
8 Ways to Increase Cash Flow from Real Estate Portfolio
I work exclusively with
real estate investors and real estate agents.
We all believe that
real estate investing is a long-term investment vehicle.
Most of us start by
refinancing our own home, pull out some equity (borrow against our…

The HST Risk Hiding in Converting Commercial to Residential Units
Do you feel a bit
chilly these days?
It's last week of
August and we're already at the low twenties.
Robin, my older kid,
is counting down her days to start her Senior Kindergarten year. I hope she would still look forward…

5 Reasons Why My Airbnb Doesn’t Generate As Much Income As Others
Airbnb is a great
way to earn extra money. It has become
some of my clients’ side hustle. A few
of my clients become full-time Airbnb operators.
We’ve heard how
great Airbnb is and I’ve seen some crazy numbers.
One…

How to Use Buy Renovate Refinance Rent (BRRR) Strategy to Make 1.5 Million in 2 Years
We're up north with
the kids this week.
My best friend,
Monica, shared with me how great her experience with the YMCA Pine Crest family
camp was, Erwin & I decided to sign up.
We barely made the
cut, as there're only limited spots…

4 Shocking Tax Mistakes Killing Your Real Estate Investments
Rich Dad Poor Dad is the legendary book that got both Erwin and me started in the journey of real estate investing.
So, when my mother-in-law attended a Rich
Dad Poor Dad workshop in Hong Kong recently, I was surprised.
In the…

5 Factors to Decide your Real Estate Investment Strategy
Happy belated
Mother's Day to all the mommies out there.
We're Chinese. We celebrated with dim sum brunch with all the Moms from my side of the family, followed by a feast at my aunt's place.
It was a lot of
fun. Of course, the Kawhi…

End Game: 5 lessons learned from this tax season
I did somehow to squeeze a night out to watch the End Game. I was caught off guard by the ending. Like everyone else, my small logical mind was trying to make sense of the storyline.
Oh well, I am not going to give any spoiler
here.…

The End Game: How to retire using real estate investments
No, I haven't
watched the End game yet. I am excited
about it and we got tickets for next week, but I have not watched it yet. ?
But it's such a
perfect name for today's blog post.
Recently, I'm
listening to the book called Atomic
Habits:…

7 Best Back-Office Practices A Real Estate Investor Should Adopt – Part 2
It's Ontario's
budget date.
When the Federal
budget was released, the message from the Fed was to spend, spend and spend.
Ontario, however,
has a pre-budget message to cut, cut and cut.
Cutting taxes and
cutting funding for schools…

7 Best Back-Office Practices A Real Estate Investor Should Adopt – Part 1
I saw this post a
while ago on my FB feed. A friend of
mine wanted to "stop" Doug Ford to cut OSAP.
It's old news now, cutting teachers is the new news. ?
Most of us only
read the news from its title/headline.
If…