Category Archives for "Real Estate Investment Coaching"

Feb 17

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

By Bruce Firestone | Architecture , Design , Investing , Real Estate , Real Estate Investment Coaching , Sports & Entertainment , Urban Economics

While watching Hockey Day in America, I was struck by how the city of Detroit had integrated its outdoor ice-skating rink into the very fabric of its downtown. Most of these things are done badly; in fact, it’s surprisingly hard to create vibrant street life. Most cities and towns fail at it. Loneliness soars as […]

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Feb 08

Elderly Couple Get an Income Boost

By Bruce Firestone | Architecture , Business Coaching , Business Models , Design , Entrepreneurship , Finance , Investing , Life Coaching , Real Estate , Real Estate Investment Coaching , Sales & Marketing , Urban Economics

As folks get older, they tend to earn less even before they officially retire. Many people will recall the “Freedom 55” slogan from an old advertising campaign. I tell young people I coach, “Don’t pay any attention to the idea of retiring any time soon… if ever.” Why? For two main reasons: I believe human […]

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Feb 01

The Firestone Institute Pro Bono (FREE!) Business, Life and Real Estate Coaching Clinic

By Bruce Firestone | Business Coaching , Firestone Institute , Life Coaching , Real Estate Investment Coaching

Welcome to: The Firestone Institute Pro Bono (FREE!) Business, Life and Real Estate Coaching Clinic Date: March 6th, 2019 Time: 7 pm ET to 9 pm ET Investment: this webinar is FREE Access: you can access this event from any computer, tablet, smartphone or just plain home phone. Simply logon to using this link—Zoom meeting […]

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Jan 30

What should your hourly billing rate be?

By Bruce Firestone | Business Coaching , Business Models , Entrepreneurship , Finance , Life Coaching , Real Estate Investment Coaching , Sales & Marketing

Whether you are a high-flying coach or consultant or a house cleaner, painter, handyman, what should your hourly billing rate be? I get asked that a lot. Here’s my answer: There has been a secular increase in costs in Ottawa and Ontario over the last few years. And not just in Ontario, but all across […]

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Jan 29

Firestone Institute co-coaching and ninja real estate investor course

By Bruce Firestone | Business Coaching , Entrepreneurship , Finance , Firestone Institute , Investing , Life Coaching , Real Estate , Real Estate Investment Coaching , Sales & Marketing , Sports & Entertainment , Urban Economics

YES, I want to sign up for the Firestone Institute ninja real estate investor, co-coaching and development manager course. YES, I want to learn how to be a development manager to ensure my projects and those of others I deal with get started as soon as possible and come in on-time and on-budget with as […]

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Jan 20

Is there more to life than money?

By Bruce Firestone | Business Coaching , Entrepreneurship , Finance , Investing , Life Coaching , Real Estate , Real Estate Investment Coaching

Ah, actually no. Let me explain. Wealth Factory says, “There is more to wealth than just money. Real prosperity involves your health, your spirituality, your relationships and your overall emotional/mental wellbeing. People don’t live compartmentalized lives.” But I think the way to achieve “harmony” is through one of two methods: You make so much money […]

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Jan 19

The case of the rich dentist and his perpetual motion machine

By Bruce Firestone | Business Coaching , Business Models , Entrepreneurship , Finance , Investing , Real Estate , Real Estate Investment Coaching , Urban Economics

[This is an excerpt from an upcoming book I am working on called, Business Model Illustrations, Real Estate Investment and Personal Business for Life Mini Case Studies] David Leigh (not his real name) is a rich dentist, age 44 when he first comes to Firestone for coaching. He is a lean, polite married person with […]

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Jan 08

Why naming your buildings or properties is important

By Bruce Firestone | Business Coaching , Design , Real Estate , Real Estate Investment Coaching , Sales & Marketing , Sports & Entertainment

I am into naming things (like the elves in Tolkien’s Middle Earth did–they spent their first few tens of thousands of years there naming stuff). I also like creating taglines.  It adds value for both landlord and tenant—it’s like Italian trains of the 1970s—the only difference between 1st and 3rd class was the price you paid. #Seriously […]

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Dec 19

Why the financial industry is (mostly) a ripoff

By Bruce Firestone | Business Coaching , Finance , Investing , Life Coaching , Real Estate Investment Coaching

I’m halfway through Bill Browder’s excellent 2015 book, Red Notice, talking about his experiences as an investment banker and asset manager in Russia in the days and years after the fall of the iron curtain (circa the 1990s). If you are like me and wonder why so many of the financial industry’s products are self-serving […]

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