Market Intelligence
What happens to Alberta when the strait reopens?
Every investor we talk to asks the same question about Alberta right now. It is a fair question. The answer is in…
Market Intelligence
How a barrel of oil ends up in your rent roll
Most investors accept the Alberta story without being able to explain it. Here is the chain, link by link, from a barrel…
Market Intelligence
Oil moved. Edmonton housing has not. Yet.
Oil has been near $100 since February. Edmonton is still the most affordable major metro in Canada. Those two facts will not…
Market Intelligence
Four pipelines, two oceans, one province
One pipeline is a project. Four moving at once is a system. A status check on every Alberta export route currently in…
Market Intelligence
The $34 billion asset everyone wrote off
Critics questioned whether Trans Mountain would ever fill. It hit near-full capacity two years early. The lesson is not about oil.
Market Intelligence
What Canada’s largest bank sees that most investors don’t
RBC published a $1.8 trillion capital roadmap for Canada. The largest single allocation goes to oil and gas, and Alberta is the…
Edmonton Market
Canada’s most affordable major city is also its fastest growing
Edmonton at $471K, Toronto at $1.09M, and Edmonton is the one growing faster. That combination does not usually last.
Edmonton Market
Why “who you rent to” decides your returns
You do not choose your returns. You choose your tenant, and your tenant delivers your returns. The third pillar, and why it…
Market Intelligence
Regulatory certainty just changed every catalyst on this list
The projects did not change in April. The odds of them proceeding on schedule did. Here is what that does to construction…
Financing
How to qualify for investment property financing
You’ve decided real estate belongs in your portfolio. The next question is the one that stops most first-time investors: how do I…