QUOTE (bizaro86 @ Sep 28 2010, 11:13 PM) Thomas listed many of the positives regarding denser, more vibrant cities. I`d like to add: The economy becomes less flexible, as people (workers) are less able to commute to find employment, and goods producers away from ports/rail become less...

QUOTE (markl @ Sep 27 2010, 04:57 AM) Following up on Garth`s note. The opportunity cost is more than the negative cash flow. You have $120k sitting in an asset what is this going to make you per year? You could probably go out and in today`s environment get 2 positive cash flow properties in...

QUOTE (DaveL @ Sep 26 2010, 09:22 PM) Michael he is referring to the guaranteed option for renewal in case a life event happened to you where the insurance company would not want to renew your policy going forward. Yes term insurance is a lump sum payout at death. The older you get the less...

QUOTE (Rickson9 @ Sep 24 2010, 11:32 PM) How does increasing gasoline tax by 500% impact police, ambulance, fire, public transit, school bus, and handicap shuttle services? How does it impact farmers and the military? I work for big pharma and they provide a car and pay all expenses. How will...

QUOTE (RenManlolo @ Sep 24 2010, 07:38 AM) I`m getting it too. I just hit cancel as well. Same in Calgary. It pops up at every mouse click.

QUOTE (Oli @ Sep 23 2010, 09:15 PM) So far I`ve been reading about people saying real estate is the way to go, and some recommend mutual funds (esp Couch Potato investing through indexing). I for one believe real estate will provide me and my wife the income we`ll need in the future. I was...

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QUOTE (ThomasBeyer @ Sep 20 2010, 10:23 AM) True in theory .. a stock is bought on a P/E basis .. a property on a CAP rate basis .. (same thing, btw) .. so a 12.5 P/E is an 8% CAP rate .. a 16.6 P/E is a 6% CAP rate, a 10 PE is a 10% CAP rate etc. .... In Theory, ALL of these earning are paid...

QUOTE (Rickson9 @ Sep 16 2010, 04:31 PM) Does Warren Buffett (and Berkshire Hathaway) have a stake in the short term or long term success of the US economy? Every investor has interests in both the long and the short term. Even when you buy for the long term. Once you bought, it would be...

QUOTE (RedlineBrett @ Sep 17 2010, 08:48 AM) We saw lots of promising things within the Calgary market in 2010. LOTS of trade up buyers (selling their current primary and trading up to another) and also lots of people putting capital back into their properties and shopping around for that next...

QUOTE (ThomasBeyer @ Sep 12 2010, 10:21 AM) What kind of real estate, Godfried ? Vacant land and a vacation condo in Canmore ? What else ? Retirement home investments (cap rate 6% plus in CALGARY); rental units in Edmonton (very dissappointing due to high bed bug operating costs and high...

QUOTE (housingrental @ Sep 10 2010, 09:00 AM) How about sticking at least 10% of portfolio at cash min + extra portion for purchases? What you are talking about is asset allocation. That is indeed why you make a Main Theme Scenario. The scenario tells you where you want to go and you do that...