The good thing about that bed is that there's no room under it for monsters to hide. :)

If you have a car, getting apartment insurance will give you a multi line discount and will probably make your total payment less than insuring just the car on its own.

Well prices haven't really gone that far down yet... She could still get a lot of money. In a year or two, things might be very different.

So the average home in Toronto is only 6x the average annual income? I don't think that's accurate. Maybe 10 years ago it was. The average home in Toronto is 450k. That means that the average salary is $75,000? That can't be true. I don't make that much and none of my friends or family do either...

There really aren't any choices for 320k around that neighborhood. The only neighborhood not too far away from there where you could find a house for 320k would be Jane/Finch. It's either that or a condo. Would she consider renting a house instead of buying one? If so she could find something...

I guess it depends on whether you live in and rent the place, live in and own it, or own it but rent it out to someone else. As a renter my way of dealing with bedbugs would be to simply move out.

That's a very cold view. I think endangered languages should be protected, especially if they are language isolates (languages with no relatives). Each language comes with its own unique culture, and its own unique way of viewing the world, it influences the way you think and act. Languages are...

I find MLS.ca to be very buggy, Zoocasa would have to try pretty hard to be worse.

I would recommend Scarborough, specifically the Town Centre area. A large number of newer units for sale around there at competitive prices. I think the STC area is currently undervalued, at least compared to the rest of Toronto.

I think a white guy with a Chinese girl is very rare. I think those women you're seeing are probably Filipinas? Two of my white friends have filipina girlfriends, the combo seems to be quite common (and filipino guys with white girls too).

Actually I I've seen Indian/White more often than Chinese/White. (although I guess those Indians could actually be Tamil or Sri Lankan or any number of other south Asians and I wouldn't know the difference).

Then furnishing it seems the way to go, if you can recover the cost of the furnishings in a few months. I think another factor that would determine how much you can get is the length of the lease. A lot of people are looking for short term (1, 2, 3 months, etc) accommodations and they're...

Excellent points Epi.

Looks like some condo investors are still stubbornly refusing to lower rent prices. Look at this, a 1 bedroom on harrison garden for $3000/month. What is this guy smoking? http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=9636379

I would strongly suggest renting for a year or at least half a year, then buying something, that will give you lots of time to become familiar with toronto and make a much better decision when you buy.

I think the US and Canada should make it easier for people to exchange their citizenship in one country for the other. If I as a Canadian want to become an American citizen, it shouldn't be as difficult for me as it is for someone from a completely different part of the world, since as a...

Wind does offer prepaid. They call it "pay before". http://www.windmobile.ca/community/ideas/detail/20113/

To me, carpet gives a place a more "homey" feel. Hard floors makes it feel like an office or something rather than like a home. A softer surface is just more comfortable to walk on. Maybe it's just me. But if buying a condo/house I would definitely prefer carpet everywhere except the bathroom...

There's this one: http://www.livingcentro.com/home.htm Directly south of the scarborough town centre. There are several more buildings right around it, and then a few more directly east of the town centre (this one: http://www.ellipsecondos.ca ) Anyone know more info about any of these...

And here I was thinking that bedbugs are only a problem in rundown old buildings. This is news to me.