Shocking. The state of a portion of Canada’s workforce is simply … shocking. Specifically the work ethic of people born in Canada. Not all of them … but many. Maybe most. Or maybe it’s just our generation … we’re not sure. We’ve thought this for some time but the work ethic bar seems to continue…
This week we share some U.S. numbers but we feel the same trends apply right here in the Golden Horseshoe. It gave us a few things to think about regarding owning rental property and the future of interest rates…
Over the last 17+ years, we’ve often been told how difficult, how scary and how you almost have to be crazy to invest in residential real estate. Well, over the last six months we’ve been dealing with a potential land development deal for Rock Star and compared to what we’ve been through on this we’ve…
We’re very fortunate. By working with so many Canadian real estate investors we get to carefully observe the characteristics of those who achieve the most, fastest. And there’s a certain characteristic that continues to pop up repeatedly. It’s an investor’s RESOURCEFULNESS. Dictionary.com defines resourceful as: re-source–ful – adjective able to deal skillfully and promptly with…
I get laughed at all the time for this, but it’s the truth, so I’ll share it here with you as well. I haven’t listened to the radio in my car since at least 1998. Approximately 19 years of no radio. I can’t stand it. All the commercials, the fairly meaningless news updates and talk…
**CORRECTION: The average price of a home in Hamilton back in 1970 was $24,363, not $10K. That’s why I was mentioning 4-5 average income. Hope that clears things up! – Tom.
