Monthly Archives: November 2014

Free seminar/Register Now If you are one of the 80% of Canadians and Americans who don’t have a defined benefit pension plan, if saving millions of dollars to provide for your sunset years just isn’t doable, if you are fed up with tech bubbles, fund and financial advisers as well as poor returns from mutual […]

Frontage on Trans Canada highway 17 A generation ago I built this 10,000 sf plaza in Dunrobin Village. I built it before putting in roads and services for (or constructing) 120 new homes in the village, before completing Dunrobin Lake (another 32 homes), before completion of subdivisions Casey Creek and Dunrobin Springs.  Everyone told me […]

Don’t fear competition/embrace it When I was a developer and I learned that a competitor was going to start a project across the street, I’d jump for joy. The reason? They would likely spend money on marketing, and at least some of the potential tenants they would attract to the area would presumably cross the […]

Develop in Almonte, Ontario: live-work-play-shop-learn-grow environment It’s no longer good enough to develop me-too subdivisions– ones with endless curvilinear roads that connect nowhere to nowhere and cause extra wear and tear on drivers, cars and families. What we need today is to apply principles of conservation subdivision design and neo-urbanism to new developments to create more […]

real estate invention, https://profbruce.tumblr.com/post/67161119777/real-estate-invention •Turn your residential rental property into a cash cow •Rent to students •Double up by adding property to airbnb.com during fallow summer months •Add highly valued services •Add furniture  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx •Nathan Richard •Kingston ON •5, 2-bed apartments + 1, 1-bed •11-beds •Student housing potential xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx •Rent to students •Say, $600 per month […]

old subdivision design v new conservation subdivision design When conservation subdivision design principles were first introduced, developers thought their properties would be devalued and sales would take longer. It turned out, however, buyers would pay more to live in a village that made preservation of natural areas a feature even if it meant smaller lots […]

Here’s my list of oxymorons for today— -reliable Internet -fast upload speeds -your-data-is-safe-in-the cloud -off grid -sustainable development -savings account -personal privacy -customer service -financial planner -insurance settlement -successful divorce -urban planner -deal-making lawyer -sound investment “What comes 1st? The chicken or the egg?” asks the evolutionary biology teacher. “Whichever you order 1st,” the moron replies. -freedom […]

into a tiny house, opportunity arrives to set world on more sustainable path. @ quantum_entity @ profbruce Bruce M Firestone, B Eng (Civil), M Eng-Sci, PhD Century 21 Explorer Realty Inc Broker 613.422.6757 x 250 bruce.firestone@century21.ca www.brucemfirestone.com @ProfBruce “Making each day count”