by RussellWestcott | Aug 25, 2026 | Mindset, Real Estate
A plumber hit a pipe four times and charged $200. Everyone thinks he overcharged. He didn’t. And the invoice he wrote explains why you’ve been undercharging your whole career. There’s an old story I keep coming back to. A man calls a plumber to fix a...
by RussellWestcott | Aug 18, 2026 | Mindset, Real Estate
Somebody asked which matters more, wisdom or adaptability. Watch who answers which way. It tells you almost everything about how long they’ve been in the game. Somebody posted a question this week that’s been rattling around my head since. What matters...
by RussellWestcott | Aug 11, 2026 | Mindset, Real Estate
I use AI to help me write. A guy in my comments called me a robot for it. He was wrong about me, and dead right about something bigger. Right there in a Facebook comment, under one of my posts: “Interesting, but every AI post on this site reads identically these...
by RussellWestcott | Aug 4, 2026 | Real Estate, Real Estate Investing Tips
Nobody asks if you should build. Only how. I can still get hypnotized by a number. Twenty-six years in, and a clean appraisal on a nice PDF still tugs at me for half a second. Big number. Bold font. A discount off the top, just for me. The number wants to be believed....
by RussellWestcott | Jul 28, 2026 | Real Estate
The crystal ball is broken. For everyone, mine included. So the real skill was never the real estate forecast… it’s what you do with all of them. Let me tell you who’s actually talking, because it should change how you hear this. I’m not a...
by RussellWestcott | Jul 21, 2026 | Mindset, Real Estate
Rock bottom doesn’t bounce you. It drags you. And I had to run this checkup on my own stuff before I had any business running it on yours. I’m an optimist. To a fault. My favourite lie has five words in it. “It’ll come back, I’ll...
by RussellWestcott | Jul 14, 2026 | Mindset, Real Estate
I spent 26 years preaching motion. Turns out I forgot to listen to my own sermon. It started in January. A pain in my left calf. No trauma. No injury. No fall, no twist, nothing I could point to. Just a sore leg that showed up out of nowhere and would not leave. So I...
by RussellWestcott | Jul 7, 2026 | Mindset, Real Estate
The Leaving Problem · Part 2 of 2. The exit tax is the wrong tool. Here’s the one lever you actually control… and the rule I hold myself to every time I coach. In Part 1, I told you about one of my clients walking his capital, his team, and his projects...
by RussellWestcott | Jul 6, 2026 | Mindset, Real Estate
The Leaving Problem · Part 1 of 2. One of my clients moved his whole operation south. The opportunity wasn’t the problem. That should stop all of us cold. One of my clients recently moved his entire investing operation to the United States. Capital. Plans....
by RussellWestcott | Jul 1, 2026 | Inspire, Real Estate, Real Estate Investing Tips
The 2026 Alberta Verdict for Canadian Real Estate Investors Here’s an embarrassing confession. The best performing analysis I’ve ever published was my Calgary vs Edmonton breakdown. People shared it, quoted it, built decisions on it. And then I let it sit for four...
by RussellWestcott | Jun 30, 2026 | Real Estate
Part 2 of 2. They cut a deal for the developer. They’ll cushion the bank. But the couple who did everything right and bought the unit? Nobody is dialing their number. Last piece I told you everybody grabbed the blame thrower and aimed it at the developer. I made...
by RussellWestcott | Jun 29, 2026 | Real Estate
Part 1 of 2. Everybody reached for the blame thrower when Carney and Eby announced the $3.2 billion condo deal. I reached for it too. I saw the headline and my first reaction was the same as yours. Bailout. No way. Markets should clear. Let the speculators eat the...
by RussellWestcott | Jun 24, 2026 | Inspire, Real Estate, Real Estate Investing Tips
Everyone Reports the Unemployment Rate. Almost Nobody Reads the Four Numbers Underneath It. Let me climb up on my soapbox for a minute. Every month the job numbers drop, and every month the same thing happens. The Globe and Mail, the Financial Post, the CBC… every...
by RussellWestcott | Jun 17, 2026 | Real Estate, Real Estate Investing Tips
Canada Just Lost 103,000 People. Here’s Why I’ve Never Been More Focused. Growing up on the prairies, there was exactly one hour a day my mom got any peace. The Sesame Street hour. Little Russell, glued to the screen, finally quiet. If you asked her,...
by RussellWestcott | Jun 9, 2026 | Inspire, Real Estate, Real Estate Investing Tips
Canada Just Entered a Recession. I Just Got More Bullish. Stay with me here… Three negative quarters. The R word is now official. The political footballs are flying in every direction. And everybody you talk to is doing one of three things… justifying it,...
