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February 2017 Real Estate Ezine

Michael Arthur

First of all, I wish you and your family a Happy 2017 where it will be filled with happiness, good health, new beginnings and successes!

Secondly, what a start to the New Year we are having as time is quickly flying by. There have been major international, national and local happening around us daily, ranging from the President-Elect Donald Trump fiasco to the upcoming Canada 150 and Ottawa 2017 festivities. As a proud Canadian, I will be attending and participating in plenty of the festivities at these two events in Ottawa. To learn more about these events happening in Ottawa and your local city, you can go to:  http://www.ottawa2017.ca/  and Canada 150. To celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday, Parks Canada will be offering free passes to allow you to see Canada’sNational Parks, National Marine Conservation Areas and National Historic Sites. I got mine! :0) Here is the website to order yourFree 2017 Parks Canada Discovery Pass.

Do you have any New Year’s resolutions? For myself, I have several. One of them is spending more time connecting and engaging with people who inspire, motivate and have helped me along the way. As such, this is the reason you are receiving this newsletter.  You are receiving this newsletter because I think highly of you as a friend or colleague. If, by any means, you feel that you are no longer interested in receiving this newsletter, you can unsubscribe. I will not be offended. I thought of providing you this fun little newsletter that has some fun stuff, as well as some valuable information that may be helpful to you, your friends and your family.

I hope you enjoy it!

Warmest regards,

Michael Arthur
 
Quote of the Month 
“If you’re not going to put your money in real estate, where else?” 
– Tamir Sapir
 
A Laugh or Two For Good Measure!
Q: What do politicians and diapers have in common? 
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A: Both should be changed regularly, and both for the same reason.
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Doctor says to his patient: 
“You have Cancer and Alzheimer.”
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Patient: “At least I don’t have Cancer.”
 
Helpful Life Hacks & Cartoon of The Month
 
Leverage
   One of the reasons I like real estate as an investment (as opposed to mutual funds, stocks, bonds, GIC’s, etc.) is because we can take advantage of LEVERAGE.  Let me give you an example.  Let’s say you wanted to buy $500,000 worth of gold.  How much would that cost you?  If you said $500K, you’re absolutely right! 

   Now let’s say we want to buy a $500,000 duplex – how much will that cost us?  $500K?   Nope. 
   We can buy that property with just a 20% downpayment ($100K) and the bank will finance the other 80% ($400K).  We use a little bit of money in order to own a LOT of real estate. 

   Now here’s where it gets really exciting… Let’s say the property increases in value by 4%.  That would be a $20,000 increase in value.   $20K on a $500K investment is pretty good… However, because we LEVERAGED our money, we are actually making a $20,000 return on our $100,000 downpayment.  That’s a 20% return on our cash invested! 

   That’s the POWER of LEVERAGE, and that’s one of the BIG benefits of investing in real estate vs. most other options out there.
 
 
About Michael Arthur:

Who are we? Creative Real Estate Ventures is a real estate investment company. We have been actively involved in Ottawa area real estate investing for a number of years.  Our mission is to provide quality housing for quality tenants, while at the same time providing an above average return on investment (R.O.I) for our investor partners and ourselves.  It is truly a win-win-win way of investing!

And if you are ready to find out more about our investment program, I invite you to contact me directly, and I will be happy to show you exactly how it works, either in person, by phone, or on-line.

You can email me at:
michael@michaelbarthur.com
or give me a call at 1-613-618-4082