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  • Just Some of The Ways Rock Stars are Creating Cash Flow in 2024

    Just Some of The Ways Rock Stars are Creating Cash Flow in 2024

    Cash flow is king. It's something most investors have high up on their list of musts. But with higher interest rates, many investors have been feeling the squeeze. And it's scared some investors away, thinking positive cash flow is a thing of the past.

  • Buying Auction Properties In Ontario: Golden Opportunity or Massive Headache?

    Buying Auction Properties In Ontario: Golden Opportunity or Massive Headache?

    Houses can be expensive. And most investors are looking for opportunities to cut costs and maximize profits. Who doesn't love a good deal? One strategy is buying properties that are being auctioned off.

  • Are Today's Trends Pointing to A Growing Housing Crisis Tomorrow?

    Are Today's Trends Pointing to A Growing Housing Crisis Tomorrow?

    Monday mornings, the Rock Star Team pours into the office for a team meeting. It's a time for the team to share triumphs and challenges, get advice, and gain clarity around what we're seeing in the market. Recently, looking over the numbers, we noticed a potential problem…

  • 3 Changes Worth Paying Attention To In Canada's New Housing Strategy

    3 Changes Worth Paying Attention To In Canada's New Housing Strategy

    8 Did you hear the Federal government’s pledge to build 3.9M homes by 2031? That’s 1,528 homes a day… every single day for 7 years. It’s double Canada’s record number of homes built in a single year.

  • 3 Tax Changes That Could Impact Your Return This Year

    3 Tax Changes That Could Impact Your Return This Year

    Tax rules are always evolving and updating! We’ve gathered some of the most relevant updates this year for Rock Star Inner Circle Members.

  • Maximizing Your Returns On Multi-Unit Properties

    Maximizing Your Returns On Multi-Unit Properties

    Multi-unit properties are becoming more and more common with investors. This generally means a duplex or triplex. But when you start getting into larger multi-unit projects, it becomes a different beast.

  • Members of the Month

    Each month I chat with a member about their journey investing in real estate, and I put together a 1-page story to feature them in our monthly newsletter.

  • Where Will you Be 10 Years From Now: Investing Today for Future Income

    Discover how investing in one property today can generate multiple streams of income that grow over time.

  • Cities seeing largest rental growth in Canada

    Is the Dream of Homeownership Dying in Canada?

    The 2021 Canadian Housing Survey found that the growth of renter households is outpacing owner-occupied dwellings. As of 2021, 10 million households in Canada were owner-occupied. That's more than at any point in Canadian history. However, the Canadian population has also rapidly grown, and over the last decade, the percentage of homeowners has actually dropped.

  • Variable rate share of outstanding mortgages

    Trigger Rates: What Rising Rates Mean for Your Variable Mortgages

    The Bank of Canada has raised interest rates four times since March 2022, raising rates from 0.25% up to 2.5%. The next rate increase will likely have taken place by the time you’re reading this as it’s likely early September.

  • How Post-Secondary Schools Dictating Canada's Population Growth

    70% of new immigrants during the pandemic arrived from one country, and that country is… Canada. They were students or non-permanent residents already here, and the Canadian government invited them to apply for citizenship.

  • Using Yield Curves to Predict Impending Recessions

    If you’ve spent some time reading about inflation, trying to figure out what’s happening to interest rates, or whether we’re headed for a recession, you may have come across the terms "yield curve" and "reverse yield curve".

  • Miscounting the Population: The Missing 3% of Canada's Population

    Canada has a problem. It sucks at counting… or at least its census department does, and that’s a problem because it’s literally their job.

  • New Housing Recommendations Take Aim at Single-Family Zoning

    Resale housing supply is at a record low. House prices have gone up drastically in the last few years, far higher than wages. Young people can't get into the market.

  • The Great Gap In Rent & House Prices East vs West of Toronto

    It may not be long before many will be priced out of homeownership in the Golden Horseshoe. We could be entering the age of the forever renter. It’s a hard mental switch for many of us, but many teens are growing up assuming they’ll never own their home.

  • The Growing Gap in House Prices & The Wealth Of Homeownership

    I live in a starter home. It’s a good home, maybe a forever home. In 2020, I’m in the minority as a homeowner in my late 20s. Purchasing my home was a huge accomplishment, but it wasn’t long before I started planning what’s next.

  • Invest with Debt Now or without Debt Later

    It’s no secret that we live in a high-debt society. According to Equifax Canada, the average Canadian holds $23,800 of non-mortgage debt. That’s debt from things like credit cards, loans and lines of credit. Many people still have debt when they go to buy a house.

  • Turning 1 Property Into 2 – The BRRRR Strategy

    Beginning anything new can be daunting. Yes, starting to invest in real estate is an exciting time for an investor. For many of us, buying our first investment property feels like the first step on our journey to living life on our terms. But beyond that excitement, are a lot

  • Picking The Right Wine For Dinner

    When it comes to wine there is a lot to know. It can be an intimidating field but every guy should have a general knowledge of wine and what to drink with what food.

  • You Should Know: How To Tie A Windsor Knot

    There are some things that every guy needs to know, and one of them is how to tie a necktie. At some point in every man’s life, he has to wear a tie.

  • How To Tie A Bow Tie

    So you know how to tie a necktie but you are still clueless when it comes to tying a bow tie…

  • You Should Know: Your Plaids And Your Checks

    Many men will refer to textile patterns as checkered and plaid without knowing their proper names. There are several different types of checks and plaids that will frequent a man’s wardrobe…

  • You Should Know: How To Iron A Shirt

    Fact: A wrinkled dress shirt will make you look like an unprofessional slob. That is why every man should know how to iron his own dress shirt. Here’s a quick how to…

  • Men’s Glasses Trends: The Year Of The Soft Wire Frame

    Forget last year’s chunky plastic frames, this year glasses aficionados are gravitating to a Harry Potter-styled wire frame.

  • AM At The Movies: ‘Kidnapping Mr. Heineken’

    The kidnapping of Freddy Heineken took place in November 1983, and quickly gained international recognition as the largest ransom payout…