Cherry, Author at Real Estate Tax Tips

How to Understand the Canadian Personal Tax System & 3 Successful Factors that can Change your Life

How to Understand the Canadian Personal Tax System & 3 Successful Factors that can Change your Life

I signed up to commit to a 21-day challenge to wake up at 4:30am every morning for 21 working days. Most of you probably think I am crazy. You might be thinking waking up at 4:30am is not possible. I...

January 12, 2017

Estate Planning: How to Lower Your Estate Tax Using this One Strategy

Real estate investment

Estate Planning: How to Lower Your Estate Tax Using this One Strategy

Happy 2017! I have had quite a dramatic end to 2016. As a real estate investor, it’s often considered the worst nightmare that you find out your rental property got flooded in between the holidays. That’s exactly what happened to...

January 5, 2017

HST Quick Method: A Simple Secret for Keeping More Money in Your Pocket

HST rebate Small business and real estate

HST Quick Method: A Simple Secret for Keeping More Money in Your Pocket

It was holiday season and it’s always great time to get together with friends & families. We had four straight days of partying and now we are back to work. For our kids, this is the best time of the...

December 29, 2016

The Secret to Having the Best Year of Your Life

Real estate rant Small business and real estate

The Secret to Having the Best Year of Your Life

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all of you. For those of you who are thinking of having a New Year’s resolution, this is the blog post for you. For years and years, my New Year resolution was to lose...

December 22, 2016

4 Tips on Cutting Your Tax Bills for 2016

Other tax issues Realtors/real estate agents Small business and real estate

4 Tips on Cutting Your Tax Bills for 2016

Erwin and I went on a cruise. Just the TWO of us. Woo-hooh! We are so lucky that my mother-in-law agreed to help take care of the kids. For the first time since I have become a mom, Erwin and...

December 15, 2016

How to Deduct Home Office Expenses for the Self-Employed

Other tax issues Principal residence Repairs and maintenance Small business and real estate

How to Deduct Home Office Expenses for the Self-Employed

(Our last group workout at Radix Performance in Oakville. Source.) A few of my friends become first time moms recently. Being a new mom is not easy. Your body has to heal. You have to learn to breastfeed and you...

December 8, 2016

Estate Planning: What Happens after Happily Ever After?

Other tax issues Real estate investment Real estate rant

Estate Planning: What Happens after Happily Ever After?

I always have great conversations with my bookkeeper. Her name is Lihua. She lives close to me and was really just looking for a part-time role working from home and we clicked immediately. She’s been a stay at home mom...

December 1, 2016

Success is Measured in Inches, Not Miles: A Tribute to the Most Extraordinary Woman I’ve Ever Known

Real estate rant

Success is Measured in Inches, Not Miles: A Tribute to the Most Extraordinary Woman I’ve Ever Known

I was presenting at the Thornhill Wealth Forum the other day and had a great conversation with its host Rachel Oliver. She made a comment about how she was surprised that few women are involved in real estate investing. She’s...

November 25, 2016

How to Deduct Entertainment & Meal Expenses for Your Business

Other tax issues Small business and real estate

How to Deduct Entertainment & Meal Expenses for Your Business

I am going to start off my blog post with some great news! First things first, I was finally able to do a rope climb! I’ve never in my life expected myself to be able to climb a rope and...

November 17, 2016

New Residential Housing Rebates: You May Lose Them in These 4 Common Scenarios

HST rebate Principal residence

New Residential Housing Rebates: You May Lose Them in These 4 Common Scenarios

On this past Election Day, I ended the 6 week fitness challenge at our gym. We did a few workouts and achieved all our personal records on certain lifts. I did 185lbs deadlift x 3 reps (never had I done...

November 10, 2016

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