The Truth Behind High Commercial Vacancy Rates
Commercial landlords have kept their rates sky high despite the downturn. Many bluntly say they’ll gladly let their spaces sit empty for months to years…
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Eliminating Debt: Settlement, Consumer Proposal, Bankruptcy
Consolidation loans rarely work in practice. Due to bad credit and elevated debt level relative to income, most lenders are redundant to take the risk…
Inaccuracy of Real Estate News & Statistics
The media, masses, and wanna-be investors are in market fear as the City of Calgary releases its property assessment data: Average Calgary home plunged $20,000…
Thinking of Starting a Business?
An engineer asked about starting his own business and asked how to go about it. ” That’s a very broad question. Each industry is different,…
Paying Tax to Borrow Money
Reporting High Income just to get Credit: Canada’s Flawed Banking System A mortgage broker, one who seemingly worked for one of the Big 5, and…
Buyouts and Decreasing Returns Towards Equilibrium
The struggle to find consistent high yield stocks, in businesses generating consistent, high yield returns (1) Most investors (or wanna-be ones) aim for a 7-10%…
The Profit in Irrational Love
A good childhood friend of mine didn’t move in together with his Miss until almost 5 years later. They wanted to ensure their relationship and…
Quick Real Estate Investment Return Analysis Sample
I’m thinking of renting out my current condo (1150 sq ft, 2+1bed 2 bath, too big for my 1 person house hold) and buying a…
Investing Brief
There is no “true” financial advisor; most are salespeople or an information source, as people truly “good” with money don’t need to work for someone…
Cheap, Small Cap, High Growth Stocks Experiment
Due to my young age (24) and hence limited time in industry to acquire venture capital, I am reliant on 3 main high-risk sources of…