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4 Shocking Tax Mistakes Killing Your Real Estate Investments

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. ...

June 13, 2019

How to Write Off 100% of Your Car and Save $22,826 of Tax Immediately

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How to Write Off 100% of Your Car and Save $22,826 of Tax Immediately

Raptors won! It was a nice surprise to hear “let’s go Raptors” when they’re playing in Oakland, Golden State Warriors’ home court. It gave me chills when I saw online that there were a dozen of Raptors fan gather in...

June 6, 2019

Why Cheat on Tax When You Can Get the Money Back Legitimately

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Why Cheat on Tax When You Can Get the Money Back Legitimately

It was such an exciting experience to finally speak on Realtor Quest’s stage on Thursday. I wouldn’t say that I was sharing a stage with Gary Vaynerchuk, but hey, my picture is on the same page as his on the...

May 31, 2019

Why Robert Kiyosaki said Everyone Needs to Know Accounting to Achieve Financial Freedom

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Why Robert Kiyosaki said Everyone Needs to Know Accounting to Achieve Financial Freedom

Raptors won last night at Game 5 and I’m in a great mood today. When everyone expected them to lose, they came out with a win in an away game at Milwaukee. It’s almost as if we broke the curse....

May 24, 2019

7 Best Back-Office Practices A Real Estate Investor Should Adopt – Part 2

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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 and...

April 11, 2019

7 Best Back-Office Practices A Real Estate Investor Should Adopt – Part 1

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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. Most of us only read the news from its title/headline. If you see the title of Doug...

April 5, 2019

Why I Learned from My Mistake (And Maybe You Should Too)

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Why I Learned from My Mistake (And Maybe You Should Too)

I made a mistake. It’s sad but I made a mistake. It was the last week of November. In a week or so, our family would be going on vacation in the south. Canadian winter is hard to predict. Sometimes,...

March 7, 2019

The Ugly Truth About CRA HST New Housing Rebates

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The Ugly Truth About CRA HST New Housing Rebates

My dad, being the grandpa, hadn’t seen my kids for years, until last month. My kids are just three and four years old, and they don’t know any better. When we go shopping at a store, they generally don’t ask...

December 12, 2018

The Danger of Reporting Multiple Years of Losses

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The Danger of Reporting Multiple Years of Losses

A couple of months ago, I met with a real estate investor for an initial consultation. As part of the process, I asked him what his long-term goals are. He said, “I would like to give up my job one...

October 30, 2018

How to Pay 13.5% Small Business Tax on Rental Income

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How to Pay 13.5% Small Business Tax on Rental Income

Did you see this headline – “Liberal government writes off $1.1B US loan, plus interest, docs show” on MSN.com? Federal government wrote off a loan made to Chrysler during the 2009 global economic meltdown. I believe in making progress in...

October 25, 2018

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