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Geoff and Julie Hoffman have been married since 2009 and  investing in real estate since 2001.  They did the majority of investing in Alberta, went through the exciting boom of 2006 and 2007, then struggled through the recession until 2010 when they lost everything. They have since rebuilt another multi-million dollar real estate investment portfolio, successfully made a "New Start" in Kelowna since 2012.

The are the founders of the Okanagan Real Estate Investment Group. Julie and Geoff continue to acquire and sell real estate investments with partners. Julie is a real estate investment coach and mentor, and they are the proud parents of 5 amazing people ranging in age from 10 to 16 years and and incredible doggie (Sadie).

Geoff and Julie understand how lucky they are to live in the most beautiful place on earth and to make a living in an area that they love.  They also understand how challeging working as a married couple together AND balancing  health, business, and family.  Geoff and Julie (and their kids) LOVE Kelowna.  It's the best place to be!

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"Things may come to those who wait.  But only what's left behind by those who hustle." – Abraham Lincoln

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Kendra grew-up on a hilly, luscious, rural Manitoba acreage 20 miles away from any town or village.

Being the youngest of 3 sisters in a supportive family, Kendra has always had lots of love around her. Naturally being bubbly and enthusiastic, the spotlight has always landed on her creating a sparkle so bright that it would never be dimmed!

Kendra has always enjoyed doing her own thing. She wasn’t heavily influenced by her peers, even in elementary school, which instantly made her an outcast. But in the end, every little girl wants and needs friends at school but being so free spirited and not caring what others thought, it was hard for her to find many friends to gel with. Even the friends she did make sometimes turned on her to side with the popular kids. Eventually, this lead to her parents offering for her to switch schools which ultimately meant going into another small community.

With Kendra’s sparkle shining brightly, she grew a sense of confidence, independence, and strength-of-self at a young age. Kendra loved the energy around singing and being in the spotlight so much that she would climb up onto stage at her older sisters’ Christmas concerts! Yet, again, stealing the spotlight from her sisters. From Grade 1 until... well, now, she has always been in choirs. She is a natural leader in her choirs because of her confidence, experience, and training from that tender age of 6. Singing in many local and provincial competitions and fundraising events, she grew a sense of leadership and even more confidence! She studied voice, piano (classical and jazz), saxophone (also and baritone), and enjoys jamming on her bass guitar around inspiring rock musicians. Through her choral experience, she has travelled across Canada twice and to Italy and China. One of the highlights was singing in a mass choir of about 900 people at China’s Pre-Olympic Festival with the Beijing Symphony Orchestra! Another highlight was being accepted to sing in the National Youth Choir as Manitoba’s only Soprano at the age of 17 even though there were other sopranos working toward Master degrees who also auditioned that same year. Keener, much? Yuppers!

Throughout her life, she has been shunned by strangers and questioned if she is sincerely happy by some of her closest friends. This positivity and confidence Kendra exudes works beautifully as a filter. Only the best, truest people are attracted to her and the others tend to turn away because they have a hard time relating and understanding how someone can be so happy.

After high school, Kendra completed college for Office Administration. The office thing wasn’t her jam. Then she started a career in herbalism while working at a traditional loose tea store for a few years which moved her into health food stores instantly. Her world of nutrition and health opened-up ten-fold! She worked at 3 health food stores and ran her own health company for many years. Advocating health and self-care will always be part of who she is!

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Sandy McAllister is a licensed Life Insurance Broker in Kelowna, working with Individuals and families on personalized insurance solutions. She believes insurance is one of the most overlooked elements in a family’s financial plan and is there to educate and guide clients through the process.

Sandy’s passion for insurance is equally matched for her love of budget coaching. She coaches individuals and couples through the tangle of their everyday money and helps them stop the money leaks and begin to optimize their monthly cash flow. Sandy helps clients win with their money goals; whether its paying off debt, starting retirement savings or paying for that well-deserved vacation.

When Sandy isn’t working with clients, she enjoys time with her husband, Colin and dogs, Murphy and Cali. Sandy makes the most of the Okanagan lifestyle and can often be found at the Farmer’s Market, walking the beautiful downtown waterfront or enjoying some of the valley’s finest wines. 

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An entrepreneur, Talent Agent / partner in Teresa May Agency, and bookkeeper,  Shawna Whitney‘s largest role in life has been to support those around her helping to grow and shape the businesses and managers around her for success.  

As executive producer of her first film The Perfect Pickup, she dove into a new world in 2015 that has taken hold of her heart.  She has learned a tremendous amount in the past 5 years on filmmaking and the backend to the industry. Creating lasting memories and friendships.  Film and supporting good storytelling have become a large fascination of Shawna's that has led to the desire to help an industry grow within her own community.  

She sees such amazing talent all around the Okanagan and wants to help foster and to assist clients in reaching new levels of their careers while learning about the industry herself as she dives deeper into the industry. 

Outside of her regular job, Shawna is a black belt in Taekwondo where she feels she has gained a lot of her ethics in life and business.  Shawna received her black belt in 2006 with Northern Spirit Taekwondo out of her hometown Slave Lake, AB where she trained, coached and assisted running their family operated club with her father and uncle. The greatest take away from her time teaching and training in Taekwondo - aside from the physical benefit to it and the relationships gained, lessons learned were the 5 tenets taught and today still practiced in life; Courtesy, Integrity, Perseverance and Self Control and indomitable spirit

Wherever Shawna lives she believes greatly in being involved in her community.  She has been a charity organizer, fundraiser and minor soccer coach. Shawna’s same work ethics and philosophy with Teresa will help elevate the agency to the next level as she joined Teresa May Agency as a partner. Together they share in the same vision of helping talents grow and develop.

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Russell Johnson is the cidermaker/owner of Truck 59 Ciderhouse.  Russ was born in Vancouver and spent most of his childhood in Manitoba where he learned beef and grain farming from his Dad.  

Russ graduated from the University of Manitoba with a pharmacy degree and worked as a pharmacist for over 20 years in various locations including Winnepeg, Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Fort St James, and Saudi Arabia.  

After moving to Kelowna with his wife and kids, Russ decided to change gears and get creative with the apples on his orchard by starting up a cidery.  He learned the art of cider making from renowned cider maker, Peter Mitchell from England, and started to experiment with different apple blends.  

The result was crisp refreshing ciders made at a beautiful lakeview setting in West Kelowna.  The cidery opened its doors to the public this past summer to wonderful reception.  Russ has plans to bring more delicious flavours and varieties of ciders to market next year and in the years to come.

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Joel Olson lives in Kelowna and has been a mortgage broker for 11 years. Originally, he ran an international mission organization that assembled teams of 13-19 year olds, and took them on trips helping in orphanages, churches, and building projects in Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Guatamala. 

Following that, Joel worked in various roles with C3 Church, Revelstoke, and Manhattan- assisting in business operations, aid projects (ie. homeless, human trafficking, and immigration), leadership development, and training. Recently, the majority of his focus has been on training and business development within the lending community. In 2019, Joel spoke at 15 conferences and was able to speak in front of 6000 people at events throughout Canada.

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This is my personal story of love, loss, regrowth and how I built the I Love Kelowna (New Town Big Dreams) podcast from the ground up. Part 1 of a 2-part interview with me, conducted by my wonderful friend and colleague Andrea Kelly.

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This is my personal story of love, loss, regrowth and how I built the I Love Kelowna (New Town Big Dreams) podcast from the ground up. Part 1 of a 2-part interview with me, conducted by my colleague Andrea Kelly.

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Cameron Manning is a REALTOR® on the Kelly Fry Team out of Keller Williams Elite Realty. He is in the top 10% of Agents for the last 4 years. Runs a podcast called Manning Up On Real Estate. Active Investor and works predominantly with Investment / Commercial Clients.

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Jaeger Johnson is known by his peers to be a very energetic go-getter. He has a background in sales and entrepreneurship. But is also a true Canadian adventure seeker. He truly enjoys socializing with likeminded people and is always striving to make a difference in his community.
 
Starting from a young age, Jaeger has always been interested in sports, whether it be Hockey, Snowboarding, Badminton or - so many others. After highschool, there was not a direct path laid out when it came to a career (making the NHL didn't pan out), after attending University of Calgary for Business, Jaeger took on several different positions at direct sales companies, which is where he found his true love for providing fantastic customer service, followed with an outstanding product or service.
 
To this day you will either find Jaeger outside with mother nature, in the office working towards his dreams, or cheering on the Calgary Flames. After moving to the amazing City of Kelowna, Jaeger hasn't looked back!
 
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