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Rental Properties

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Great post on factors to consider in buying rental property.  After reading it, I realize I'm way too lazy...I'll just stick with REITs

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Condos for Sale

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

Huge discounts! Not even close to the bottom yet, imho...

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RSP Home Buyers Plan

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

How it works explained. CRA website.

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Moving Checklist and Planner

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Here at Squawkfox.

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Vancouver Crime Maps & Stats

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/police/CrimeMaps/index.htm

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Keep the condo maintained

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

otherwise you'll pay dearly for it later.

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Costs of Home Ownership

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Good article on Closing costs - aka "no, the purchase price doesn't include..." A few more articles on the costs of home ownership here and here.

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It Pays to be Green

Monday, July 7th, 2008

A couple of sites on green rebates ShowMeTheGreen.ca lists various grants and rebates for home improvements including the Federal ecoEnergy Home Retrofit Program. Rebate on mortgage insurance from CMHC and Genworth.

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Mortgages

Monday, July 7th, 2008

From this post: Pre-paying $1,000 off a 6% mortgage saves $60 of interest that would otherwise have to be paid every year for the rest of the mortgage term (with after-tax dollars). If you're in a 40% tax bracket, pre-paying your mortgage is therefore like having a risk-free long-term bond ...

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House inspections

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Hire your own craftsmen: - roofer - electrician - plumber - HVAC

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