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Adventures in real estate: How the pandemic is changing the way we live now
Life

Adventures in real estate: How the pandemic is changing the way we live now

A 13-part series on the dramatic, life-altering changes Torontonians are making in these crazy times

Adventures in real estate: “We put three families under one roof”
Life

Adventures in real estate: “We put three families under one roof”

We tore down our 1,800-square-foot house and built a 7,000-square-foot one in its place

Adventures in real estate: “I moved from a windowless 140-square-foot basement apartment to a penthouse”
Life

Adventures in real estate: “I moved from a windowless 140-square-foot basement apartment to a penthouse”

It's 700 square feet, and I got it for $1,825, utilities and parking included

Adventures in Real Estate: “I left Toronto, found the love of my life and bought 14 goats”
Life

Adventures in Real Estate: “I left Toronto, found the love of my life and bought 14 goats”

What started as a three-day date has turned into the rest of my life

Adventures in real estate: “I gave up my basement apartment to live on a boat year-round”
Life

Adventures in real estate: “I gave up my basement apartment to live on a boat year-round”

I'd dreamed about it for years. The pandemic was the push I needed

Adventures in real estate: “We turned our back alley into a turfed-out kids’ paradise”
Life

Adventures in real estate: “We turned our back alley into a turfed-out kids’ paradise”

Our only regret is that we didn’t think of creating it sooner

Adventures in real estate: “We swapped our $650,000 Regent Park condo for an old schoolhouse in the Kawarthas”
Life

Adventures in real estate: “We swapped our $650,000 Regent Park condo for an old schoolhouse in the Kawarthas”

It sits on a one-acre oasis with farmland stretching in all directions

Adventures in real estate: “We upsized to a four-bedroom house”
Life

Adventures in real estate: “We upsized to a four-bedroom house”

Between having Camden, dealing with the virus, selling a house and buying a new one, it’s been a big, crazy year for us

Adventures in real estate: “Once I saw how much interest rates dropped, I was able to buy a house with a yard”
Life

Adventures in real estate: “Once I saw how much interest rates dropped, I was able to buy a house with a yard”

I looked at properties almost every day and I was checking out virtual tours for those that didn’t allow in-person tours

Adventures in real estate: “I bought an RV and hit the road”
Real Estate

Adventures in real estate: “I bought an RV and hit the road”

Four Torontonians who traded real estate for wheel estate

Adventures in real estate: “I finally moved out of my  parents’ home in the suburbs”
Real Estate

Adventures in real estate: “I finally moved out of my parents’ home in the suburbs”

Once the pandemic hit, I realized how much the rental market had dropped. I found a one-bedroom condo on King West for $1,800

Adventures in real estate: “I can finally afford to live roommate-free”
Real Estate

Adventures in real estate: “I can finally afford to live roommate-free”

I found a place that was listed for $2,500 a month. I got it for $2,000

Adventures in real estate: “I turned my balcony into  an oasis”
Real Estate

Adventures in real estate: “I turned my balcony into an oasis”

All told, I only spent $400

Adventures in real estate: “We bought the building that houses our little bakery”
Real Estate

Adventures in real estate: “We bought the building that houses our little bakery”

It was close to $1.5 million, but it has a three-bedroom apartment upstairs

Big Stories

“I’m a front-line worker. I live in my car. And I’m not unique”: a memoir about being homeless during Covid
Memoir

“I’m a front-line worker. I live in my car. And I’m not unique”: a memoir about being homeless during Covid

The miserable truth about online school
City

The miserable truth about online school

They were first in line for the vaccine: “I felt so lucky—like this might be the beginning of the end of this nightmare”
City

They were first in line for the vaccine: “I felt so lucky—like this might be the beginning of the end of this nightmare”

Inside the mind-bending business of keeping a restaurant alive during a pandemic: a memoir from Toronto’s top chef
Memoir

Inside the mind-bending business of keeping a restaurant alive during a pandemic: a memoir from Toronto’s top chef

A cooped-up, stressed-out urbanite’s guide to the longest winter ever
Memoir

A cooped-up, stressed-out urbanite’s guide to the longest winter ever

“I lost three patients in 36 hours”: a memoir from the Covid ward at TGH
Memoir

“I lost three patients in 36 hours”: a memoir from the Covid ward at TGH

“My parents sent me to boarding school near Toronto. It turned out to be a perverse fundamentalist cult”
Life

“My parents sent me to boarding school near Toronto. It turned out to be a perverse fundamentalist cult”

<em>Toronto Life&#8217;</em>s top 10 longreads of 2020
Deep Dives

Toronto Life’s top 10 longreads of 2020

They survived Covid, but they&#8217;re not okay
Life

They survived Covid, but they’re not okay

The Bay Street ex-con who fooled his investors—twice
City

The Bay Street ex-con who fooled his investors—twice

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