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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…

Tears From Vancouver to Alberta

It has been almost 4.5 years since I threw all my stuff in my car and drove away from Vancouver to Alberta, not looking back.…

Going Concerns

As I am waiting to close and move into my first home, a series of unfortunate events also has loomed: the Fort McMurray fires, and…

Theory of a Ferrari in 5 years: Savings Approach

Preface The boon of the oilfield/trades is the ability to utilize high income for high leverage real estate investing purposes, with minimal upfront investment both…

3-1/12 Years in Alberta

Ah, April 30, 2016. As of this time of writing, this would officially be 35 months elapsed I have come to Alberta from Vancouver in…

February; Month 32 in Alberta

Even at previously $1xx/barrel oil, everyday was another uphill battle, only continued from my academic endeavours from UBC in Vancouver- except now instead of a…

Self-Competitive Analysis

Rise and shine! At 2:40AM, my day begins at jumping out of bed, consuming some pre-workout, then relaxing for 30 minutes before my morning workout…

Young Adult Dating Blues

  A bit influenced on my personal sour dating experiences, I always took very little interest in other young adults. My exact words to someone else:…

Approaching my 28th month in Alberta

If you’ve been following my posts, you’d have learned that I once came here to work the oil patch, make some money, and go home.…

Out of Work Blues

Since December 10 I have been out of work. After my construction job hauling heavy equipment and water dried up, I went to an oilfield…