“I spent three years thinking about buying an investment property either a condo in Toronto or a house in a secondary market. My goal was to eventually build up a portfolio of investment properties, and the pandemic presented a great opportunity to start doing that. Interest rates were low and prices were low. Historically, condo prices have steadily gone up, so I figured it would be a good long-term investment. And I like that downtown Toronto has a ton of great restaurants and festivals (in normal times, of course). It’s convenient to get around, and you don’t need a car.