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The Negative Correlation of Attractiveness, Money, and Women

  You must pick up lots of girls with that car. … bet lots of women look at you. You look hot in that car.…

Climbing on Borrowed Time

As the other young adults make a career out of chasing young dumb girls or looking for the attention and affection of lonely men, eating…

F83 BMW M4 Cabriolet as a Daily Driver

I’ve always been a convertible guy with a soft spot for the roadster look and the feeling of cold morning air blowing on my face,…

Investment Condos: Edmonton vs. Lower Mainland, BC

My original idea was to keep expanding the real estate portion of my portfolio with Edmonton properties, due to the following: (1) Low entry cost.…

October 2017: 4 Years + 5 Months in Alberta

Sudden $2,460 dental bill. Sudden $1,000 vehicle bill. Selected for a CRA 2016 Tax Review. Further tightening mortgage rules by OSFI. The ending of the…

Life’s Unfairness

Growing up in BC often involved a theme of unfairness in a lacklustre economy, where unless you came from a family of privilege, connections, and…

Emotional Struggles of the Alberta Oilfield

Still fresh in my memory is the driving and moving to an oil town with a population of around 7,000 where I knew nobody, and…

Return on Equity of Real Estate

For things like real estate, most dream about increasing cashflow as the mortgage is paid down, and the ultimate dream is paid off properties that…

Quick Briefing of Investing

There’s no true financial advisor; most are just salespeople. People who are actually “good” at making money are busy doing it amongst themselves and don’t…

Aggressive Real Estate: One large home with HELOC vs. Multiple Properties

My objective to a Ferrari by 30 (or, financial freedom for that matter) has revolved around a theoretically simple yet in practice, complex strategy: Acquire…