Financing an investment property is as easy as 4, 5, 6…

That is to say that four is easier than six, but still not easy.

Sounds difficult?  It’s easy to follow…

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I’m growing increasingly frustrated by what passes for an “investment property” in Toronto these days.

I suppose the definition of “investment property” is so loose that a cardboard box under the Gardiner Expressway could be considered as such, just as long as the homeless man inside pays for its use.

To each, their own….right?

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A lot of people have been asking me if I know anything about the thirty acres of vacant land that STILL sits undeveloped at the base of the Bayview Extension.

I had been planning to write about the development, and then along came this article from The Globe And Mail.

Great!  Now I can catch up on my sleep…

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The only real estate market any of us have ever known has been hot, hot, hot!

But what happens when there is more supply than demand?  What happens when supply is ten, twenty, or thirty times greater than demand?

How does the market absorb the inventory?

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I was beginning to think that maybe, just maybe - I was wrong about CityPlace.

After a colleague of mine received five offers on her awful listing at Mariner Terrace, I reconsidered my stance on the evil concrete jungle.

But alas, the latest news that a 42-storey “community housing” project will be built in the heart of CityPlace has reaffirmed my stance that this will eventually be a complete ghetto…

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Here’s a great article in Saturday’s Toronto Star that explains a new trend among buyers who find themselves in multiple offer situations.

Try and differentiate yourself from the pack.  Maybe the sellers will respond favorably?

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