RIM & Kitchener Waterloo Commercial Real Estate Last week I met with Matthew Kang from CTV to talk about the Kitchener Waterloo Commercial Real Estate Market, and whether or not there is a slowdown due to Research In Motion. First off, RIM is doing fine. 70 million subscribers; Billions in profit; zero debt. CTV was [...]
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The Emergence of Kitchener’s Warehouse District
My first column in the Kitchener Post is published tomorrow, and you can read it online here: Kitchener’s warehouse district starting to develop King and Victoria was once the site of a footwear factory, with a leather tannery down the street. Today, it features trendy lofts, a medical school, the region’s future central transit hub, [...]
My First 9,999 Tweets – Who I’ve met & What I’ve learnt on this crazy little thing called Twitter
I joined Twitter January 22, 2008. I had heard about it from a few leading edge tech types – the next cool thing – and I figured I should get on and see what the fuss was about. Like many, I wasn’t quite sure – even after I signed up and took a look around. [...]
Property Management for KW investment property
A big part of our client base lives outside of Kitchener Waterloo – other parts of Ontario, Canada, and even people living in other countries. They are able to live where they love, but invest where the numbers make sense because they employ quality property management companies. Even a lot of our clients who live [...]
Why we invest in Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate
Yesterday I had the chance to sit down with two of our clients, Dr Robin Walsh and Darryl Kraemer to discuss why they invest in Real Estate, as opposed to any of the other investment vehicles available, like stocks, mutual funds, commodities, gold etc. Press play to hear what they had to say: Darryl and [...]
Nominees for Kitchener Waterloo Business Excellence Released
The Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce has just released the list of nominees for the annual Business Excellence Awards. Congratulations to everyone who is nominated! I want to specially recognize a number of my friend’s who are nominated, inlcuding Fiddleheads, Gowlings, Rick Baker, Kurt Wissent, Mandy Dennison, Jason Kipfer, Stemmler Meats, Nutrition for Learning, Leo [...]
3 Things You Should Look For Before Investing in a Condo in Kitchener Waterloo
Over the last few years our clients have been investing in residential condominium apartments priced between $106,000 – $178,000 range, 750 – 1200 square feet, usually 2 bedrooms & 1 bath or 3br / 2 bath units and renting them out to stable, long term tenants for between $850-$1250 a month. There are many condominiums [...]
