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    Increase Your Real Estate Returns Using Leverage.

    I`m not going to dwell on bank reserves, capital adequacy ratios and bank leverage and credit assets as they can widen and compress according to the banks risk tolerance. I just don`t see why they must move in unison. More important however is Debt, Deficits and GDP`s as it relates to...
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    Does real estate investing really make people rich?

    Interesting "philosophical" question. IMHO, timing is the only thing that makes you rich. I would be very suspicious of any get rich schemes especially now given the global state of the economy and inflated asset values. People should be more concerned about the return OF their money than the...
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    Real Estate Cycle-Ontario

    Inflation and Hyperinflation are totally different. Inflation When: near the top end of the business cycle. The economy is hot with big demands for goods and services made possible by the abundance of credit. Hyperinflation When: at the bottom of a depression. The economy is so bad...
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    Variable or Fixed Mortgage

    Yes it is gloomy. My point was not to scare but to inform about the risks. Thus investors can weigh the pros, cons and probabilities in choosing the term that best matches their risk aversion.
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    Variable or Fixed Mortgage

    Interest rates on Ten Year Canada bonds are negative yielding after inflation. Current 10 year mortgage spreads have widened but the embedded implied forward rates still does not price-in jump risk abroad. Consequently 10 year mortgage rates are cheap on an optionality adjusted basis. Japan...
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