Mark Vosylius, Barrie, Orillia-'s Blog

The Bright Side of Real Estate Price Corrections With the headlines blasting out how much equity we have all lost in our homes and property investments in most major markets (they call them "Price Corrections"), I thought I would analyze where a price correction comes from and why it's a "good" t...

Todays financial headlines sure sounds bad.... Once again I read the papers today and the headlines blare out a collapsing stock market.."Worse drop then in 2000"...reads the National Post. I myself get caught up in the headlines. It is difficult to sip a tall, cool one while reading all this neg...

In Real estate there are always conflicting news headlines. One says good economic news another says bad. As reported (blogged) before and here again I say LOOK AT THE FUNDEMNATALS. I read today "US economy posts robust Q2 3.3% gains"... (National Post) and right beside it "Canada's surplus rises...

Provincial Government coughs up cash for Barrie Ontario The province of Ontario just gave a cash boost in the arm for the city of Barrie. How will this affect real estate and in particular the real estate investor, someone looking to invest in the Barrie area? Well as discussed before money from ...

More good economic news for Ontario and Barrie, Orillia. As discussed in my last investing fundamental ( ripple effect), Forbes has rated Toronto in there Top ten most powerful cities. It is only natural that Barrie and Orillia will (are) benefiting from this. The report was based on growth rate,...

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Huge $4.65 Million Dollar Injection into Georgian College. The Province of Ontario will boost Georgian College in Barrie with a 4.65 million dollar expansion into a renewable energy technologies program. Construction will begin in 2009 on adding 16,197 sq ft building to the Barrie campus to house...

The Ripple Effect This investing fundamental can be seen as a strategy for investing in real estate. That is, once you understand how it works you can use it as part of your investment property strategy. The Ripple effect is very much like it sounds. Simply put, if you drop a pebble in a quiet st...

Massive Real Estate Expansion for Orillia, Barrie and Midland Triangle. Opportunities for a successful real estate property investment just improved dramatically this week in the Barrie, Orillia and Midland Ontario areas. With the Skyline purchase of Horse Shoe Valley Ski and Golf resort, the "tr...

Using Your RRSP to Invest in Real Estate From the calls I have been receiving lately, there seems to be some confusion on how you can use your RRSP contributions for real estate investing. So let's start by discussing the first two most common ways to use your RRSP for real estate. First - The mo...