Good tenants are the best way to protect your investment! Choose wisely Picking good tenants is almost as important as getting a good deal on a building. Quality tenants will help keep your rental building profitable. They protect your investment and determine the quality of your life as a landlord. All the more reason to […]
Not All Credit Checks Are Created Equal! Protect Your Credit Score Here’s How to Check Your Credit Without Hurting It Did you know that too many credit checks can lower your overall credit score? If you’re applying for a phone, a mortgage or an apartment, there are a few things you can do to protect […]
Five Do’s and Don’ts of Shopping for a Mortgage Want to get your mortgage financing under control? Read this! Shopping for a mortgage is a very important part of turning your real estate investment into a winner. Your interest rate will probably follow you for five years, and working with a competent financing person can […]
Top five must-read books for Canadian Real Estate Investors in 2018 Want to learn about the best investing books for real estate? Read this! Reading is one of the best ways to learn how to do something. You can get how-to advice right from the horse’s (or in this case world-class expert’s) mouth. It’s also […]
Written by guest writer Nabil Farah, mortgage specialist @ TD Translated by Terrie Schauer Have you ever wondered about your risk tolerance profile? When investing in real estate, it’s important to understand your income profile and how this affects the types of risks you can and should take with your mortgage financing. With a better […]
Spring has been a weird one in Montreal. House- and condo prices have jumped in leaps and bounds. Ten offers, bids 50k over asking price, and my clients still don’t get the house. People in Toronto or Vancouver may laugh: prices in Montreal are pretty reasonable. But for the city that real estate forgot, this is all […]
Bruce Lee on egolessness: “The point is the doing of them rather than the accomplishments. There is no actor but the action; there is no experiencer but the experience.” “The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or in defeat. […]
Be careful who you listen to! Once upon a time, an old farmer found an eagle’s egg. Because he didn’t know where it had come from, yet he wanted the bird to have a chance at life, he placed it into the nest of one of his chickens. The eagle hatched along with the other […]
Great weigh-in pic – right? Jean Pascal vs. Bernard Hopkins. Now look again. Notice anything about these guys’ shoulders? Especially Jean Pascal’s? You should. They exhibit a perfect example of what I’ve come to call “Boxer’s shoulder”. It’s the condition where either striking or the constant push-and-pull in Jiu-Jitsu causes your pectorals and the muscles […]
I was talking to one of my teammates the other day about the meaning of the word “Dojo”, and by extension what it means to go to the place where we learn our art. According to my teammate, a “Dojo” is “the place where we kill our Ego”. I thought this was a pretty cool […]