Ali Amad, Author at Cottage Life

Close-up hands sign document at meeting. Client making deal with professional manager at negotiate in office. Successful man concludes agreement with lawyer. vendor take-back mortgage

Rising interest rates spur renewed interest in vendor take-back mortgages

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photo of don and yvonne dreise's cottage after the renovations

Buy the Way: This couple renovated a cabin to set themselves up for retirement

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two small girls sitting outside of a yurt built on a wooden platform in a forest

Buy the Way: This family saved money by buying land and building a yurt

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an exterior shot of Philip Preville's inland cottage in Hunstville

Buy the Way: An inland cottage was the move for these ski enthusiasts

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A Canadian timberwolf in winter

Is the wolf the most Canadian animal?

Outdoors

long view of the trottage from the water with Susana waving from the deck

Buy the Way: This family bought a ‘trottage’ in Muskoka

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the inside of Sandy Hunter's New Brunswick camp, East Coast

Buy the Way: This cottager bought his cabin on the East Coast sight unseen

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Outside of a brown, log cabin-type cottage

Buy the Way: Two friends co-owning a cottage helps offset costs

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A condo in Muskoka.

Buy the Way: Priced out of the cottage market, this woman bought a condo in Muskoka

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Virtual Guided Real Estate Broker House Tour, sight unseen buying

A real estate agent’s 4 tips for buying a cottage sight unseen

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A small cottage.

Buy the Way: This couple turned a $33,000 teardown into their dream cabin

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Canoe on Knife Lake in Quetico Provincial Park

Quetico Provincial Park designated as an International Dark Sky Park

Outdoors

house or cottage for sale and sold sign

Real estate market in Ontario cottage country is booming

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