Paulina Pena Paulina Pena

Optimizing Your Salary vs. Dividend Mix: Advanced Strategies for Physician Compensation

As a physician, running a practice is a rewarding, yet overwhelming venture. On top of managing patient care and handling business operations like hiring staff, finances deserve their own bucket and the prospect of paying yourself falls right into that category. But how do you plan on paying yourself? Do you take a salary, declare dividends, or use a mix of both?

Author: Jordan Novack

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Paulina Pena Paulina Pena

2025 Federal Budget: What it Means for Businesses, Professionals and Doctors

Last week, the federal government delivered Canada Strong: Budget 2025. Within Budget 2025, Canadians were introduced to important incentives and measures in the wake of economic uncertainty and an era of substantial change. While the top personal and corporate tax rates remained unaffected, the budget explored other avenues that will impact professionals, including doctors, creating new opportunities and compliance risks to navigate.

Author: Jordan Novack

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Bluestar Professional Services Bluestar Professional Services

Adding Children to a Property Title: What Families Should Know

We recently met with a family of five; a couple, John and Jane, and their three children. John and Jane sought out our help when they were considering adding their three children on title to their two properties. But before we dive deeper into their situation and the advice we shared with them, let’s take a quick look at how title to property is held and registered by exploring key terms to help guide you.  


Author: Paulina Pena

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Bluestar Equity Bluestar Equity

Parvis Secures Strategic Investments from Bluestar Equity and Lankin Investments, Signaling Next Phase of Growth

Parvis Invest Inc. (TSXV: PVIS) ("Parvis" or the "Company"), a technology-enabled platform redefining access to real estate and alternative private market investments, today announced the expansion of its strategic partnerships (the "Strategic Alliances") through equity investments by the Bluestar Flagship Fund ("Bluestar"), the investment office of the Murad Family, and Lankin Investments Inc. ("Lankin"), a leading Ontario-based real estate investment firm.

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Raquel Buchbinder Raquel Buchbinder

No Points for Degree of Difficulty

In my first investment company, we had a very complex structure with multiple layers of investors (five, to be exact), with various types of security and returns. I was excited about the business. I admired how complex it was and that we were able to manage everything. We patted ourselves on the back for being able to build such an interesting business case study…


Author: Noah Murad

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Raquel Buchbinder Raquel Buchbinder

A False Sense of Security

When we consider the concept of security in our investments, we tend to focus on all the things that can go wrong, regardless of their probability. We will pay our lawyers and advisors substantial costs to protect us from events that are unknowable and cannot be accurately predicted or protected against…


Author: Jacob Murad

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Raquel Buchbinder Raquel Buchbinder

It's All About Family

Everything that we're trying to do is driven by a goal or ambition of some sort. We have accepted that goal because we're reacting to something internally. Maybe it's to be the biggest or the best at one thing or another…


Author: Noah Murad

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Raquel Buchbinder Raquel Buchbinder

THE Meta-Abilene Paradox

The Abilene Paradox, developed by Jerry B Harvey in 1974, refers to a situation where organizational groups frequently take a series of actions contrary to what they actually want to do and consequently work against their ultimate goal…


Author: Aaron Murad

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Raquel Buchbinder Raquel Buchbinder

The Anecdote You Need to Hear

Similar to everything else in life, most of the hurdles we face in pursuing a successful investment strategy come from within. This anecdote from Emmet Fox’s “The Mental Equivalent” illustrates this point quite well:


Author: Jacob Murad

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Raquel Buchbinder Raquel Buchbinder

Expert Problem

In Thinking Fast and Slow Kahneman explains that our mind is always lightening its workload by creating shortcuts. When confronted with a difficult question, we change the question subconsciously without realizing it.


Author: Noah Murad

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