{"id":11568,"date":"2019-02-05T11:11:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T19:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/?p=11568"},"modified":"2019-02-01T07:56:34","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T15:56:34","slug":"rrsps-vs-real-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2019\/02\/rrsps-vs-real-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"RRSPs vs. Real Estate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you\u2019re torn between investing in either RRSPs or real estate, don\u2019t be.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Calum Ross, a leverage wealth expert and VERICO broker with Mortgage Management Group\u2014and author of The Real Estate Retirement Plan: An Investment and Lifestyle Solution for Canadians\u2014says Canadians should invest in both. Ross will be discussing that and more at this year\u2019s Investor Forum on March 2 at the International Centre in Mississauga.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cPeople have a tendency to think of either RRSPs or real estate investing for their retirement plan,\u201d Ross told CREW. \u201cThe reality is that consumers need both.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The reason is that, in addition to diminishing rates of return, a growing number of Canadians these days don\u2019t have defined contribution plans, which still don\u2019t even give guaranteed payouts. Consequently, they need higher amounts of forced savings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhen you consider the vast majority of Canadians\u2019 wealth is tied up in their homes, the only solution to RRSP, TFSA, RESP, or investment savings catch-ups is essentially in the home equity of their property,\u201d continued Ross. \u201cWhen you consider the fact that life expectancies now are moving towards 90 years old, the probability that your registered savings account lasts a lot longer than your mortgage is very high. What we\u2019ve been doing is engineering investment products to ensure that the rate of return exceeds the cost of borrowing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ross defines retirement not as the point at which somebody stops working, but rather as the point at which they no longer need to work. If someone has enough money in their investment accounts, debts are easily repaid in full and a mortgage becomes an instrument that is acquired by design and not out of necessity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moreover, Ross notes that real estate investing doesn\u2019t have the same tax deferral on capital gains that RRSPs have. He recommends using home equity appreciation as an RRSP catch-up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cash flow is still an important component of investing, and that means investors should seek blue-chip properties that they own directly. Of course, choosing the right property is an altogether different task.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cPicking a property depends on the current state of the economy, as well as its projected state,\u201d said Ross. \u201cIt\u2019s not just about the actual property today, it\u2019s also about where the underlying economic fundamentals will be in five or 10 years, and the two biggest predictors of where a property will be are actual net migration of population inflow\u2014because there will be housing demand\u2014and areas with strong GDP growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Toronto, for example, has strong population inflow, which is creating housing demand so strong that supply cannot maintain pace, but it\u2019s also a geographical location wherein values have skyrocketed. Ross says that properties that cash flow positively will help meet the Canada Revenue Agency\u2019s deductibility elements.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As for RRSPs, they offer diversified access to a number of different market options, but in tandem with real estate, investors are better shielded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIf you put money in RRSPs and you take it out, you\u2019re penalized, but in real estate the monthly payment has forced savings mechanisms,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadianrealestatemagazine.ca\/news\/rrsps-vs--real-estate-253659.aspx\">RRSPs vs. Real Estate<\/a> by Neil Sharma | Canadian Real Estate Wealth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re torn between investing in either RRSPs or real estate, don\u2019t be. 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