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Are You Taking Time for Wealth, Health and Self?

by | Apr 6, 2022 | , ,

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By the time summer rolls around, we will all be ready for some rest, relaxation and recharging. What better way to do that than to also throw in a little real estate investing talk, inspiration and networking? And then have some fantastic food, and top-class entertainment all in the tranquil setting of the Kawarthas.

That is what the “Have Your Cake and Eat it Too Retreat” is all about.

Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest and join Sarah and Harry James as they talk about what the 3-day retreat has planned, who else is speaking and why you should be booking your tickets now before the event sells out.

Be the first to experience the Inspire Beach Resort in Coboconk, Ontario. A new luxury getaway being developed by Sarah Larbi Developments and the Harry James Group. Located on the beautiful shores of Shadow Lake in Coboconk a short 90-minute drive north of Toronto.

Inspire Beach Resort is a three-year staged development with Phase One scheduled for opening mid-summer 2022. This luxury resort will offer premium lifestyle short-term rental accommodations and will also be available for full facility rentals. Perfect for first-class business getaways or exclusive family functions.

To get more details and make your deposit reservation go here now

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too-retreat-tickets-232198119827

Finding Untapped Markets For A Cashflow Boost

by | Apr 1, 2022 | , ,

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Guest: Michael Sweeney and Andrea Romyn Real Estate Investors
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This week’s podcast guests are Michael Sweeney and Andrea Romyn – Real Estate Investors

Michael Sweeney and Andrea Romyn are investors in North Western Ontario, particularly in Sioux Lookout and North of Thunder Bay. Michael has been interested in real estate for the last 10 years and together they own 8 doors.

Michael, originally from South Western Ontario, and Andrea from Germany have together explored the real estate market up North and share with us where to get the best ROIs in that area. They are passionate about real estate investing, education and camping!

In this episode, you will learn about:
  • Insight on the real estate market in North Western Ontario
  • What do the North-Western area cap rates, rental market, and purchase prices look like
  • Real Estate Taxes insights
  • Top tips on Property Financing
  • How to manage your tenants, vacancies, and property
Get in touch with Michael and Andrea:
Instagram: @michaels_rei   @andrea.romyn
This episode has been brought to you in part by;
James Lloyd  of US Properties
Dalia Barsoum at Streetwise Mortgages
Susan Corcoran & Sue Ore of Complete Properties Inc.

From Pharmacist to Real Estate Investor- How Jennelyn scaled to 47 doors.

by | Mar 25, 2022 | , ,

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Guest: Jennelyn Gagatiga @, Pharmacist and Real Estate Investor

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This week’s podcast guests is Jennelyn Gagatiga – Pharmacist and Real Estate Investor

Jennelyn Gagatiga, is a Pharmacist and MBA degree by Profession and works in an American Personal Care Company in the Philippines as a Product and Market Research Developer prior to moving to Canada in 2007.

Her experience in Market Research is an advantage in finding great deals for her partners and savvy enough to identify where the next market for real estate investment.

Her 3 basic fundamentals of real estate are Population Growth, Job creation, and Infrastructure development. Jennelyn is an advocate for woman entrepreneurs, especially those in real estate investing. 

In this episode, you will learn about:

  • The importance of networking and self-education in real estate
  • The power of leveraging financing and relationships in deals
  •  Building a key power team to scale your business
  • Ontario and Calgary market and rents insight 
  • The importance of market monitoring to achieve your goals
  • Joint Venture Partnerships with family and friends  

Get in touch with Jenny:Instagram: jennelyngagatiga
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/jennelyn.gagatiga.1/
Email: jennelyn.gagatiga@gmail.com

This episode has been brought to you in part by;
Dylan Suitor of Elevation Realty

Dalia Barsoum at Streetwise Mortgages

Meghan Chomcut meghanchomut.com

Where Should I Invest? Sudbury Real Estate Market in 2022

by | Mar 18, 2022 | , ,

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Guest: Tristan Ritchie @realritchie, Real Estate Investor and Realtor

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This week’s podcast guest is Tristan Ritchie –  Real Estate Investor and Realtor

Tristan Ritchie was raised in a family of avid investors. His dad took him under his wing and taught him everything he knew about investing. He purchased his first income property as a university student and his portfolio and passion for investing continued to grow.

Tristan became an agent roughly six years ago and has been lucky to establish a great reputation in Sudbury, Ontario, and worked with some incredible clients along the way. He founded a team that is built on the importance of educating over sales jargon. In 2021 alone, Tristan sold over 100 homes, the vast majority to investors. 

In this episode, you will learn about:

  • Sudbury real estate market insights and investment opportunities in 2022
  • Sudbury Airbnb market insights
  • Setting up a power team remotely and hiring property a manager insights
  • Investing in Multi-Family from a financing standpoint
  • Sudbury market capitalization rates 

Get in touch with Tristan:
Website: https://www.lakecityrealty.ca
Instagram: @realritchie
Facebook: @tristanritchierealtor
Email: tristan.ritchie@gmail.com

This episode has been brought to you in part by;
Dylan Suitor of Elevation Realty

Dalia Barsoum at Streetwise Mortgages

Susan Corcoran & Sue Ore of Complete Properties Inc.

Jon TenBrinke of Black Jack Contracting

The Multifamily Conference Event

by | Mar 16, 2022 | , ,

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When: May 14-15, 2022
Where: Toronto

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https://multifamilyconference.ca

10% OFF PROMO CODE: Sarah10

Sign up for a chance to WIN a FREE VIP TICKET
https://multifamilyconference.ca/vipdraw

Expert Speakers 

KEVIN O’LEARY – KEYNOTE SPEAKER

JOE FAIRLESS – Scaling to Over $1 BILLION

JOEL BLOCK – Wall Street Secrets to Raising Capital and Structuring Your Deals

PIERRE-PAUL TURGEON – Insider Underwriting Secrets

DALIA BARSOUM – Financing Strategies for Portfolio Growth

MIKE REID – How Key People of Influence Raise More Money and Get More Deals Done

GUY BOUCHARD – Building a Portfolio Through Creative Financing

ROBERT GAUVREAU – Structuring For Scale and Success: The Lifecycle of an Investor

SETH FERGUSON – The Impact of Multifamily

Diving deeper into the Vancouver Real Estate market

by | Mar 11, 2022 | , ,

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Guest: Jenny Wun & Toni Sing @westonerealestate, Real Estate Investors

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This week’s podcast guests are Jenny Wun & Toni Sing – Real Estate Investors

With over 28 years of combined experience, Toni and Jenny are consistently in the Top 10% of Realtors® in Greater Vancouver. They are full of empowering wisdom to motivate you to keep pushing against barriers including the ones in your mind. They share their relatable personal stories going through recessions, market uncertainties, taking risks, and how to integrate personal relationships and parenthood while taking charge of their career. Whether you are just starting out in your professional career, a mid-career professional looking to make a shift, or a self-employed mother, Toni and Jenny will give you practical strategies to employ to strive to the top.

In this episode, you will learn about:

  • What investors should know about Vancouver and Toronto market in 2022
  • Tips and strategies finding deals
  • Market rents and landlord-tenant law insights
  • Metro Vancouver investors and buyers statistics
  • Outside Vancouver areas to consider as an investor
  • Downsides and risks of property rights assignments

Get in touch with Toni & Jenny:
Website: https://www.inthehousepodcast.ca
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inthehousepodcast
Email: JENNY WUN – jenny@westonerealestate.ca
TONI SING – toni@belairrealty.ca

This episode has been brought to you in part by;
Joel Wilson & Rob Lee of White Elm Design-Build

Dalia Barsoum at Streetwise Mortgages

Meghan Chomut meghanchomut.com

How to monetize on your Air BNB and become a Superhost

by | Mar 4, 2022 | , ,

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Guest: Natalie Palmer

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This week’s podcast guest is Natalie Palmer, Real Estate Investor and Air BNB Superhost

Natalie is an Orange County native who graduated from Cal State University, Fullerton with her Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing in 2015. After a couple postgraduate years working 9-5 in marketing, she found that it wasn’t the lifestyle she had pictured for herself, and decided to take a shot at hosting her family’s Big Bear, CA vacation home on Airbnb in December 2017. 

Four years later, she has expanded Airbnb hosting into her full-time career, and is a 12x Superhost managing 8 Airbnb listings – two of which are her own Airbnb Plus properties. She has also been recruited by Airbnb to serve as an Airbnb Ambassador, hosting free weekly webinars on their platform, and coaching new and experienced hosts on how to start or expand their short-term rental businesses. 



In this episode, you will learn about:

  • Why should someone have a short term rental
  • How to deal with damages/difficult guests
  • Where are the best places to have a short term rental
  • How profitable is hosting an Air BNB 
  • What expenses should be expected with your short term rental

Get in touch with Natalie
Instagram: instagram.com/__nataliepalmer
Website: hostwithnatalie.com
Email:natalietomasik@gmail.com

This episode has been brought to you in part by:

Complete Properties Complete Properties Inc

Dalia Barsoum at Streetwisemortgages

Black Jack Blackjack Contracting Inc

Women in Real Estate

by | Feb 25, 2022 | ,

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Guest:Esther Nicolas

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This week’s podcast guests is Esther Nicolas, Real Estate Investor & Educator 

Esther Nicolas is a part-time investor, a full-time teacher, the mom of two young children, and the co-founder of Women Investors Network in Canada (@winc.investors). She lives in Ottawa, Canada.

Not long after moving to Ottawa with her husband Matthew, they bought their first home and immediately added a secondary dwelling in the lower level of their bungalow. It was at this time that Esther fully realized the power of real estate investing. She was truly blown away by the passive income generated by ”house hacking” and what it could do for her family.

Esther is an active member of the real estate investing community. In the last year, she has organized monthly in-person and virtual meetups for women investors. There, women can connect, collaborate, and support each other. She believes that when women are financially independent, they have the freedom to leave unwanted situations, relationships, or jobs that no longer serve them. 

In this episode, you will learn about:
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  • The rising Era of Women in real estate 
  • The mindset game in real estate 
  • How It’s not the number of doors but the type of properties 
  • How to network in the real estate investing world and why it’s crucial 
  • How slow and steady wins the race
  •  How Esther scaled from house hacking to owning a 25 unit multi-family 

Get in touch with Esther:
Instagram: esther.the.investor/ winc.investors
Email:esther.j.nicolas@gmail.com

This episode has been brought to you in part by:
Meghan Chomcut Meghanchomut CFP

Dalia Barsoum at Streetwisemortgages

Dylan Suitor Elevation Realty Network

7 Ways to Die in Real Estate Financing

by | Feb 18, 2022 | , ,

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Guest: Dalia Barsoum

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This week’s podcast guest is Dalia Barsoum, Real Estate Investor & Mortgage Broker

Dalia Barsoum is an award-winning mortgage broker and a financial advisor with over 20 years of experience in the banking sector, spanning lending, wealth management strategy and real estate. 
In 2011, she launched Streetwise Mortgages, a boutique brokerage that specializes in servicing real estate investors and self-employed clients across Ontario.

She is the author of Amazon’s Best Seller: Canadian Real Estate Investor Financing: 7 Secrets to Getting All the Money You Want, a public speaker, a regular columnist for the Canadian Real Estate Wealth Magazine and contributes to various media outlets on the topics of Real Estate investing and financing; including Rogers TV, Toronto Money Show, the Toronto Investor Forum, Canadian Mortgage Professional (CMP), CBC as well as various GTA-based investment groups

In this episode, you will learn about: How the following are 7 Ways to Die in Real Estate Financing

  • Using high leverage creative financing to acquire assets without validating the exit strategy
  • Using a 5% down payment option as a creative strategy for buying rental properties 
  • Thinking that a pre-approval is an approval 
  •  Financing or leasing a car before conditions clearance and leading to closing
  • Dealing with multiple mortgage brokers simultaneously during a deal 
  • Not fully disclosing information to your mortgage broker
  • Timing deals 

Get in touch with Dalia:
Website: https://www.streetwisemortgages.com/
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/streetwisemortgages/
Email:dbarsoum@streetwisemortgages.com

This episode has been brought to you in part by;

Meghan Chomcut Meghan Chomut

BlackJack Contracting  Black Jack Contracting

Dalia Barsoum at Streetwise Mortgages

How to Get a US Visa as a Canadian Investor

by | Feb 16, 2022 | , ,

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Co-Hosted with Gary Hibbert

Guest: Darren Cabral

How to get a hold of Darren Cabral

 

Darren’s contacts who have helped him along the way:

Canadian Contacts

Joel Guberman – Direct Line: 416.304.9551  Email:  guberman@cilf.ca – Toronto Immigration Lawyer For Visa Application

Ryan Bouskill -Email: rbouskill@djb.com – Hamilton-based CPA for corporate structure and set up in the US

US CONTACTS

Tobias JW McFaul TJM@weinsteinspira.com – Texas Accountant/CPA specializing in working with Canadians.
 
Doug McCullough  McCullough Sudan PLLC | mccullough@dealfirm.com – Texas Corporate Law Firm specializing in working with Canadians. 

Vault To Investment Real Estate Success

by | Feb 11, 2022 | , ,

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Guest: Rick Harris

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This week’s podcast guest is Rick Harris- Real Estate Investor & Author

Rick is a real estate investor, coach & author. He has been investing since 2008 and has not looked back since. Rick loves to Buy & Hold and shares tips to be successful with this strategy. Ricks book: 31 Days to Purchasing and Renting Your First Investment Real Estate Property has helped investors across the country grow their portfolios. He currently invests in Red Deer, Edmonton and Canmore, Alberta. 

In this episode, you will learn about:

  • Why Rick loves investing in Alberta
  • The implications of immigration on the housing market
  • Steps on how to grow your portfolio and build your wealth
  • Rick talks about his preference for the Buy & Hold Strategy
  • How environmental issues influence his real estate purchases 

Get in touch with Rick:
Website: https://www.vaulttoinvestmentrealestatesuccess.com/
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/vaulttoinvestmentrealestatesuccess
Email:wrickh@vaulttosuccess.com

This episode has been brought to you in part by;

Susan Corcoran & Sue Ore of Complete Properties Inc.

Joel Wilson & Rob Lee of White Elm Design-Build

Dalia Barsoum at Streetwise Mortgages

Investing & Financing Canada Wide

by | Feb 4, 2022 | , ,

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Guest: Jacob Perez

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This week’s podcast guest is Jacob Perez –  Mortgage Broker & Real Estate Investor

In this episode, you will learn about:

  •  How to mitigate your risk when investing
  • Rates & Inflation
  • What’s new in the works of real estate financing 
  • Where to invest throughout Canada and why?
  • Endless opportunities in the real estate market

Jacob is a mortgage Broker serving Canada-wide & a successful real estate investor. Jacob shares his tips when investing outside of Ontario and what to know when you do so. He reveals his favorite investment areas in Canada and within Ontario. You will hear about why there are opportunities within smaller markets and what to look for when choosing a place to invest. Jacob discusses the importance of having systems in place when growing your portfolio. When trying to mitigate risk he recommends having as much cash flow as possible!

” Opportunites in real estate investing are endless- you can join in any facet and find success” 

Get in touch with Jacob:
Website: https://www.synergymortgagegroup.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jacobperez10/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jacob.perez.501
Email: jacob@jpmortgages.ca

This episode has been brought to you in part by;
Dylan Suitor of https://www.elevationrealty.ca/

Jon Tenbrinke of https://blackjackcontractinginc.ca/

Meghan Chomut CFP – www.meghanchomut.com/sarah