Every investor buys in the same market — the great ones just read it better. This path helps you think clearly about inflation, interest rates, and where the cycle sits, with economist updates and strategies for buying and selling through up, down, and sideways markets.
This course helps you think through inflation vs. deflation for real estate investors — what each means for your rents, your debt, and your buying decisions.
Action step: Write down how inflation would affect your current portfolio.
Learn the massive mistakes investors make preparing for a market downturn — and how to avoid them — so a slow market becomes an opportunity instead of a threat.
Action step: List one thing you’d change to be downturn-ready.
Laura Gu, Scotiabank economist, gives an economics update on the housing market — the macro view from someone who models it for a living.
Action step: Note the one indicator she watches that you don’t.
Farah Omran, Scotiabank economist, covers the economy and the outlook for the housing market — a second economist’s read to sharpen your own.
Action step: Compare her outlook to what you expected.
Lindsay Harvey from CMHC shares market and consumer insights to help you build your plan — the data behind the headlines, straight from the source.
Action step: Pull one CMHC data point relevant to your market.
Kevin McGuire covers buying in a buyer’s market — how to move with confidence when everyone else is sitting on their hands.
Action step: Write your criteria for pulling the trigger in a slow market.
Brooke Shang shows how to navigate up, down, and sideways markets with multiple strategies — so you always have a play, whatever the cycle is doing.
Action step: Pick the strategy that fits the market right now.