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Turning your home into an investment property: Step One

Turning your home into an investment property: Step One

If you are retaining your residence as an investment property (rental) and moving on to your next home, there’s one very important first step. Before you do anything else, evaluate your current financing and look for opportunities to achieve the maximum leverage...
Does a 90% Monthly Rate of Return Interest You?

Does a 90% Monthly Rate of Return Interest You?

If you are considering an Open Mortgage or are currently carrying a significant balance on a secured line of credit this post will be of value to you. Interest only payments are great from a cash-flow perspective, but perhaps there is more to consider, read on. Short...
Portability, of course your mortgage is portable…or is it?

Portability, of course your mortgage is portable…or is it?

Short Version Asking whether ones mortgage is portable or not is not the right (complete) question. Confirming that one is able to qualify to port their mortgage to a new property is the key question. Speak to your Broker in detail about your plans, and assume...

Cash Back Mortgages – There is no Free Lunch

Full disclosure, there is a bias within the following words.  I have tried for a few weeks to create more balance within this post, but in the face of effective interest rates of 53.38% (read on), it was exceedingly difficult to find significant strength in the...