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U.S. Expat buys distressed property in Oregon to fix and sell
The Client U.S. Surgeon living in Toronto was looking to purchase a Flix-and-Flip property in Oregon as an investment, mainly to earn rental yield. How We Helped Fortunately for our clients, situations like this are our specialty. We secured a loan for ARV (after-repair-value) using a short-term bridge loan. Being an expat meant that our […]
What real estate investment earns 150% return? Fix-and-Flip!
What real estate investment earns 150% return? Fix-and-Flip! In our never-ending crusade to bring awareness to the U.S. residential real estate market, we want to introduce you to the first part of our Launchpad Series – Fix-and-Flip. In each part of this series, we will be sharing more about the new programs we have to […]
Who’s afraid of a Wolverine?
You should be! As we know, The Wolverine is the school mascot of the University of Michigan, the publisher of the widely referenced monthly Consumer Sentiment Index. This index in early August reached the lowest level since 2011!! Consumer Sentiment Index Why is this happening? This “Stunning Deterioration”, as Bloomberg puts it, is a strong reflection […]
Does Hedonism affect CPI?
Can Hedonism affect CPI? Yes, it can… Well…not “hedonism” in the pleasure-at-all-costs-kind-of-way but Hedonic pricing, which is how CPI is constructed. Without getting too deep into the math behind it, we can say that it tends to underreport the actual number. As most of you have seen, July CPI was +5.4% year-on-year. While that is […]
Making a case for U.S. Residential Property Investment: “Let’s Look Under the Hood”
Making a case for U.S. Residential Property Investment “Let’s Look Under the Hood” In the previous 2 weeks, we have discussed U.S. real estate investment’s relative affordability and income potential. In this week’s Deep Dive, we will look at what the Key Drivers of Property Prices are and make an argument on which U.S. cities represent the best […]
Making a case for U.S. Residential Property Investment: “It’s not Apples to Apples”
Making a case for U.S. Residential Property Investment “It’s not Apples to Apples” As you may recall, last week, we looked at the affordability between popular U.S. investment destinations compared to major cities in the world. We argued that the U.S. offered the best “entry price” for real estate investments on absolute terms and when adjusted […]
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