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not sure what the cap rate on this condo is but it's been my experience that condos aren't able to generate the income that multi res can. Is this condo even hitting a 6 cap? If you're holding onto a portfolio of re that is generating less than 6, these next couple of years will be very...

I wonder if they have people going in there to have sex.

great now we've got to qualify our comments - cabbage licensed wiseass

Figure out what the units will rent for. that's a good place to start.

Regent Park and Queen East have my votes.

swatow and king's noodle, both on spadina. either place serves an amazing noodle soup.

imo it all starts with someone willing to make an investment into the neighbourhood. money is the driver, but i wouldn't discount time; energy and committment to the neighbourhood as well.

better there than my neighbourhood

in the simplest terms - money drives gentrification.

few places in the city will change more in the next couple of years. when you have 1000's of people paying property taxes on new shiny condos, the city listens. in addition to the condo developments, we need to share the love, spread out the social housing and shelters throughout the city...

Torontovibe - great video!!!!

It's about time. Hope this has legs. This is the most poverty stricken street I have ever walked in toronto. great news for the neighbourhood.

try the strip of restaurants bars in mirvish village.

only buy if the appreciation is greater than the transactional costs.

one thing i learned early on was to trust your instincts. you can't trust everything you read on an application and everyone can find a reference to say something nice about them. getting the right tenant makes all the difference in the world. you also need to price your unit so that you can...

I have never been contacted by a real estate agent acting on behalf of a tenant on any residential rental unit.

come on! what tenant get's an agent? please. we're talking about a condo here.

sometimes you get the feeling that it's postponing the inevitable. i still think that there's going to be some challenges in the next while. flat and moderate declines in gta until they start rachetting up the rates. hopefully the economy has turned around by then.

now's a good time to be looking for retail space. don't be afraid to negotiate hard.

good for popper for returning the cash instead of limping along to the 2011 date.