by admin | Mar 17, 2001 | 2001 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca March 17, 2001 Using kit to write will can be risky Litigation lawyers get big bucks to sort out mess A client called last week to say she had just purchased a do-it-yourself will kit for herself and her husband after hearing it advertised on...
by admin | Mar 10, 2001 | 2001 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca March 10, 2001 Condo or co-op? Co-op units cheaper but with few safeguards A client called me last week to say that her son was leaving the family nest and looking for a place of his own. Since condominiums were beyond the family budget, their...
by admin | Mar 3, 2001 | 2001 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca March 3, 2001 Why racist restrictions no longer apply in land deals < Today, anyone can buy a house, but it wasn’t always that way When London, Ont. lawyer Edward Richmond died in January at the age of 80, he left behind a a legacy which...
by admin | Feb 24, 2001 | 2001 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca February 24, 2001 Beware the `Oklahoma’ swindle Buyer rebate scam is not legal Last month in this column, I wrote about the “Oklahoma” swindle, a scam where the purchase price of a house is artificially inflated by a device like a...
by admin | Feb 17, 2001 | 2001 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca February 17, 2001 Cement case hard to work out For 137 people in eastern Ontario, the purchase of their homes was the realization of a dream. For some it was their first home, and for others it was their retirement home. None of them could...
by admin | Feb 8, 2001 | 2001 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca February 8, 2001 Should homeowner pay off mortgage or invest in RRSP? It’s RRSP season, and, judging from the avalanche of promotional hype, it may seem there’s only one choice for Canadians: invest as much as you can afford into a Registered...
