Category Archives for "Finance"

I woke up on the Easter long weekend thinking I could help people become successful entrepreneurs by offering a new online course called: Pivot! Start a business in just 3-months w/ practically no money down. “Hi Bruce, I just wanted to say that I was on your Pivot! webinar this afternoon and it was awesome. […]

for LANDLORDS, INVESTORS (AND TENANTS) Here is a webinar in which Bruce M Firestone, PhD, and host Dave Dubeau talk about how to stay afloat during the Covid-19 era and also how to prepare for a hopeful future. Here’s what is covered: -snowbird real estate prices about to collapse? -big market correction coming #Gulp -buying […]

YES, I want to sign up for the Firestone Institute Pivot! Course: Turn Yourself into a Gigpreneur… start your own business in just 3-months with practically no money down for a ridiculously low one-time payment of $250 $195 + HST I’m fed up and want to take charge of my own future and not rely […]

[A version of this article first appeared in Ottawa Business Journal] Since the dawn of the industrial age in the early 1700s when Thomas Newcomen produced the first successful steam engine (later perfected by James Watt in 1769), there has never been a major economy that contracted by 40% in a single quarter. This happened […]

Then stop fooling around and reach out for some help from coach Dawn Macmillan Firestone, ACC, CPCC, President, International Coaching Federation (ICF), Ottawa Chapter. Dawn has helped many people who: Wanted to take stock of what’s going on in their lives Wanted to push and set bigger goals for themselves and those around them–their entire […]

A client of mine has a rental apartment leased out to three young people (all servers) who lost their jobs recently. None of them have any income now. Zero. George (their landlord) reduced their rent for the next four months by half (they can catch up over the following year by paying a bit more […]

Here is a 10-minute video I put together on: How to protect yourself, your biz and your real estate holdings as well as clients, employees, suppliers, guests, residents, tenants… in a time of covid-19. This is what I cover off: IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION CONTRACTED BY MORE THAN 40% in Canada, US and […]

Over 2,000 have signed up for this free webinar on March 24 at 7 pm ET: How to protect yourself, your biz, your real estate investments as well as clients, employees, suppliers, guests, residents, tenants… in a time of Covid-19 Listen as 20-experts give their views and take questions… Register now, https://www.covidcrisisplan.com/brucefirestone Prof Bruce is […]

Before you start coaching with Prof Bruce and his group, you should do some homework! First, have you answered our COACHABILITY QUIZ to find out—are you ready, willing and able to be coached? https://brucemfirestone.com/so-you-think-you-are-ready-for-coaching/ If you answered “yes” to at least ten of those questions, it is likely that coaching will be effective in helping […]

Why it’s such an uneven playing field when it comes to mortgage financing I have a client who signed a mortgage commitment. Then a few days later, he got a better offer. Can he accept the second offer or not? Here’s what I wrote to Robert (not his real name): I read over your mortgage […]

A million-dollar TFSA, https://business.financialpost.com/personal-finance/taxes/the-road-to-the-million-dollar-tfsa-is-getting-shorter-for-millennials, sounds great except I’m not 100% convinced about these assumptions: a) earning 4.7% yearly, compounding annually, b) continuing to put in max $$$ every year for 47-consecutive years without fail. There are simply too many ups & downs over a lifetime. But, say you buy a half double like one of […]

I spoke with my friend Victor Menasce about the Ottawa Senators, the NHL, real estate investment and more on his podcast… I explained how we purchased (in the early 1990s) 600-acres in the far west-end of Ottawa (Kanata) for $12,000 an acre ($7.2 million, if you are counting), plunked an NHL expansion franchise (aka, the […]