num_pages: 200
description: A National Bestseller!Why be house poor when you can rent rich?Why rent when you can buy? More than any other this phrase captures the overwhelmingly unanimous promotion of home ownership to Canadians. Real estate agents mortgage brokers family friends and even the government promote ownership as a safe attractive and sure-fire path to personal wealth. This one-size-fits-all advice ignores the reality of Canadas housing market.Canadians deserve better advice.Faced with expensive house prices in a near-zero interest rate world its time Canadians heard the virtues of renting and seriously considered renting as an alternative to home ownership. Real estate analyst Alex Avery insists renting offers a simple more affordable way to live plus in Canadas frenzied housing market going month-to-month is dramatically lower risk. He claims the reputation of home ownership as a wealth building strategy is unfounded and shows renters how to replace bricks-and-mortar with better investment opportunities.
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title: The Wealthy Renter: How to Choose Housing That Will Make You Rich
publisher: Dundurn