Thanks for the kind words Chris. It seems that I`m answering a lot of my own questions from my research as I am putting them out to you hahahahahha. I have just found more or less the exact answers to my questions. At least two of them. Question 1: How many jobs by sector currently exist in...

I have just read this article: http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/509187 It speaks about the 129,000 jobs lost in January and that 8000 jobs have disappeared in Hamilton since October. The hardest hit being the steal workers. The article mentions that this info was obtained from stats...

Thank you Mark and Chris for the responses. Mark, in fact I have been doing quite a bit of digging in Stats Can and have found useful information there. But, I did not find the specific information I was looking for. Stats Can has population, labour force, employment, unemployment, labour force...

Hi everyone, For the past three days I have been trying to find up to date information and statistics on employment for the Ontario and more specifically Hamilton region with no avail. As Don has taught us, we must monitor the employment situations in our respective investment areas. I am...

Just wanted to throw this question out there. I welcome the opinions of some of you experienced members as to how this will affects us? I ask this because from recent posts during the past month I have read more than once that due to the crisis in the united states banks in Canada have...

Thank you very much for the quick reply, just the answer i was looking for.

Very motivating and inspirational posts guys.

Hi everyone, Quick question here: Suppose I were to JV with three other investors for my first three properties. Rent from all three properties covered expenses by at least 1.1. Would I now qualify for the 1.1DCR financing??? If so are there any other specific criteria that must be met by me...

QUOTE (investmart @ Aug 12 2008, 01:00 AM) Alex, On one hand you do not worry about roof etc. as you mentioned on the other hand with condo you pay maintenance which is higher than average maintenance & repair costs for a non condo. so bottom line about the same. but one of the experts here...

Hi my name is Alex. I am a 22 year old university student graduating next year and hoping to start investing in Real Estate as soon as I do. Mean while I am educating myself as much I can in the different aspects of real estate and reading about the different issues that existing real estate...