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Category: Real Estate

Should you only put 5% down on your mortgage and invest the difference?

Should you only put 5% down on your mortgage and invest the difference?

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Mark | 20 Comments
Should you only put 5% down on your mortgage and invest the difference? The following is a guest post from a reader named Gruff, who wonders why on earth investors would strive to put down more than 5% on their…
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Ontario’s Fair Housing Plan – fair enough but too little too late

Ontario’s Fair Housing Plan – fair enough but too little too late

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Mark | 12 Comments
Ontario’s Fair Housing Plan Has the unwinding process for the Toronto real estate market finally begun?  Time will tell I guess but I think it’s rather too little too late. Ontario’s Fair Housing Plan brings a list of changes.  Here…
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Does buying U.S. real estate still make any sense for Canadians?

Does buying U.S. real estate still make any sense for Canadians?

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Mark | 102 Comments
I never thought so myself.  That’s my opinion, certainly with our Canadian dollar so low.  However, I’m willing to at least listen to someone who believes otherwise.  Enter Mike Wolf, an author and U.S. real estate investor.  When Mike reached…
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