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How to Pay Yourself and Defer Taxes with Your Income Properties

How to Pay Yourself and Defer Taxes with Your Income Properties

“Can I charge myself property management fees?” Many Canadian real estate investors have asked me this, or similar questions, before. You know this type of real estate investor. They manage their properties directly. They spend the time commuting back and...

October 29, 2015

Buying Real Estate in the US? Be Aware of All Potential Pitfalls

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Buying Real Estate in the US? Be Aware of All Potential Pitfalls

Erwin and I were very lucky to score a pair of Blue Jays playoff tickets last minute on Monday for the fourth game. For all the time I’ve been in Canada, close to 20 years now, the Blue Jays have...

October 23, 2015

Going From Donating to 6 Families to Starting Up a Private Foundation: Here’s How You Can Achieve It!

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Going From Donating to 6 Families to Starting Up a Private Foundation: Here’s How You Can Achieve It!

“Can we afford this?”, that’s the question Erwin and I asked ourselves multiple times. We are going to start a charitable foundation called the Basket Brigade, and the main mandate of this foundation is to provide dinners to families who...

October 15, 2015

Real estate corporations

Corporations: Why You Should Not Overlook the Flexibility of Having a Corporation

It’s that time of the year again. It’s rainy and it’s getting cold. For accountants, it’s the less busy time of the year. Many of us use this less hectic time at various professional development courses to update ourselves. It is...

October 8, 2015

The Little Known 4 Year Extension on Principal Residence Exemption After You Move Out!

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The Little Known 4 Year Extension on Principal Residence Exemption After You Move Out!

Congratulations to my brother in law, Tony, who has recently become a real estate investor. He’s in the process of turning his principal residence into a rental property and planning to rent afterwards. Most real estate investors are aware that...

September 24, 2015

How to Deduct Taxes with Gift Cards While Being a Nice Landlord

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How to Deduct Taxes with Gift Cards While Being a Nice Landlord

Erwin and I believe that if you treat people nice, most of the time, they will also treat you nice as well. Whenever we visit our tenants, we always try to buy some treats or gift certificates for them to...

August 27, 2015

Bruce Wayne’s Future Education: Why the 20% “free money” from the government really isn’t worth it?!

Other tax issues Real estate investment Real estate rant

Bruce Wayne’s Future Education: Why the 20% “free money” from the government really isn’t worth it?!

Hello real estate investors, We have nicknamed our son Bruce, Bruce Wayne (Batman), ever since we found out he’s a boy from the ultrasound. We are so used to this name that we decided to name him Bruce. Too bad...

August 21, 2015

Maximizing the principal residence exemption with your cottage

Other tax issues Real estate rant

Maximizing the principal residence exemption with your cottage

We are at our annual cottage trip this week enjoying the beautiful Wasaga beach. We are staying at our friends’ cottage nearby. Packing isn’t exactly the easiest thing. When we didn’t have kids, we would often wait until the day...

August 13, 2015

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How to Pay Yourself and Defer Taxes with Your Income Properties

Buying Real Estate in the US? Be Aware of All Potential Pitfalls

Going From Donating to 6 Families to Starting Up a Private Foundation: Here’s How You Can Achieve It!

Corporations: Why You Should Not Overlook the Flexibility of Having a Corporation

The Little Known 4 Year Extension on Principal Residence Exemption After You Move Out!

How to Deduct Taxes with Gift Cards While Being a Nice Landlord

Bruce Wayne’s Future Education: Why the 20% “free money” from the government really isn’t worth it?!

Maximizing the principal residence exemption with your cottage

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