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In this episode, we sit down with Austin Yeh, who is a real estate investor based in Toronto. Tune in as we discuss real estate investing, personal finance, managing properties and more!
Connect with Austin:
https://www.instagram.com/austinyeh6/
https://linktr.ee/risenetworkevent
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:35 How does a 28 year old own over 20 rental properties in the GTA?
4:27 Investing in Windsor, Ontario
6:50 How being an immigrant informs attitude towards wealth
9:45 Being inspired by Rich Dad, Poor Dad
12:00 Leaving a 9-5 job
12:24 Getting into real estate investing
15:43 Horror stories from real estate investing
19:50 Wholesaling in real estate
24:00 How to find a discounted property to live in
26:00 Risk with discounted properties
32:40 Interest rate risk
35:06 Best places to invest outside of GTA
39:38 Sentiment towards landlords
43:25 Managing far away properties
47:09 Finding a power team
49:07 Starting a real estate podcast
52:55 Branding
54:20 Building RISE Network community
56:58 Advice for investing
In this episode, we chat with Sabrina Colosimo, founder of Sunday Creative. Sabrina opens up about her journey as a creative entrepreneur, sharing the highs and lows of her journey. We delve into topics like entrepreneurship, the creative process, nomadic living, vintage selling and buying, and personal development. Join us for a candid conversation with Sabrina, where she shares valuable insights and practical advice from her experience.
On this episode, the boys do a full recap of the rap beef that rocked the hip hop world, and its implications.
On this episode, the boys welcome Weiting Bollu who co-founded "OpenRoom" which aims to provide transparency in the rental ecosystem. What started off as a small passion project from a tenancy dispute has quickly grown into an online database with almost 2 million searches in past year by nearly 130,000 visitors to help Canadians make informed decisions on succeeding in the rental market. Weiting also dives into the world of entrepreneurship and product management with key leadership roles along the way. Lastly, Weiting shares her key success factors with inter-racial marriages, parenting and immigrant parents.
Follow Weiting:
https://www.instagram.com/openroomhq/?hl=en
https://openroom.ca/
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:40 How "OpenRoom" started
3:49 Difficulties in identifying good tenants
4:35 Weiting's Highschool journey
7:20 Shifting from business school to product management
8:26 Experience with university exchange programs
15:15 Buying a home 6 months after graduation
17:30 Unintentionally starting property management
18:32 Effects of a tenancy dispute
19:27 Misconceived notion of passive income through real estate
21:09 Historical trends of landlord vs. tenant issues
22:33 Inefficiencies in Ontario's landlord and tenant board
23:25 Leveraging "OpenRoom"s database for finding repeat offenders
24:55 Career in product management
29:40 Finding your inner "curious learner"
31:00 Powerful learnings from immigrant parents
33:00 Why I wanted to be an entrepreneur?
35:30 Complex problem-solving in the corporate world
37:10 Learnings from corporate world carried over into Entrepreneurship
39:50 Scaling "OpenRoom"
41:15 Passion project vs. viable project
42:10 Starting a business with your partner
47:20 Future of "OpenRoom"
48:38 Diversity of thoughts in interracial marriage
50:15 Managing entrepreneurship with parenting
55:04 Potential career as a "Chief of Staff"
56:20 Biggest takeaways from failures
1:00:10 Memorizing versus understanding content
1:01:20 Advice for career in product management
1:04:00 Growing social media following
1:09:00 OpenRoom's social media strategy
1:10:20 Social media strategy of Linkedin
1:12:30 Openroom going on viral
1:13:50 Advice for future entrepreneurs
1:14:45 Closing off
On this episode, the boys welcome Jelani Smith who has invested in 8 properties on his way to building a $11 million real estate portfolio. He is recognized as a RE/MAX Hallmark Top 1% realtor. He is also the founder of Bay Street Blog, and if passionate about educating people on personal finance and real estate.
https://www.baystreetblog.com
On this episode, the boys are back to indulge into the landscape of rap competition including Drake versus Metro Boomin and Future. They then get into lawsuit of social media platforms and its impact, and what the evolution of basketball looks like?
In this episode, we welcome Noor Zainab, who is a writer, producer and host for various sports media outlets. We talk about working in the Sports industry, being a woman in a male dominated industry, meeting Shams Charania, Canada vs USA when it comes to sports entertainment, and some funny tweets!
Follow Noor:
Twitter/X: https://x.com/noorrzainab
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noorrzainab
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:33 Leaving Law to get into Sports Media
5:58 How to be different and stand out in the industry
9:33 Meeting NBA reporter Shams Charania
12:48 Kawhi the cat
16:51 How Noor got into basketball
20:11 Sports betting
24:06 Putting out quality content on Social Media
28:52 Noor explains some of her Tweets
33:23 Challenges being in a male dominated industry
38:54 How culture has influenced Noor
40:40 Is women's participation increasing in sports?
46:29 Difference between Canada and USA in sports
59:03 Living in Ottawa
1:01:15 High cost of living in Toronto
1:02:17 Noor's dream role in the sports industry
1:05:56 Bell and Roger's monopoly over Canadian economy
1:08:27 Advice for people who want to work in Sports Media
1:11:16 Noor's fondest memory working in sports
On this episode, the boys talk about NBA past, present and some future. Then they get into the world of VR with the Apple Vision Pro, and why was Drake viral again!?
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:46 Our NBA fandom
2:30 Becoming a LeBron fan
8:20 What happens after Curry and LeBron retire?
14:30 Reminiscing about Kobe
27:40 The early 2010s era of Basketball
32:48 Bring back rivalries in the NBA
37:25 Assessing the current Toronto Raptors
44:30 Assessing the rest of the NBA
49:18 Is parity actually good for the league?
53:00 Who do we think is winning the chip?
55:49 Apple Vision Pro
1:00:00 Augmented reality vs virtual reality
1:04:25 Implications of VR
1:07:30 How VR can bring people closer
1:17:19 Drake going viral?
In this episode, we have IP lawyer Aaraf Dewan joining us to go into his journey with Intellectual Property law, and gives us insights on the implications of our current technology on IP law.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:00 Introducing Aaraf Dewan
2:22 The busy life of a lawyer
4:07 Working near the Suits set
5:04 The challenge of going through Law school
9:50 Why get into Law?
12:45 Is a science degree applicable to IP Law?
17:44 What is IP Law?
24:35 How has globalization played into IP Law?
26:47 How do big companies get away with copying other companies?
33:54 What happens when you get sued?
38:30 What do Social Media companies own?
42:30 Who owns the IP in the age of AI?
52:13 Where is the future of lawyers going?
57:44 Misconceptions about lawyers
1:02:20 Do IP lawyers do litigations?
1:04:34 What advice would give to people who want to go into Law?
In this episode, our co-host Naveed dives into the details about his Accounting profession, and his journey to becoming a CPA.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:30 Start of our CPA journey
4:35 CA “Rule the World”
8:26 Studying Accounting
11:20 What is Accounting?
15:10 CPA journey after undergrad
22:55 Different pathways within Accounting
27:50 Life as an Accountant within the public sector
32:00 The most interesting thing Naveed has worked on
34:24 Misconceptions about Accounting
38:27 How did CA become CPA?
44:03 The CFE
46:14 Future of Accounting with the emergence of AI
55:32 Use cases of AI within Accounting
58:40 Advice to get into Accounting
1:03:10 Something has changed within Accounting
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