by Tru Capital | May 26, 2022 | Real Estate Investing
I am always keeping a watch on economic reports, studies and articles. I wanted to share an interesting article Financial Post about the Alberta economy: https://financialpost.com/news/economy/alberta-oil-boom-times-back?r I can appreciate the matter-of-fact tone of...
by Tru Capital | Apr 21, 2022 | Real Estate Investing
I hope that you and your families had a wonderful Easter weekend? We were able to have a family dinner with our parents, had an Easter brunch over at a friends’ house and did our annual Easter egg hunt at home. My five-year-old loved it of course but it amazes me...
by Tru Capital | Mar 15, 2022 | Real Estate Investing
When I first invested in real estate after coming out of university, the interest rates were around 6%. In the 20 years since then, they have never gone higher. It’s been over 40 years since the almost unbelievable interest rates of 20+%. Graph – Interest...
by Tru Capital | Jan 27, 2022 | Real Estate Investing
It was a British Baron, Lord Harold Samuel, owner of one of the largest property companies at the time, who said the often quoted: “There are three things that matter in property: location, location, location.” But is that one of the golden rules for real estate...
by Tru Capital | Nov 24, 2021 | Real Estate Investing
I am often asked by professionals interesting in adding real estate investing to their portfolio and retirement planning if Alberta is a good province to invest in for real estate. Like many real estate investing questions, the short answer is “It depends” as it...
