It’s that time of year again - the 2021 Tax Assessment notices are now available. Across the board values are up this year. Keep in mind the Tax Assessed value has very little baring on true market value of a home and like most years, the market value of most homes will be well above the tax assessed values. Here's a Playlist link to previous vlogs on this topic: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfJDYyEjdB9CCVh_L_6AzXw8hdz-RsLvF

Last week I tweeted a link to an article discussing the City of Vancouver's approval of a new waterfront social housing development in Coal Harbour. I questioned would it not be a better approach for the City to sell this extremely valuable parcel of waterfront land, take the money and build far more units in a less expensive area of the city? I also discuss the advantages of low cost do it yourself index investing vs paying high fee and commissions management.

A variety of topics in this video. Everyone wants to take advantage of these record low interest rates but how much leverage is safe? Also, how to save for the downpayment and are all the increased taxes having any effect on bringing home prices down?

Whether it’s saving for your first home, starting a business or saving for retirement if you asked most successful people how long it took, most are going to say it took a lot of years grinding it out before they saw any noticeable success. You just need to have a game plan and stick with it… nothing is going to come easy. Anything worth doing in life generally takes time and effort to achieve. Enjoy the journey!

I have never seen a year where so many people got it wrong in predicting a market crash in both the Vancouver Real Estate as well as the stock market. It proves that short term market predictions are a muggs game. Even when the odds are 90% in your favour you can still get it dead wrong. Instead just focus on the long term fundamentals 20-30-40 years of buying, holding and enjoying the home. This will always result in a positive return.

It has been 10 years since I started my Inside Edge Vancouver Real Estate Channel here on YouTube. I took a look back at some of my top videos of the past decade and created a special playlist for you to enjoy: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfJDYyEjdB9A9NNDGJOnRtYz8OXwwiRJo

My annual forecast for the Vancouver Real Estate market moving into 2021. As always I really have no 100% lock on where I see the market going. I could see prices rise 7-10% but at the same time a price correction of 7-10% would not be that surprising.

A Saturday motivational video on some of the things i’m doing to get thru the COVID 2020 winter. Some of the podcasts I’m listening to and some of the things you want to avoid.

I often talk about the 2 worlds of Vancouver condos. How location and the strata corp you're buying into are two of the most important factors to take into consideration when you're looking at condos.

Time for a refresher video on my Golden Rules of Real Estate and why you must have at least an 8-10 year holding period if you're going to buy a home. I also discuss the perils of trying to time a market and the problem I have with CMHC and their big bold prediction earlier this year that turned out to be dead wrong!