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Top 100 Items Consumed First During a National Emergency

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If you live in disaster-prone area such as Tornado Alley or the Gulf Coast you probably already have a disaster kit. The July 27th issue of the Bacon Report has a list of the top 100 items that would likely disappear in a National Emergency or prolonged recovery period that can remind you of a [...]

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City Plans New Tax For Toronto Home Buyers! Time to Protest

Public meetings, which start today, are an opportunity for Toronto residents and businesses to tell the City what they think of various new taxes that are being considered. These proposals were only announced less than two months ago, and the City’s Executive Committee could make decisions on them next month.
Possibly the biggest tax that could [...]

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High Ratio Mortgage Insurance Requirement Reduced

May 4, 2007 — A federal law that lowers the level at which mortgage insurance is required came into effect last month and bankers say the change could save homebuyers $2,000 or more.
For the last 40 years, homebuyers have been required to buy mortgage insurance unless their down payment equaled at least 25 per cent [...]

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Renovate, Recycle, Save Money & Find Great Stuff

Save up to 80% using used building supplies from Recycling Stores. With all the environmental concerns we are hearing about today it only makes sense to lessen the load on the landfills. Plus you will find great buys and some pretty neat stuff.
A few years back I renovated an old back shed [...]

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Learning Annex Real Estate Expose Rather Than Expo

This was the weekend of the Learning Annex Expo… Saturday and Sunday with a Free starter workshop on the Friday for those with VIP tickets.
With the exception of Tony Robbins & a few other smaller headline speakers the topic of all of the smaller breakout workshops was basically real estate.
The workshops each started [...]

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