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Ontario Real Estate Investment Outlook 2025
For real estate investors in Ontario, 2025 presents a dramatically different landscape than recent years. According to the 2025 Canada Rental Market Trend Report by Liv Rent, Ontario’s average monthly rent for unfurnished one-bedroom units stands at $1,939, representing a mere 0.99% year-over-year increase—a sharp decline from 2023’s robust 13.05% growth. This rental stagnation signals […]
Continue readingThe Power of A Long-Term Perspective
A long term perspective when investing is a crucial financial decision, and the environment in which we make these choices can significantly influence our success. When attending a DurhamREI meeting, it’s common to feel overwhelmed, especially for those just getting started. You’ll find active investors in our meeting room, some owning one or two properties […]
Continue readingWhat the Wealthy in Canada Understand is That…
For years, I have participated in groups like the Entrepreneurs Organization(EO), Tiger 21, and the Toronto Business Society. These groups have what I would call the top 20%—EO—to the top 1% wealthy Canadians—Tiger 21 and Toronto Business Society. I noticed certain trends that anyone can model as long as they understand that Canada is made […]
Continue readingYou Should Only Listen to Mentors and Teachers Who Have Already Succeeded at What You Want to Do
Would you ever have a heart surgeon who only read about heart surgery and learned videos online about heart surgery but has never done an operation work on you? Then why would you listen to so-called experts who have never achieved what you want to achieve? In today’s world, everyone seems to have advice on […]
Continue readingThe Weekend Guru
In April 2008, I attended a quick start real estate investing weekend with the Real Estate Investment Network(REIN) for $287. It opened my eyes to the potential of investing in real estate, offered practical advice, and included binders and CDs that went with the weekend. I joined at the time because of Don. R. Campbell, […]
Continue readingRisk and Reward As A Real Estate Investor
I have been investing in real estate for over two decades, and the one thing I have seen happen repeatedly is Real Estate Investors get over their head with a big project that takes them out of real estate investing. This could be through personal bankruptcy, corporate bankruptcy, securities investigations, or other similar events. There […]
Continue readingDo Interest Rates Go Down Faster Than They Go Up?
One of the trends that I have heard from mortgage brokers is that interest rates usually go down faster than they go up. As a real estate investor, I’m interested in figuring out what this might look like if we are indeed in an interest rate decrease cycle. Also, how many instances were there where […]
Continue readingShould You Continue to Invest in Ontario Real Estate?
I was picking up my truck from the shop, when a gentleman came over to ask me a question as I was leaving. He recognized me as the real estate guy from the Durham Real Estate Investor meetings. Let’s call him Jim to make things easier. Jim has about 30k left to pay off on […]
Continue readingUsing Real Estate for Financial Independence (Retirement)
A lot of the articles that I have seen that talk about using real estate for retirement usually comes from people who focus on investing in the stock market or other financial professionals. I haven’t seen too many articles that were written by Real Estate Investors for them. I’m not sure why that is, but […]
Continue readingSell Some Assets and Private Lend the Money for Financial Independence (Retirement)
Some investors who have gained financial independence continue to keep some properties in order to hedge against inflation and continue to provide growth of their asset base over time. Private lending provides income, and usually that income is being used by the real estate investor for part or most of their monthly income. Depending on […]
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