At the end of this post there will be a technique for getting a MASSIVE ROI on your investment. Truth be told, this can be pushed a little further and get an infinite ROI. Much like having to eat your vegetables before desert, you’re not allowed to skip to the end of the post (and […]
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There’s a saying that when the economy turns bad, techies go to grad school which has definitely been true for me. After the dot-com boom ended in flames, I headed back to school for my Masters, and by coincidence, soon after I started my PhD things turned south. It worked out just about perfectly for […]
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Rent-to-Own
Rent-to-own (also known as lease-option) is a popular real estate strategy in the US and has been making its way into Canada in “get-rich-quick through real estate” circles. This agreement, between a landlord and tenant, involves the landlord selling the tenant the OPTION to buy the property at a fixed price at some point in […]
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Who Do You Trust?
Almost two years ago Promod Sharma at Riscario Insider wrote a post, partially in response to something I had written, about “Who can you trust?“. Promod suggests referrals as a way to trust someone you start doing business with, and in the comments I mused about following the reasoning of people you first encounter, and […]
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Selfish Reasons to be a Good Landlord
I recently enjoyed a post about a tenant referring her friends as potential new tenants on Single Guy and Money. It might just be a specialized case of what I’ve wrote about before as “statistical karma” but I’ve found that being a good landlord to your tenants is a good way to help YOURSELF out. […]
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Gurus
I’ve written before on my opinion of experts. I definitely think there are times when we need to seek out someone who knows more than us about a subject, but that certain professions cultivate this to a degree that’s detrimental to their clients. Beyond this, there are people who go even further and try to […]
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Efficient Versus Inefficient Markets
I recently read John T. Reed’s “How to Buy Real Estate for at Least 20% Below Market Value” (Vol. 1) and enjoyed it. He warns that the book is only applicable for buying in America (and actually refuses to sell it internationally, an American friend got it for me for Christmas). He’s right that the […]
It’s been over a month since Telly left a comment. Knowing that she’s partial to posts about working 9-5 and employment issues, this is my humble attempt to get her to start visiting / commenting again. If this doesn’t work, I may start posting pictures of my underwear like SquawkFox does. In one of his […]