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Want to lower your property value in a New York minute?

If you want to crater your property value, the fastest way to do that is probably to allow deferred maintenance

Thinking about adding a backyard Coach House?

Coach houses have been legal in Ottawa Canada since November 2016 and this trend (adding a secondary dwelling to your

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People wanted for hazardous startup

According to podcaster Mark Leruste, Ernest Shackleton’s famous recruitment ad for his 1914 Endurance expedition to Antarctica could be a

Curb appeal ROI

If you read my title carefully, there’s a contradiction in it: An ROI from your front yard? Really? Most front

Magic Wand: How pro-active government can turn around practically any city, town or village and case studies that prove it

Keynote speech for: NOMA, Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association Date: April 25th, 2019 Time: 1 pm ET Location: Thunder Bay Ontario

Home-builders are building the wrong darn products

If you are like me and think most condos are poor investments with little or no ROI for investors, homeowners,

ROI Networking Group

Want to create an above-average performing real estate investment portfolio and/or a PB4L (personal business for life) that will take

Moon, Mars, Earth, Asteroid Plan

President Obama’s recent speech about US intentions in space was uncharacteristically weak and unfocused, indeed, poorly expressed. His over-arching goal

Want an instant home?

My friends in Quebec at High Cube, led by Patrick Sauvé, build awesome container homes, offices, workshops and hunting cabins.

Is there an alternative to going broke after your pro sports career is over?

Ever wonder why, according to Sports Illustrated, nearly 80% of former NFL players go broke within three years of leaving

Owning a pub after your pro sports career ends makes sense… at least if you are former Sens defenceman Chris

What’s in a name? Well, if you are Ottawa Senators defenceman Chris Phillips and the other four founding partners of

Just how crazy are entrepreneurs? Ask Queen Isabella

If you want to understand entrepreneurs, maybe you live with one or work with or for one, then read this

Who knew that Detroit could teach other towns how to reanimate themselves?

While watching Hockey Day in America, I was struck by how the city of Detroit had integrated its outdoor ice-skating

Elderly Couple Get an Income Boost

As folks get older, they tend to earn less even before they officially retire. Many people will recall the “Freedom

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