Couple this with the fact that Alberta is still considered a "have" province and is paying $19 billion/year in equalization payments to places like Quebec, who boasted a budget surplus and doesn't generally give its support to oilsands projects, and Alberta families are paying hundreds of dollars more per year for an empty "carbon tax", it feels to most here that the rest of Canada likes to kick Alberta when we're down. 

Total PITI is $4200.The surplus is $3600I need to deduct for vacant, cap ex, repairs etcI have heard 50% and 40%.

By paying down a mortgage quicker all you are doing is hoarding your excess surplus cash.

A few 100s new units causing a surplus.

I knew the development would sell and that's why we got into it originally......and in the end that proved to be the case.We are actually running at a lot surplus right now in PDX since our marketing systems are working so well for us......and the margins we are getting are pretty darn good, so I think for us PDX is the place to be for the near future.

It is poised to capitalize on that strength to satisfy residential demand.Read more here:http://www.downtowncleveland.com/media/82160/q4_2012_final.pdfhttp://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20130130/FREE/130139975http://www.propertymanagementinsider.com/cleveland-apartment-occupancy.html- Public Square and lakefront connection project (proposed - $360 million)Thanks to a $90 million surplus resulting from the Convention Center coming in under budget, the city and county have partnered to redevelop the city's focal point, Public Square, into a world-class public space and link the central business district to the lakefront via a greenspace land bridge, after years of being severed from the water by a highway and a busy rail line.

My ultimate goal is to have a mix of SFR's, multi family, and apartment buildings.Also do you have any advice on tax surplus sales?

Here by law they need to auction each property individually because the lien holders and then the previous owner would have a claim to any surplus funds.

This year they had a surplus, so it's nice that the local politicians have been able to figure out budgets without having to increase taxes at all.The 2 expenses that I've found tend to be higher as a % of property value are insurance and property taxes.

:(It is frustrating when I have a surplus of $4,500 per month, and a bank tells me I cannot get a 30 year mortgage with a monthly payment of less than $500.