Mark Vosylius, Barrie, Orillia-'s Blog

Taxes and Canadian Real Estate We are told many times when we discuss real estate at our seminars to "dumb things down". We naturally assume that everyone knows all about how real estate can be used to reduce taxes, capital gains issues, and all that other fun stuff.  This article will attempt to...

I know upon writing this many stock market gurus will bash real estate as they always have. And in light of the current market conditions, I thought it would be a good time to explain why real estate is a better investment then the Stock Market. Real Estate vs. the Stock Market- A Primer on the D...

Profit in Real Estate Investing in a Down Market With the all the bad news in the media ( and yes if you read my blog you know what I think of the media reports on real estate), I thought it would be a good time to discuss the real estate investing technique/strategy that works in up markets as w...

Canadian Economy still showing signs of growth The Canadian Economy has seen surprises in the past few months. And I don't mean the bad kind. Sure the rest of the world is experiencing contraction and even recessionary indicators, but Canada has surprisingly shown resilience to the downward trend...

CREA makes it clear recent numbers are skewed The Canadian Real Estate Associations recent report on home prices admits that they may be misleading. As discussed before many times right here, National statistics mean very little to those who want to invest. They make great headlines but have litt...