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Rental condos, brick exterior style in Vancouver and Alberta

Tale of Risk Taking: Career Paths and Real Estate

Three Students Choosing Different Careers and Investments Buddy A: Bought a Vancouver condo for $400,000 even in 2014, with 10% down. Rented it out and…

Guilt comes with Ambition. Working in Alberta's Oil Patch and becoming a Business Owner.

Adverse Psychological Effects of Ambition

Sometimes I wish I am not the man I am today. I am so used to being a hustler, and just crude. This based on…

Business owner packing bags in Edmonton, Alberta

Mid 2019 Update: 6 Years into Alberta’s Oilfield

It’s been 6 years since I left university in BC: packing my bags, and driving straight to Fort McMurray, Alberta. Then I ended up in…

Starting a Business in Alberta

The Hated Young Entrepreneur

Young Guys & Ladies Looked Down Upon for Getting Ahead I don’t know how many times throughout my life people have tried to put me…

Analyzing the Market

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%…

Mercedes-Maybach Interior

Investment Portfolio, Family, and Dreams

What is my dream? To build the ultimate business and investment portfolio (i.e. produce, own, and be part of successful businesses). The thought of my…

Layoff and job loss in Alberta oilpatch

Bloody February

The public pictures I as a young, fit guy driving nice BMWs and dressing beautifully. It thinks I must pick up many beautiful women and…

Investing Brief and Guide for New

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…

PIH stock acquired by MEI US

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…

Lessening Rental and Employment Income Tax Bleed

I have been daydreaming about a new plan for 2018 – a new rental condo in the Coquitlam, BC area, but with the smallest downpayment…