My wife and I are in the Carribean this week doing some research, so posting has been light. However, I want to pass along a few articles my friend Jeff Zabel, with Mortgage Alliance in Kitchener Waterloo emailed to me. They are about changes to the mortgage rules, and will affect real estate investors: This [...]
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Property Management for KW investment property
A big part of our client base lives outside of Kitchener Waterloo – other parts of Ontario, Canada, and even people living in other countries. They are able to live where they love, but invest where the numbers make sense because they employ quality property management companies. Even a lot of our clients who live [...]
A profile of Eastbridge in Kitchener Waterloo, Ontario
One of my favorite neighbourhoods in Kitchener Waterloo is Eastbridge. Located in the North East part of the city, there are parks, trails, beautiful homes (ranging from condos, semis and towns to luxury homes worth more than $1 million), shopping (Conestoga mall is close by), close to restaurants like Wildcraft, Ben Thahn, The Keg and [...]
Why we invest in Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate
Yesterday I had the chance to sit down with two of our clients, Dr Robin Walsh and Darryl Kraemer to discuss why they invest in Real Estate, as opposed to any of the other investment vehicles available, like stocks, mutual funds, commodities, gold etc. Press play to hear what they had to say: Darryl and [...]
Bauer in Waterloo filled, Cambridge place still half empty
There is a very interesting article in The Kitchener Record this morning about the night and day differences between the Waterloo and Cambridge real estate markets for Office space, as well as industrial space. While many people are excited to live in the Bauer Lofts, there is also prime commercial space next door in the [...]
Own Investment condos? Look at the Home Renovation Tax Credit
Most people associate the Canadian government’s Home Renovation Tax Credit (or HRTC) with detached family homes and larger properties; rarely do they think about the investments they own, or if they do, the investment condos. What is the HRTC? In the government’s own words: Under proposed changes, the HRTC is a non-refundable tax credit based [...]
Flaherty to public: Hold on, I’m thinking, watching and monitoring real estate market
Canadian Government still looking at shorter mortgage amortizations on real estate purchases, but no indication of decision yet So much talk, so little action. Typical of a government, so I probably shouldnt be surprised On December 22 I wrote Flaherty comments further on Canadian Real Estate and Mortgages and on Janaury 13 I reported in [...]
What Student Rental apartment buildings can you buy in Waterloo?
…and what return will you get on your money by investing in these student properties? This is something I’ve been asked a lot recently, especially with the news that CMHC is now back in the student rental financing game. In this video, we look at a 180 bedroom property that an investor is considering near [...]
CMHC *finally* returns to Student Housing Rentals in Waterloo
The day is upon us. Many of our clients have been waiting for this since 2008, when the tap of money for student rental properties seemingly dried up. CMHC stopped insuring loans on this asset, and when CMHC gets out of the game, banks tighten up their available financing terms and start looking for much [...]
