by Ramona Ursu | Oct 23, 2018 | Featured
As brokers who trade exclusively in matching buyers and sellers of apartment buildings, we sometimes run into the issue of mixed-use assets, such as when a rental building hosts retail on the first floor, or when part of the apartment building is, or becomes, office...
by Natalka Falcomer | Oct 19, 2018 | Featured
Location, location, location is touted as the most important factor when determining the best place to invest. Like many maxims (such as “nice guys finish last”), it’s not entirely true. It’s nuanced. For certain renters, location comes second to amenities and...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 3, 2017 | Featured, News
A new study commissioned by the Federation of Rental-housing Providers of Ontario (FRPO) says that rental housing supply will continue to diminish and vacancy rates will drop further unless at least 6,250 additional new rental units are built each year for the next...
by Sean Tait | Sep 22, 2017 | Featured, Profiles
In 2013 Leigh Ann entered a rent-to-own (RTO) program through Clover Properties, an Ontario-based RTO company. She ran a day care from her home but had accumulated too much debt and not enough down payment to qualify for a mortgage. “Because I was self-employed, the...
by Natalka Falcomer | Aug 3, 2017 | News
Homeowners, prepare to feel duped. Renters, prepare to feel like Warren Buffet. Alex Avery, author of The Wealthy Renter and Vertica, an award-winning property management group, are using cold hard math to prove that your money is much better off spent in the Canadian...