Contents

Chapter 1: The Stakes Are High — Where We Live Defines Our Lives
Chapter 2: The Cult of “Why Rent When You Can Buy?”
Chapter 3: Repeat After Me: Renting Is Okay!
Chapter 4: Rent — Something Everyone Pays. Always.
Chapter 5: The Canadian Housing Market
Chapter 6: What Really Drives Real Estate Prices — The Golden Rule
Chapter 7: What Really Drives Real Estate Prices — Demand for Housing
Chapter 8: What Really Drives Real Estate Prices — Supply of Housing
Chapter 9: The Big Six
Chapter 10: The Ugly Numbers
Chapter 11: Leverage: Seductive and Deadly
Chapter 12: Beyond Weak Returns, Housing Is Just a Terrible Investment
Chapter 13: Investment Creep
Chapter 14: Everyone Wins When You Buy a Home (Except Maybe You!)
Chapter 15: Big Brother Wants You to Buy a House
Chapter 16: What Have the Rule Makers Been Up To?
Chapter 17: How Housing Can Dictate Your Career in Surprising and Unexpected Ways
Chapter 18: Forced Savings: The Secret of the Wealthy Renter
Chapter 19: Retirement and Housing
Chapter 20: Seven Reasons Renting Is a Better Financial Decision
Chapter 21: How to Be a Wealthy Renter
Index

About the Author

Alex Avery is a top-ranked institutional equity research analyst, who advises institutional investors on real estate investments. He lives in Toronto.

Reviews

There’s a cure for this nation’s narrow-mindedness about renting instead of owning a home. It’s a new book called The Wealthy Renter.
*Globe and Mail*

A good read filled with lots of facts, perspective, and questioning of the status quo.
*Financial Post*

As one of the few guides specific to Canadian renters, Avery’s fills an information gap and is a solid overall choice for anyone interested in Canadian housing options.
*Publishers Weekly*

While Canadian focused, a great deal of the information and all of the general principles are applicable to diverse American housing markets as well.
*Midwest Book Review*

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