QUOTE (Jack @ Dec 19 2008, 10:32 AM) You`re also talking about (hypothetically) 12 units instead of 1 house. With 12 units, if one is vacant, it hurts, but it doesn`t kill. With 1 house, if it`s vacant, it really hurts. You`ve got a much more stable, diversified stream of revenues than you do...

QUOTE (stephen @ Dec 13 2008, 01:58 AM) Im just curious about selling. I know its trying to time the market but it seems that we are at the start of a down trend. Would it be wise if I were to sell my house then buy back in if real estate prices drop more? What do others think of this? GET OUT...

QUOTE (ZanderRobertson @ Dec 13 2008, 12:55 PM) true, we are intimately tied to them, BUT, we`ve been running budget SURPLUSES for many years. Our consumer debt is bad, BUT, nothing like in the US. We do sorely lack the political leadership to nurture some projects which take VISION. i.e...

Where is Don Campbell`s explanation for this ill-advised blunder?

QUOTE (heliman2 @ Nov 26 2008, 08:41 AM) Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts/opinions on the recent unemployment news for Oshawa? If you read the newspaper it`s enough to scare the bee-G`s out of ya but I did some digging on stats Canada website, this is what I came up with...

In order to get a sense of when this crises might end, I think we need to understand how it all started in the first place. This is reality folks, not my opinion. www.iousathemovie.com

QUOTE (tbarcier @ Dec 11 2008, 05:39 PM) Unless you own a large portfolio, I don`t feel you are qualified to make such a statement. You don`t need to actually own a large portfolio in order to be qualified to figure out how potentially devasting it could be, financially, if an investor is...

Hi Joe I think you`re wise in taking a wait-and -see position right now. The worst situation to be in as deflation progresses into a depression is holding DEBT. It`s unfortunate that you, and all the other new rein members, are locked into paying the fees for 17 months, when that $200+ could be...