Do you know who is buying real estate in Canada right now? Women. Specifically, All the Single Ladies. Opting to get married later in life, and a high national divorce rate has given women the opportunity to purchase their primary residences and then some. According to a recent article from the Globe and Mail, 61%… Continue Reading

With the market the way it is right now, some junior exploration companies are simply not going to survive. Since most of them are in Vancouver, we thought the city’s commercial real estate might offer some insight into which ones will. We spoke with one Downtown Landlord about their experiences with resource companies as tenants.… Continue Reading

Economists expecting “substantial declines over the next year or two”. The recent Global Forecast Update (Scotia Bank, 2013) illustrates how deleveraging of the private and public sectors coupled with geopolitical unrest, an expanding income gap, and euro zone unemployment could still put the moderate global economic recovery into a tailspin. The Update supports central banks… Continue Reading

I really hate the word culture sometimes. It means a lot of different things to different people and seems to be applied to many things that to me don’t qualify but to others are valid. One person’s culture is anothers knitting club. How you define culture is up to you and like we talked about… Continue Reading

Lived November 29, 1956 – August 23, 2002 #2 Man at Polygon Homes, British Columbia’s largest home builder Ten years ago today Polygon Homes Executive Vice President Rick Genest was tragically killed when a boulder fell on his car while driving to his summer home in Bridge Lake, BC. In the 45 years of his… Continue Reading

“The success of a land development project depends on very heavy operating and sales expenses (excluding commissions)… If the land is not sold quickly, the selling expenses drain away all the profit.” Source: Rumball, Donald. Peter Munk: The Making of a Modern Tycoon. Toronto: Stoddart, 1996. Print. Page 95. Amazon. (Photo: Bear Mountain)

Venture capitalist Tom Perkins puts his bold stamp on his San Francisco apartment  WSJ (Source: Sir. Dave Kelly – WSJ) This is an unreal, visual piece of wealth content from WSJ. “Another project,” for Mr. Perkins. Genentech, Sun, Amazon, Netscape, Compaq, even Google, were just a few Kleiner Perkins deals… Further exploration: Tom Perkins – The Captain… Continue Reading

Today, let’s look at another investment sector — real estate –that bears little resemblance to the world of mineral exploration and development. With people looking into real estate investing courses via Roofstock, this industry will continue to grow and of course, we’ll need qualified real estate agents to help us out with our housing needs.… Continue Reading