Managing Renovations from a Distance: How to Pull It Off Without Losing Your Mind
SavvyInvestor
August 17, 2025
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The Overlooked Strategy That Just Works: Student Housing for Real Estate Investors
Every fall, it’s the same scene in every university town: students moving in by the dozens, carrying suitcases, bedding, and instant noodles; parents running last-minute errands while trying to act like...
Managing Renovations from a Distance: How to Pull It Off Without Losing Your Mind
Renovating a property is stressful enough when it’s in your own backyard. When you’re dealing with one that’s hours away—or worse, in a different province or country—it adds a whole new...
Where Canadians Are Moving—And What It’s Doing to Real Estate Prices
If you want to understand what’s really going on in Canada’s housing market right now, start by watching where people are moving. Whether it’s international immigration, cross-country relocations, or shifts...
Where Canadians Are Moving—And What It’s Doing to Real Estate Prices
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August 17, 2025
When Is It the Right Time to Sell Your Investment Property?
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Turning Happy Investors Into Referral Machines
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Boundaries, Burnout, and Being the Boss: What Real Estate Investors Need to Hear
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The Great $1 Trillion Wealth Transfer Is Here—And It’s Redrawing the Real Estate Map You might not see...
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Understanding & Calculating Cap Rates In Real Estate
The capitalization rate is a fundamental concept in the commercial real estate industry. Yet, it is often misunderstood and sometimes incorrectly used. This post will ...
When’s The Right Time To Scale Your Real Estate Investing Business
Investors in single-family rentals often grapple with determining the opportune moment to grow their portfolio and acquire additional or bigger properties. The decision to make ...
Dealing With Late Payment From Tenants
Owning a successful rental property business requires finding tenants who pay rent on time. After all, consistently late rent payments not only puts a dent ...
Location, Location, Location – The #1 Rule Of Real Estate Investing
Walls can be moved, fixtures can be replaced, interiors can be updated, but for most properties, the one thing that can’t be changed is its ...
Delinquency On The Rise: Equifax Canada Report Reveals Troubling Trends
In the wake of the ongoing economic turbulence, Equifax Canada’s latest Market Pulse Consumer Credit Trends and Insights report paints a somber picture of the ...
Simplifying Property Management Charges: A Guide for Real Estate Investors
So, you made the call to hire a property management company to free up your schedule, but sifting through the property management fee structures for ...
8 Important Tips for Developing Successful Exit Strategies In Multifamily
Multifamily real estate investments have witnessed a remarkable surge in popularity among investors in recent years. While much attention is understandably focused on the initial ...
B.C. will implement a new 20% ‘flipping tax’ on homes: What you need to know
The 2024 British Columbia budget unveils a new B.C. flipping tax among other measures aimed at reshaping the province’s housing landscape, with a focus on ...
Empowering Women in Real Estate: Embracing Resilience and Adaptability
When you first meet me, you might notice my bold glasses, my vibrant Sicilian heritage, and of course, the fact that I am a woman. ...
