All Forum Posts by: Jasmine May

I am looking at gathering some wisdom for people like me who are starting out. Please can I request experienced investors to answer a few questions? This will greatly help by giving early visibility into various perspectives?  

1. If you had USD 1M to invest, what would your strategy be (and for what kind of returns)? 

2. If you were to start again, what would you definitely repeat and what would you do differently? 

3. Where would you invest? (your Top5 towns/cities) 

4. Would you do remote investing? 

Thanks all :) I’ve been reading a lot here on BP. I’m keen on learning about NS and Canada specific operating rules and responsibilities for landlords. Is there any guidance document for this anywhere? 

Thanks for your response Jason. 

Mods, please can this be moved to Canada section? 

Hello everyone, I'm new to BiggerPockets. New to investing in Canada too!  We are moving to Halifax NS next year. We had a small portfolio here in the UK, its all now sold and I have about CAD 500k to invest. 

Anyone from Halifax NS here? 

Hello everyone! I am a newbie to Canadian markets. We are moving to halifax NS shortly and I'm looking for build a property portfolio there. We had a small portfolio here in UK, its all sold and I have about CAD 500k to start with. I'll be jumping full-time into real estate investing now. 

Has anyone done or considered buying land and building your own multi unit properties? It can be built to specification (minimum wasted space) and I could save on maintenance long term if the build is done to a good quality. So the plan is to buy land, build, rent it out and then finance it to release money. Repeat. 

If anyone has done this, please could you share your experiences?  

Thanks a lot for your reply Andrew. We have at least 6 months before we move there. I will use this time to improve my knowledge and analysis. You mentioned holding commercial properties. Would you mind telling me how are the returns there? I have some experience with residential investment properties here in the UK but never held commercial RE. 

Hello everyone,

We will be moving to Halifax (NS) area next spring. I have about CAD 500k to invest and I am keen on building a real estate portfolio. Total newbie here, so please share your wisdom ! Pointers to websites, calculators etc anything useful is greatly appreciated. I just started reading older threads and other material on this site. 

Anyone from Halifax NS here? Would you mind telling me a bit about your numbers (gross yield, expenses etc)? 

Thanks :)