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One real estate strategy that I’m quite familiar with, but never written about, is rent to own or lease option homes. What is a rent…
Read Full Article >>As I’ve been looking into using the Smith Manoeuvre strategy, I’ve come across a few mortgage solutions that will fit nicely. Among them include the…
Read Full Article >>This is a column by our resident real estate expert Rachelle. I actually live and work in the Toronto area, in Ontario and this post…
Read Full Article >>Should I go short or long; fixed or variable with my mortgage? “I wish I had an answer to that, because I’m tired of answering…
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Residential vs. Commercial Real Estate Investment Comparison
This is a column by our resident real estate expert Rachelle. I actually live and work in the Toronto area, in Ontario and this post…
Avoid the 5-Year Fixed Mortgage Trap
Should I go short or long; fixed or variable with my mortgage? “I wish I had an answer to that, because I’m tired of answering…
Rent a House to my Parents?
Mark emailed me with an interesting scenario in building a house for his parents and renting it out to them. It’s not that his parents…
How to Convert a Principal Residence into Rental Property?
A real estate situation that I hear about often are people considering keeping their first home as a rental while moving onto their second personal…
Rental Properties – To incorporate or not to incorporate…
…that is the question. Put to me by FT and his request that I try to address the issue. First, and most importantly, I am…
Holding a Mortgage within an RRSP
A reader wrote me last week very excited about the prospects of holding your own mortgage within an RRSP. Yes, that’s right, under the right…
The High Cost of the Manulife One Mortgage
One of my older posts regarding the Manulife One Mortgage is still generating a lot of discussion. Basically it’s a battle between the convenience of…
Rental Property Income Taxes and Deductions
As tax season is coming up, I’ve had a few readers email me about how income taxes are calculated with investment rental properties. It’s actually…
Monthly Mortgage Payment Multiplier
Here is a handy little table that I found in the book “Personal Finance for Canadians for Dummies” for calculating monthly mortgage payments using a…
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