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The full impact of mortgage rate increases has yet to be felt, even if we ease up.
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Increasing rates is done in order to reduce demand.
When you see inflation on necessities like food and shelter, what are you going to do to reduce demand?
Inflating prices on necessities doesn't reduce demand, it reduces people's ability to get what they need.
Because of Canada's size and how spread out the population is, we have to accept that things will be more expensive here. But more needs to be done to address the issue of inflation.
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Full Episode Here: https://youtu.be/3u2ph1NGHt8
Episode 78: Matt and Taylor are joined by Stephen Johnston. Steve is from West Kelowna, BC, and over the past 6 years has served as both a West Kelowna City Councillor and a Director with the RDCO, where he topped the polls in the last two elections while working full-time in construction. Formerly of the BC United Party and now as an Independent MLA, Steve can represent the community without party constraints, ensuring true accountabil…
🤝 Opportunity for the Kelownas with Independent MLAs 🤝
In the previous provincial election, the Green Party and their 3 seats held the balance of power, and as a result they managed to get a lot of things they wanted for their support on legislation.
With 8 Unaffiliated Independents running, they could be the ones to hold the balance of power this year, and get more leverage on things they want for their ridings.
And being Independent, they have no strings attached to…
❗️️ Why 2024 BC Independents Are Unique ❗️
Usually Independent candidates come from a pretty fringe perspective. Potentially dissatisfied with government or Libertarian, with limited funding for campaigns.
Most of the Independents this year are actually Unaffiliated Independents, formerly of the BC United Party.
These candidates have been rigorously vetted by the official provincial opposition party, who have also been accepted by elections BC.
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🗳️ "Split Vote" Excuse Hinders Democracy 🗳️
"Split vote" is a really convenient phrase that softens the blow of taking away a voters choice, but what it's doing is trying to be an excuse to shuffle votes a certain way.
Isn't democracy about choice? And if so, does 1 person have the power to drop a bomb and take away the choice of a voter by eliminating candidates?
This is essentially what happened with Kevin Falcon and the BC United Party…
Episode 78: Matt and Taylor are joined by Stephen Johnston. Steve is from West Kelowna, BC, and over the past 6 years has served as both a West Kelowna City Councillor and a Director with the RDCO, where he topped the polls in the last two elections while working full-time in construction. Formerly of the BC United Party and now as an Independent MLA, Steve can represent the community without party constraints, ensuring true accountability in government. This is a unique opportunity to resto…
Since the short-term rentals legislations came into effect, real estate agents have been noticing much less pre-sales for studios and one bedrooms coming through, even though data is showing that the biggest need is for studios and one bedrooms.
It's come to light that the data has actually been skewed, because of the amount of purchases made for investments, rather than for people to actually live in units.
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Episode 58: Matt and Taylor are joined by Patrick Francey. Patrick is the CEO of the Real Estate Investment Network (REIN) and a multi-business owner from Edmonton, Alberta. Patrick brings over 40 years of expertise to the show and is considered a luminary in real estate investment education, entrepreneurship, personal and professional development. A gifted speaker and coach, he is also the host of "The Everyday Millionaire" podcast, and one of Matt's influences in real estate…
The BC/Alberta Wine War
Alberta might be in for a rough ride with the Canadian Association of Liquor Jurisdictions.
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🇨🇦 Canadians: Easily Invest in US Real Estate with addy 🇺🇸
Canadians are able to invest US dollars into US real estate using addy.
Doing this on your own can be a massive headache - addy takes care of all of that for you.
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Full Episode Here: https://youtu.be/YMMCYmQLs3o
Episode 77: Matt and Taylor are joined by Stephen Jagger. Stephen is a Co-Founder of addy from Vancouver, BC, who's also a serial entrepreneur, author, and speaker. Since 2000, Stephen has had multiple of his real estate industry companies acquired, including Combustion Hosting and Ubertor Realtor Software. addy is Canada's largest real estate investment platform, through crowdfunding properties and letting anyone invest. addy…
😬 Kevin Falcon Has Destroyed the BC Liberal Party 🤦🏻♂️
On August 28th, Kevin Falcon announced his decision to suspend BC United's campaign.
He is now encouraging BC United supporters to stand behind the Conservative Party in the upcoming election.
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Episode 77: Matt and Taylor are joined by Stephen Jagger. Stephen is a Co-Founder of addy from Vancouver, BC, who's also a serial entrepreneur, author, and speaker. Since 2000, Stephen has had multiple of his real estate industry companies acquired, including Combustion Hosting and Ubertor Realtor Software. addy is Canada's largest real estate investment platform, through crowdfunding properties and letting anyone invest. addy's goal is to eradicate barriers to property owners…
😲 Invest in Real Estate with $1 with addy 😲
addy allows you to invest as little as $1 into real estate so that anybody can do it and there are no financial barriers for anybody.
You can decide how much of your investment you put into each opportunity. Put it all in one bucket, split it, however you choose.
You can decide if $5,000 is good for you, or $5 is good for you.
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Episode 59: Matt and Taylor are joined by Will Pigott. Will is currently an Associate Director and Team Lead at Scotiabank from Kelowna, BC, who will be transitioning into a Commercial Realtor in the summer of 2024. Will has spent the last 7 years covering Northern BC and the Okanagan as a Commercial Banker, and will be looking to leverage this experience and network connections to serve his clients.
Will is here to discuss:
→ The changes to the Basel Framework (international regu…
The Bank's Biggest Priority Right Now
... is relationships.
A customer used to benefit from having their "eggs" spread around to different baskets.
Now, it may be more beneficial for a customer to have all off their eggs at one bank.
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Episode 60: Matt and Taylor are joined by Ben Stewart. Ben is the Founder of Quails' Gate Winery from West Kelowna, BC, who's been in the wine business for almost 45 years. Born and raised in West Kelowna, Ben has also been MLA Kelowna West since 2018, and is a Transportation & Infrastructure Critic in the BC legislative assembly.
Ben is here to discuss:
→ How the bad weather events are impacting the wineries in the Okanagan and the future of wineries in the region.<…
Full Episode Here: https://youtu.be/N-TSgTXH1Sc
Episode 76: Matt and Taylor are joined by Wade Webb. Wade is the Broker/Owner at Royal Lepage Kelowna from Kelowna, BC, who's been in the real estate industry for over 30 years. In 2004, Wade founded AgentsBoost.com, which offers a complementary blend of professional and personal coaching for real estate professionals to fuel their success. Wade is also the author of "The Lazy Realtor", which goes into great detail on all…
😬 The Hot Market Failed New Realtors 😬
From 2021-2023, the market was something we've never seen before and likely will never see again.
Realtors that started in those years didn't have a chance to learn anything about the business because the market was so hot.
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