So I decided to look at numbers south of the border. Average home prices in Canada are about double what they are in the states. The numbers up here suck. What I am seeing down in New Hampshire are numbers similar to what they were here when we bought the triplex ten years ago. This property was the one that got me so excited about selling the triplex and investing down south. I'm sure that will not be the one that we buy, but when I checked out rents vs. prices of rental property, there are some really good investment opportunities. My goal is to get a 10% return on investment, which, from my observations, seems totally doable. Yay!
So last week, we called up our favorite real estate agent, put the triplex up for sale and in less than a week we had an offer. After countering, counter countering and counter counter countering, we had a deal. If all goes well with the inspection and financing, we'll close in January and I will start probing properties in the states. I have always done well with real estate and am very excited about this new venture. But there is no rush. We have our amazing Asia vacation coming up in March for our 20th anniversary and with a few extra bucks in the bank account, it's gonna be all that much more fun.
So now you are all caught up with me. I know y'all want a little Georgie porn, so here ya go. Mwah!
11 comments:
Very cool. Hope it all works out great.
Georgie's first Instagram!
Sounds great Richard !! Good luck with your new venture.... kiss Georgie for me.... sure is daring.... love his belly !! xo
Nori
darling !! xo
DARLING! your wit is sorely missed in blogland.
joyeux noel et bonne annee to you and serge and georgie!
Homes in Sarasota right now can be had for less than $200K, which wasn't true when we left 30 years ago. Really wish I had the wherewithal to invest there!
More Georigie pics! And you!
Check out Fort Lauderdale. (With a reputable agent. Which I recommend)
Like you, Spouse & I have little in the way of retirement funds and we enjoy real estate too so that is our 'retirement plan' too. Good luck on your new venture!
Stress is such a wonderful beast, isn't it?
I'd be too paranoid to buy south of the border, I'd want to see my investment up close. Every day. Lol. It's too bad you don't own something here, vacancy is at zero so landlords are essentially raking it in.
Good luck on the sale and I got your card the other day but haven't had 2 seconds to say thank you. So thank you!!
That's a pretty cool plan. I saw on Facebork that the sale fell through. :( Good luck.
I hope everything is great - I can only hope the need for 6 bathrooms and a parking lot involves rentals and not heroin (funny in my head, probably less so in print).
Glad someone else has noticed that any 'market collapse' has missed this country - as a 1 bedroom condo across from me could get you a large part of a state or at least half a block in across the water Port Angeles. On the down side, you miss the dozens and dozens of festivals in Montreal, and on the up side, you get to drive your car on weekends, through a city (just not Montreal).
Plus, you don't have the July moving madness anywhere outside Montreal, so renting should be mundane. If you end up with a building of low repute, I can hook you up with my uncle, who lives in China to avoid Canada Revenue while his slum apartments end up weekly on TV whenever drug busts are reported (Sadly, that's all true).
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