specialize in flips, rentals or BRRRR’s, there is a sense out there that land development isn’t something for them. That it is too hard, takes too long, costs too much money, that you need construction experience or that it is only for the ‘Big Boys’.…

  • MASSIVE INFLATION & ITS EFFECT ON REAL ESTATE – BY: ANDY M TRAN

    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…