The Canadian Real Estate Investor

Statistics Canada just confirmed two consecutive quarters of negative annualized GDP. But half the country's economists say it doesn't count, the Prime Minister calls it "settling in," and the Bank of Canada is signaling the next move might be a hike, not a cut. We break down what the print actually...

Every spring, Canadians convince themselves a lakefront cottage will "pay for itself" on Airbnb. Most won't. In this episode, Nick and Dan run the actual 2026 math — Royal LePage's $604K national median, Muskoka's slipping $950K, Atlantic Canada's 11.8% surge — and break down the...

Ontario just hit a two-year high for publicly visible power-of-sale listings, and CMHC's Spring 2026 report confirms what the headlines miss: national mortgage delinquencies are still calm at 0.24%, but Toronto is up 45% year over year, Ontario is up 35%, and mortgage investment entities are running...

Nick sits down with Josh Findlay, co-founder of BLD Financial, for a tactical deep-dive on financing Canadian real estate deals in today's market. They break down CMHC MLI Select (how the points work, why 95% isn't always 95%), compare CMHC construction financing vs. private-then-takeout strategies,...

The most common question in Canadian real estate investing has one real answer: capital is everywhere... you just need to know where to look. Nick and Dan walk through 14 distinct capital sources, from conventional A-lenders, B-lenders, and credit unions to HELOCs, BRRRR, private lenders and MICs, m...

CMHC's 2026 Mortgage Consumer Survey is out, and Dan and I dig into what the numbers actually say about Canadian homeownership right now. The headlines: 35% of renewers felt financial pressure with payments up $375/month, but default concern dropped from 53% to 39%. 28% of first-time buyers needed a...