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  • Real Estate Investor's Playbook, with Austin Yeh (#20)

    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

    1 hr 3 min
  • The Creative Entrepreneur's Path: Insights from Sabrina Colosimo (#19)

    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.

    Connect with Sabrina:
    https://www.instagram.com/_sundaycreative/
    https://www.sunday-creative.com/

    1 hr 18 min
  • Transforming the rental ecosystem, with Openroom co-founder Weiting Bollu (#17)

    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

    1 hr 18 min
  • Building a $11 million real estate portfolio with Jelani Smith (#16)

    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.

    Follow Jelani:
      / jelanismith  

    https://www.baystreetblog.com

    Timestamps:
    0:00 Intro
    1:10. Jelani’s journey into building a real estate portfolio
    10:16 Any misconceptions about real estate
    12:40 What to look for when choosing a realtor
    13:39 Private sale vs going through a realtor
    14:50 Misconceptions about investing in real estate
    16:45 Investing is pre-construction properties
    19:44 Real estate investing vs stock investing
    21:51 Effects of high interest rate climate
    23:10 “Hustle”culture of real estate investing
    27:00 Overrated and underrated areas around the GTA
    32:45 Bay Street blog
    36:25 Differences between current and prior generations when it come to financial literacy
    38:12 Growing up with disability
    43:00 Role Jelani’s parents have played in his success
    45:10 Any big mistakes
    46:32 His personal philosophy towards wealth
    47:54 How he has leveraged social media
    50:10 The BRRRR strategy of real estate investing
    54:08 Which hypothetical time period would Jelani want to buy real estate
    57:48 Jelani’s dream home
    59:08 Goals for the future
    1:00:48 Technology in real estate
    1:03:08 Ottawa real estate
    1:06:40 Suburbs vs city
    1:08:40 Advice for buying a home
    1:10:10 Advice for future realtors
    1:12:03 Closing off

    1 hr 14 min
  • Drake beef, Social Media platforms sued, Sex Ed, and the Evolution of Basketball (#15)

    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?

    Timestamps:
    0:00 Intro
    0:45 Drake Vs. Metro Boomin & Future
    3:38 Competition in the Rap Landscape
    6:30 Is Drake Over or Underappreciated?
    19:35 Lawsuit Against Social Media Platforms
    22:55 Sex-Ed Curriculum? Yay or Nay
    25:40 "Sheltering" in South Asian Households
    30:22 Social Media in School Curriculums?
    32:40 Is Having Kids, Selfish?
    35:45 Life Expectancy Vs. Mental Health Issues
    43:25 Comparing Talent Across Era's in NBA
    46:40 Dominant Players Across NBA History
    48:55 NBA Players Based Podcasts
    50:55 Ramadan Kyrie
    52:20 Outro

    54 min
  • Toronto Sports and Being a Woman in a Male Dominated Industry with Noor Zainab

    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

    1 hr 17 min
  • Current state of the NBA, Apple Vision Pro, and Drake trending (#13)

    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?

    1 hr 22 min
  • Patents, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets in the age of Tech with IP Lawyer Aaraf Dewan (#12)

    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?

    1 hr 10 min
  • Becoming a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) (#11)

    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

    1 hr 8 min

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