Investing and Personal Finance
Busy week here at MSB with posts every day. Next week will be a bit lighter since Monday is a holiday, however I will be publishing the last post from the “tenant from hell” trilogy. The last post is very much on the disgusting side and I’ve changed my mind several times about whether it [...]
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This post is part of a five-part series about tenants leaving a condo and finding and screening the new tenants: How to screen tenants Screening Tenants – Advertising and Showings Screening Tenants – Filling Out Applications Screening Tenants – Credit Check Screening Tenants – Lease Agreement And Repairs Advertising I’ve touched on this in previous [...]
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The RESP Book: The Simple Guide to Registered Education Savings Plans Everything you need to know about RESPs. |
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The RESP Book: The Simple Guide to Registered Education Savings Plans Everything you need to know about RESPs. |
Any cycling fans out there? I’ve managed to convert my wife to an avid fan. This year’s Tour de France was quite exciting and you just can’t beat the scenery and interesting historic buildings along the route. It looks like Contador will win this year. I am cheering for Schleck, but I always thought [...]
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This post is part of a five-part series about tenants leaving a condo and finding and screening the new tenants: How to screen tenants Screening Tenants – Advertising and Showings Screening Tenants – Filling Out Applications Screening Tenants – Credit Check Screening Tenants – Lease Agreement And Repairs I recently had my tenants give me [...]
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I recently picked up Rob Carrick’s new book “Rob Carricks’s Guide to What’s Good, Bad and Downright Awful in Canadian Investments Today“. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Rob Carrick, he is the top personal finance journalist in Canada. You can read his articles in the business section of the Globe and Mail. [...]
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Most “tenant from hell” stories involve bad people who don’t pay their rent. This one is a bit different… This article was written by Rachelle: a real estate guru who works as a property manager and helps investors find rental properties in Toronto and surrounding areas. She has recently started a very interesting blog called [...]
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I personally think kids are great and I enjoy spending time with mine. However, like everything – too much of a good thing isn’t so good. It can get tiresome after a while. Judith Timson wrote about how parenting is no fun. She is reacting another post about parenting in New York Mag which outlines [...]
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I’ve previously posted about if passive income really exists. Whether or not it does, as viewed from the personal finance community at large, there is a rabid interest in it. I can understand the appeal, some work is done setting things up and result in the creation of a “financial perpetual motion machine” that throws [...]
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In one review on his site, John T. Reed talks about negotiation and describes it as: I think negotiation is an important skill in real estate, but I think it’s overrated. If you negotiate too hard, you lose deals to other buyers and you get a reputation that scares people. I would characterize negotiation as [...]
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Nike+ is a really neat systems that basically puts a sensor in your running shoe, records the data to your iPod, then helps runners analyze the data and use it to understand their training and health. I’ve written about the power of measurement in the past, and I’m a big believer that when you give [...]
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It was announced recently that the closing deadline to be eligible for the $8,000 tax credit was extended from June 30, 2010 to September 2010. This will be a big benefit for people with new construction who are having trouble getting the house completed in time. Originally, first time home buyers were eligible for an [...]
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Wow, it is hot, hot, hot in Toronto this week. But not as hot as last weekend during the G20 summit – what a complete embarrassment for everyone involved (including the city of Toronto). On with the links! Canadian Capitalist republished a great post on why you should invest your own money. Well worth the [...]
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This article was written by Rachelle: a real estate guru who works as a property manager and helps investors find rental properties in Toronto and surrounding areas. She has recently started a very interesting blog called Landlord Rescue. You can subscribe to the RSS feed here. Read Rachelle’s last story – The Stripper With Dirty [...]
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I always hear from people that their primary residence has been their “best investment”. Usually this is accompanied by something along the lines of “it’s worth *8* times what I paid for it!” and a satisfied smirk. As with many things, I suspect that people with this view are selectively interpreting the data to support [...]
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