Educate Yourself Knowledge can take you from being a “good” investor to a great investor. This has always been true. What is going to separate you from the pack is how much research you put into your investments and how often. Markets are always changing, new trends are always beginning, old trends are always reversing. If you dedicate yourself to researching and refining your investment strategies and you remain focused on investing in regions where economic growth is booming (which leads to job creation and population growth you will reap the benefits of a stable appreciation in the real estate…

We’ve said this before: the most important part of any real estate purchase is its long term performance. This appreciation builds real wealth. With an ability to identify long term performance trends, it’s not hard to pick the right region in which to buy property. The hard part is doing enough research on the region beforehand that will help inform your decision as much as possible. There is one major factor to this research that will go a long way in helping you do so: GDP growth. What Is GDP? The gross domestic product (GDP) is one of the most…

The Senior Management at Western Canadian Properties Group have developed and sold over 12,000 properties over the last 20 years, through a well-proven and investor-friendly system that we believe the best in the industry today. The residential real estate cycle is not difficult to predict – as long as you track the right numbers. For example, northeast B.C. had record land sales in 2008. This was driven by large companies buying massive tracts of land in order to secure access to a valuable resource. In this case, the resource was natural gas. To buy before the crowd, you need to…

Since 2010, it’s become more common and more popular for people to invest in real estate. Investors are shying away from the stock market. Why? It’s become volatile. Some History The in 1980s the large financial institutions marketed “freedom 55”. The idea was to build up a “nest egg” of $1 million by the time you were 55 years of age, invest it in a GIC at 8 – 10% and live off the income of $80, 000 – $100,000 per year. Simple and effective. In the 1990s, without warning, it suddenly became known as freedom 65. With GIC rates…

Northeastern B.C. will be one of the top investment markets in Canada. Two of the major centers in northeastern B.C. are Fort St. John and Dawson Creek. These areas are seeing massive capital investments.  Capital investments lead to job creation. People move to these areas to fill the jobs, driving rents higher and increasing the price of real estate. The projects driving growth in northeastern B.C. In 2012, a new $350,000 hospital opened in Fort St. John, population 25,000. The government believes there is a major population boom on the horizon. Plans are in place to twin the highway from…

The Hudson: Opportunity In Northeast B.C. There has never been a better time to acquire brand-new cash flowing properties in what is becoming one of the top real estate investment markets in the country. Introducing The Hudson Condominiums, located in the heart of Fort St. John, one of the fastest growing communities in Northeast B.C. Our Offer For A Limited Time We currently have a program where our next 10 buyers get a five-year mortgage at 1.49% for the next 5 years (versus a five-year fixed 2.69%) or a variable five-year mortgage at .97% (versus a five-year variable mortgage of…

The fact that you are reading this should tell you that you’re looking for a better way to structure your financial affairs. Or at the very least, that you understand that you have more options for your mortgage. Setting up your mortgage on your primary residence for tax efficiency is not a new concept. High end financial advisers and chartered accountants have been recommending this type of financial strategy to their wealthy clients for decades. The top 3 reasons for setting up your residence for tax efficiency: Paying less tax Reducing debt by paying off your mortgage faster Accelerating wealth…