My girlfriend recently treated me to a live performance of The Lion King Broadway Musical. I’m not usually big on watching musicals, but I loved the movie and the musical did not disappoint. The Lion King is a moving story about love, loss, and the circle of life. It follows the life of a young [...]
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Filed under Book Reviews,Growing Your Wealth,Investing,Miscellaneous,Real Estate
The Skinny on Real Estate Investing: A Book Review
Does anyone remember the real estate euphoria from a few years back? While people are still trying to pick up the pieces down south, the euphoria hasn’t really gone away up here in Canada, though the dimmer switch has perhaps been turned down somewhat. In The Skinny on Real Estate Investing: An Introduction to the [...]
17 Comments Kevin on Nov 25th 2010
Filed under Market Analysis,Miscellaneous,Opinion,Real Estate,Weekend Reading
Weekend Reading: Canadian Housing Bubble Edition
The talk about housing prices and bubbles never ceases. I’ve been doing some thinking on this topic, myself; I don’t quite see the Canadian housing market as being in a bubble, myself, due to our recourse loans encouraging people to stick it out rather than default, and the fact that stricter lender requirements should mean [...]
24 Comments Kevin on Aug 27th 2010
The winds of the wolf’s breath are coming back to haunt us, again. Amid the talk of deflation and of falling house sales, gold has found its way to the $1240s, and silver is in the $19s. It’s been two years since the crisis blew up, and people are still unemployed and still in debt. [...]
20 Comments Kevin on Aug 26th 2010
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Weekend Reading: Last Days of Summer
Guest Posts My first guest post is live! The theme is “the difference between volunteering and forced giving”, through a tale of a traveler, a poor woman, and a scheming farmer. Thanks to Christian Common Cents for publishing! Weekend Reading The Yakezie gives us some more details about membership and the belt system.
12 Comments Kevin on Aug 21st 2010
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Your First Home: a Condo, or a House?
When looking for your first (or subsequent) home, you have one big decision to make before you look further: “Should I get a condo, or should I get a house?” The decision depends on where you are in life, and what you are looking to get out of your new home. Condos have become all [...]
14 Comments Kevin on Jun 8th 2010
Another week passes by, and another tens of thousands of barrels of oil gush out into the Gulf of Mexico, adding to what is possibly the U.S.’ worst environmental disaster. With the failure of one attempt to stop the leak after another, pundits are now starting to look at more drastic (and perhaps insane) alternatives, [...]
8 Comments Kevin on Jun 6th 2010
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Cultural Richness and Weekend Reading
The picture above was taken at the Angkor temple complex in Siem Reap, Cambodia. This temple complex is a testament to the richness of the cultures and history of the world. I highly recommend visiting the region at least once in your life. Why mention it? Because I have been hearing and talking a lot [...]
1 Comment Kevin on Apr 23rd 2010
