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June 2025

The Return of the Micro Investor Condo: Are We Really This Dumb?
My buddy James bought five pre-con condos in 2017. I told him not to. Now he’s holding the bags—literally—and crying while his wife screams in the…
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Because closings aren't hard enough already.
"It was supposed to be a simple closing. By 3PM, title insurance had pulled a gun, my lawyer was pointing fingers, and the house I bought turned into a…
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The Final 72 Hours: Welcome to Developer Hell
Closings aren’t for the faint of heart.They’re for the caffeinated, the legally literate, and the clinically insane.So if you see a developer drinking…
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"Let’s Just Turn It Into a Rental!" — Famous Last Words
Turning a condo into a rental sounds smart—until you realize the numbers collapse, the approvals don’t align, and your project’s timeline just ballooned…
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Talking in Circles to a Deaf Wall
You rezone, assemble, get approvals, line up buyers, and light your money on fire—just to prove your site has value.Then the appraiser looks you dead in…
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We Built It… They Didn’t Come
Over 30,000 active listings. Nearly 24,000 unsold new condos. Prices barely budging. Projects frozen mid-air. Welcome to the Great Toronto Housing Glut…
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No Cut, No Plan, No Clue — and Some Fake GDP
Tiff Macklem just hit the brakes on rate cuts — because of some fake GDP sugar rush.Meanwhile, real people are burning out, builders are stalling, and…
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Fortress of Lies: How I Dodged a $400M Scam
“It wasn’t optimism. It wasn’t bad luck. It was a scam—and we all knew it.”The real story behind Fortress, the whispers in the industry, and what I…
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