It would be unwise to think the economy will remain strong while almost every credible leading economist has been shouting as loud as they can that we are on the edge of a pending economic collapse. This past week, we...
Looks like financial regulators have closed Silicon Valley Bank. This bank has high exposure to tech & venture capital, however I was surprised to see this headline so soon. I have seen several articles stating th...
I've been looking at prices and rents on realtor.ca and kijiji. The price/rent ratio near Montreal (where I live) is absolutely terrible. Revenue/price are <7% and once you subtract expenses you end up with cap rat...
I have 60k saved and I’m looking at MF in the Midwest. Des Moines, IA is another location. I’m not sure if I should save the 60k and let it keep growing. Some say the collapse is coming but I think it’s naive to wait....
ok now that paulson changed his mind and will now be injecting capital into the banks rather than directly buying the troubled assets, im thinking this is great news for RE investors right? i feel the bailout was a jo...
In real estate, or business in general, you win by solving problems that others can not solve. How do you do that? You must be extremely creative and think outside of the box, and do things others cannot think of doin...
We are entering the crisis. Top of the residential real estate market may stretch into the fall fueled by low rates. Corona virus impact coupled with oil price collapse will stress economy resulting in local / global ...
Home Chair Market Analyst here. I thought I"d play around with some of the data out there to get an idea if I should buy now or later. Mortgage rates have done an admiral job of staving off the pain of ever increasing...
Since we now have Provincial sub-forums on BP, I am going to suggest we collapse them as follows:- Atlantic Canada- Québec- Ontario- Prairies & the North- British Columbia My argument for the collapse is there are...
Anyone have any thoughts on having the main drains professionally cleaned at rental properties to help minimize the risk of a backup? 2 of my properties are early 1900s vintage and the 3rd is mid 50s. I have no i...