The housing market has seen a lot of changes over the past several months. It all started with the new stress test on insured mortgages last year. Then there was Ontario’s Fair Housing Plan in the spring. More recently we’ve seen higher mortgage rates. If that hasn’t been enough changes to get used to, OSFI […]

Last month I sent out a harmless Tweet… or so I thought. Instead it led to a heated discussion about Canada’s favourite dinner table topic – real estate. Real estate is a popular topic of discussion these days. Everyone and their brother seems to have an opinion on it. It’s not hard to see why. […]

I was recently interviewed on the Build Wealth Canada Show where we did a really deep dive on how I paid off my mortgage and became financially independent at 30.    We also decided to do a giveaway together where you can win one of the signed copies of my book.   You can download the full interview […]

Higher mortgage rates could be coming – and a lot sooner than many of us anticipated. Ever since the start of the year, the Canadian economy has been on a tear. GDP soared 3.7 percent in the first quarter, followed by 0.2 percent in April. With our economy not showing any signs of slowing down, […]

Last week I attended the first annual Ontario Housing Summit. The summit was created to address the increasing importance of housing on the political agenda. The event featured panel discussions on a number of real estate topics, including “Deconstructing Ontario’s Fair Housing Plan,” “The Future of Housing,” and a Fireside Chat on “Ontario’s Approach to […]

On Tuesday, June 13th, I have the privilege of speaking on the “Millennials and Home Ownership” panel at the 2017 Ontario Housing Summit. The affordability of real estate is surely a topic that will be heavily focused on. To address this, the Ontario Liberals recently introduced the Fair Housing Market Plan. Although it was a […]

I’m a big fan of the “Your Money” section of the Business Insider. I especially enjoy reading articles from millionaires sharing the secrets of their success. I may not always agree with everything that the “one per cent” says, but at least it gets us to reconsider our spending habits. Some opinions are controversial, but […]

Have you picked up your copy of my book, Burn Your Mortgage, yet? It’s flying off bookshelves! Thank you to everyone who has purchased my book and helped spread the word on social media with the hashtag #BurnYourMortgage. If you haven’t already, I’d really appreciate it if you’d post a book review on Amazon. Exciting […]

Last week the Ontario Liberals released a 16-point plan ahead of this week’s provincial budget aimed to cool the red-hot real estate market in Toronto. With the premier’s approval rating at a woeful 12 percent and a provincial election set for June 2018, it became too politically costly not to do something. When the government […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau caught a lot of flak last year when they told younger workers to get used to “job churn” and “precarious work.” While their warning may have seemed harsh, unfortunately, this is the new reality of the current labour market. Growing up many baby boomers enjoyed jobs […]