What to Look For When House-Hunting for Your First Property
What to Look For When House-Hunting for Your First Property Just because it’s your first property doesn’t mean that you can’t think of it as an investment! So, you’ve just toured “the one” and can already picture yourself living there. The upcoming offer date is scheduled in your calendar. Given your budget and the market…Read More→
Why people consider using RRSPs to fund their real estate deals
Did you know there are $1.8 trillion in untapped funds that could be used to fund your next deal?It’s NOT JVs… (you get to keep 100% of the profit)It’s NOT alternative institutional lenders… (there are no broker fees)It’s registered funds!!!Ming sat down with Denise and Stuart MacPherson, experts at using registered funds to grow real estate…Read More→
Top Trends That Renters Are Looking for During Covid
Top Trends That Renters Are Looking for During Covid Many office professionals will be spending more time at home than ever before.  Covid has changed the real estate landscape, perhaps forever. While we are trying to get back to normal (whatever normal is), certain trends have shifted. “Work From Home” has become a part of…Read More→
Targeted Renovations to Improve Rent and Attract an A+ Tenant Profile
Targeted Renovations to Improve Rent and Attract an A+ Tenant Profile Upon a recent tenant turnover, one of Volition’s own wanted to take the opportunity to upgrade their unit to improve rents and attract an A+ tenant profile! Before renovations: Rent: $1,700 Tenant profile: B+ No laundry in the unit Tiles in the bathroom and…Read More→
Tap into a $1.8 Trillion Source of Funds to Do Your Deals – No Banks, No JVs!
Tap into a $1.8 Trillion Source of Funds to Do Your Deals – No Banks, No JVs! Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 Time: 6:30 – 9:00 pm Place: Zoom Join our Mastermind Meetup for future events! There is $1.8 trillion in untapped funds that could be used to fund your next deal. It’s NOT JVs……Read More→
Can’t you just offload your tenant issues to a Property Manager?
Can’t you just offload your tenant issues to a Property Manager? It’s no surprise that we’re tenant profile obsessed. If you’ve been following us, you know that the main reason is risk mitigation, but it’s not the only one. In this segment, Matt and Ming address a common question we get: “Can’t you just offload…Read More→
Danforth Project – Laneway Suite Part 2: Preliminary Design
Danforth Project – Laneway Suite Part 2: Preliminary Design Overview: Project Phases and Timelines Welcome back to part 2 of the Danforth laneway suite blog series! As you may have heard from our Meetup with Lanescape, there are long lead times to build laneway suites and to conduct construction in general. They have a great…Read More→
Toronto Legal Luxury Triplex Conversion – Real Life Example!
Toronto Legal Luxury Triplex Conversion – Real Life Example! It’s a lot harder to find a cashflowing property in Toronto… but it is very much possible if you’re looking at real estate through the right lens. One of the things that we hear over and over is: Isn’t Toronto too expensive? Isn’t Toronto too risky?…Read More→
15 Things to Know Before You Buy Your First Rental Property
15 Things to Know Before You Buy Your First Rental Property Investing in real estate is not really “investing” as much as it is buying and running a business. “More millionaires are made through real estate than anything else”. Quotes like this make real estate investing sound easy, don’t they? The reality is much different. …Read More→
The Biggest Thing People Overlook When Developing a Laneway Suite
Ming sat down with Tony Cunha, Architect and Senior Manager at Lanescape, to find out the biggest thing people overlook when they start developing a laneway suite. Want to learn more? Join Volition and Lanescape on October 20th for our Mastermind Meetup – Laneway Suites are taking over the Toronto RE Market! RSVP for free!
