by Chris Seepe | Oct 6, 2020 | Featured
Recently, my partner and I invested just under $1 million to purchase a beautiful ranch-style bungalow that we converted into long-term affordable “home share” housing for seniors in Peterborough, Ont. The project has struggled and could possibly fail because of many...
by Chris Seepe | Jun 30, 2020 | News
COVID-19 is a catalyst for a sea change in future real estate prospects and careers. Proptech and especially blockchain, smart contracts, smart locks and cryptocurrencies promise secure and trusted “peer-to-peer” transactions, especially with respect to the...
by Chris Seepe | May 7, 2020 | Featured
The financial situation of every rental property is as different as a fingerprint. Every operator applies their level of experience, understanding, operating sophistication and personal values of what’s most important to them in owning and operating a rental property....
by Chris Seepe | Feb 21, 2020 | News
Very little of substance from any level of government in Canada gives me hope that affordable housing (AH) in Ontario will become a reality within the next decade, but I see much evidence that it won’t happen. AH is a municipal-level issue but cities like Oshawa have...
by Chris Seepe | Nov 13, 2019 | Columnists, Featured
LTB – letters known to residential landlords as Landlord & Tenant Board but better described as “Loves Tenants Best, Landlords To Blame, Let Tenants Be” and other similar themes. Perhaps the most divinely inspired joke is the anagram of “landlordtenantboard” –...