Real Estate Investing on the True Condos Podcast

Some economists estimated recently that $9B came into Toronto Real Estate from China in the last year. That works out to $750M/month or $25M/day. How accurate are these numbers? What does this mean for local condo investors and the market? Should we be worried?

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Andrew la Fleur / Sales Representative

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The stats are in for February 2016 and condo prices jumpedup 17.8% over last year. Is this a trend we can expect to continue or just ananomaly? Andrew la Fleur breaks down some very surprising statistics and whatthey mean for condo investors in 2016.

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Recently a prominent Toronto condo developer publicly went on record saying that he believes condo prices will rise 30% in the next 3 years. Was he right? Was he crazy? In this episode, Andrew la Fleur shares his thoughts on this controversial opinion and where he believes the market is heading in the next 3 years.

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2015 is now in the rearview mirror and 2016 is off to a roaring start. In this episode Andrew la Fleur takes a look at what the top forecasters have to say about the market including Altus/Realnet, Urbanation, and TREB, then he shares his own unique perspective on what to expect of the condo market in 2016.

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The Canada Pension Plan just invested another $1.4B into student housing, this after already investing $2.8B a few months ago in 2015. Student housing is clearly a growth segment of the market, and new projects are popping up all the time in Ontario, but how do you know which projects are the safest to invest in? Andrew la Fleur breaks down his 5 factors that he looks for before endorsing a student rental project to his investor clients.

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Related Links:

Canada Pension Plan Invests Another $1.4B in student housing

Why did Canada’s Biggest Investor Spend $2.8B on high-end student housing?

Student Housing 2.0: How developers are filling a niche for kids, parents and investors

Episode 57: Interview with David Choo of Ashcroft Homes about Capital Hall

Episode 66: Interview with A.J. Keilty of Varsity Properties about University Studios

Andrew la Fleur / Sales Representative

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Returning back to the True Condos Podcast is one of our favourite people to talk to about the Toronto condo market: Riz Dhanji. Riz has been an industry leader in the condominium world for decades and has sold thousand of condos across Canada and even in Asia. At the start of 2016, the global equity markets are in turmoil. We talk about what this means for real estate investors and we get Riz’s advice for anyone thinking about getting into real estate market for the first time in 2016.

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Andrew la Fleur / Sales Representative

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The first ever movie review on the True Condos Podcast! The Big Short is a movie about the events leading up to the real estate and economic crash in the USA in 2008. In this podcast, and through the lense of The Big Short movie, Andrew la Fleur looks at why the crash happened, how it happened, and the biggest question: could it happen here (in Canada)?

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Related Links:

Official movie website

The Big Short on IMDB

The Big Short on Rotten Tomatoes

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Should we be worried about all-time high consumer debt levels? Is Toronto overvalued by 20-50%? Are we building too many condos? Are foreign buyers a real and present danger to our market? Andrew la Fleur sits down and talks to Urbanist, Land Economist, and Policy Maker Igor Dragovic about his take on the Toronto real estate market in this episode of the True Condos Podcast.

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Andrew la Fleur has noticed over the years of working with hundreds of real estate investors that the most successful investors share certain characteristics. In this episode Andrew breaks down his top-8 characteristics of the most successful real estate investors and he contrasts these with the characteristics of those who fail at real estate investing (or more often than not, never even get started).

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In this special episode of the podcast Andrew la Fleur interviews True Condos team member and veteran Realtor Sara Kelcey. Sara talks about her experience helping our clients in the resale and rental markets in 2015 including an incredible story of receiving 4 offers on a rental listing in the middle of December!

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Andrew la Fleur / Sales Representative

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