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Pay Your High Property Taxes to Your Heirs and Not the City

In a previous article Take Advantage of Your High Property Taxes and Defer Them, I had talked about deferring your property taxes and investing the taxes instead.

Here is another strategy for those living in the last home they will ever own. Take the deferred taxes and buy a life insurance [...]

Canada’s Housing Hot Spots

There are so many things to consider when investing in real estate: Which cities offer good value? Is the housing market going to keep going up or are we in a bubble that’s about to burst? How do you cut through the hype?

Real Estate Investment Network president Don Campbell answers these questions and more [...]

Your Mortgage- Are You Really Insured?

Have a mortgage? Stop wasting your money. Read carefully as this most likely applies to you.

The vast majority of people that get a mortgage select to purchase the lender’s mortgage protection insurance covering them in case of death. If they die their mortgage will be paid off.

Gap Between Rich and Poor Evergrowing

The wealthiest 1 per cent of Americans, for example, now pocket nearly one-quarter of the country’s income. They also control as much half of total wealth, including property, bank accounts, investments, art and the like. And their share of the pie has roughly doubled in the past four decades.

Income is more evenly shared in [...]

Top Five Signs of a Bad Real Estate Agent

If your home is listed for sale and it just won’t sell, it may not be your real estate agent’s fault. However, there are many ways to gauge if your agent is doing a good job. Here we look at some of the top signs of a bad real estate agent.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investor-education/investopedia/top-five-signs-of-a-bad-real-estate-agent/article1708486/?cmpid=rss1

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Continued Fed Stimulus to Keep US and Canadian Interest Rates Low

The U.S. is planning on pumping more cash into the economy to continue to stimulate growth putting downward pressure on long term interest rates. This will directly affect Candian interest rate policy as a broadening spread between US and Candian interest rates would put added pressure on the Canadian dollar. Investors want to put money [...]