Welcome to Cheques and Balances. I’m Michael Vincent, this is James Blair and this week, getting some more cashflow from those investment properties. So it’s no surprise that owning a rental property has become significantly more expensive these days, soaring interest rates, inflation spikes and the new interest limitations issues certainly haven’t helped. So this podcast is all about what you could be doing to increase more cashflow in your rental property, we’ve got 5 tips you might not have thought of:..

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