Blogs by Bruce | Bruce Firestone

I talk a lot about animation of individual properties–how to add new revenue streams to your real estate investment portfolio

Think about it—Mr Buffett has been buying stock in well-managed, top brands for many decades. These stocks (for the most

If you missed it, here’s Sean McCormick, expert mortgage broker, and Bruce M Firestone, real estate investment and business coach,

Here’s a joke about negativity: Why are mathematicians so positive? Because the square root of -1 is an imaginary number.

I read Jon Willing’s October 5th, 2019 well-reported article, Ban some from renting homes short term if they don’t live

My friend Chris Castillo is nearly finished writing his pithy and insightful book, Bucket of Wisdom available for pre-order at,

Noted urbanist and planner Jeff Speck shares his views on how to create a more walkable city. Points covered include:

From time to time, Paul and I take students on a property tour to teach them what works in terms

Try answering this question. The list price for a duplex at 1234 Any street, Anytown is $575,000 and its NOI

So, you think you know something about modern-era business models? Well, test yourself by examining what chief executive officer Michael

The ROI Group was formed to create a forum for interested parties to get together online (and occasionally in the

Sometimes, you can turn a cost into a negative cost. A former architecture student of mine, Dominique Tonetti and her

While it is a long march from humble beginnings to a continent-spanning business operation, if anyone can do it, it’s

Some time ago, I saw a Rick Mercer GOC (government of Canada) produced television commercial titled the “One Tonne Challenge.”

Why is it that, for the longest time, the National Football League refused to allow corporations to own one of