Why They're Walking Away
Friday, September 23
Everything I read, everything I see and everything I hear confirms the statement that "America is becoming a nation of renters". We talk about this at great length at our free U.S. real estate classes because it's really good news for Canadian investors. Here's what I (as a keen observer) see ...
How Much Is A Trillion?
Friday, September 16
Bloomberg reports today that the worth of real estate assets in the U.S. has dropped by almost a trillion dollars. A trillion dollars? Okay, the exact figure is 947 billion, but who's counting? To put that in perspective, a billion dollars looks like this, sort of. This is an average sized h...
A Buffet Of News
Thursday, September 15
Hey team, some days there is so much news that it's hard to keep up. Today is one of those days. Here are just a few of the headlines, notes and key points from the major news sources this morning: Fannie Mae discovered in its August National Housing Survey that Americans' pessimisim is deepen...
Ohio Anyone?
Wednesday, September 14
"Uncle Sam wants your help. Have any ideas on what to do with 92,000 foreclosed single-family homes it or government-sponsored Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac own?"What a start to an article in an Ohio newspaper today. Just more evidence that the perfect storm continues and it's time for Canadian...
The Fun Factor
Tuesday, September 13
I just finished an amazing coaching session with some really motivated, exciting and incredibly professional students in Florida. We learned. We laughed. And we bought properties. One of the great joys of working for yourself is that you are able to include your family with almost everything ...
So Much News - So Little Time
Wednesday, September 07
Wow! As if our team needed any more incentive or documentation, it seems that the volume of good news for Canadians investing in U.S. real estate grows exponentially every day. Here are just a few of the stories you might want to read today in case anyone asks how that 'U.S. real estate thing y...