Real Estate Investing on the True Condos Podcast

David Choo came to Canada from Guyana in 1971 to study at Carleton University. He stuck around and now he’s one of Ottawa’s top real estate developers. An engineer by training, David has built over 6000 homes as President and Owner of Ashcroft Homes. Always the visionary, David now has his sights set on the high-end student rental market - starting in Ottawa this year with Capital Hall, but soon taking the brand (Envie) across the country.

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In this episode we talk about the 4 fastest selling condo projects of the past year in Ontario and what they all have in common: they are all student-oriented condo buildings and they were all 100% sold out within a few weeks of launching. Coming up next is Capital Hall condos in Ottawa which offers a fully managed and guaranteed investment in Canada’s 4th largest city and right next to Carleton University with a student population of 28,000.

Projects Mentioned:

Academy Condos

University Suites

Design Haus

Grid Condos

Capital Hall

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In this week’s podcast episode, Pauline Liedman of Urbanation discusses the Q2 condo rental numbers with Andrew la Fleur. The market continues to perform even above industry insiders’ expectations

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My old uncle said something very interesting to me recently when discussing current world events like the Greek crisis, Chinese economy losing steam, and low oil prices: “You have to think in centuries”. These things are all small blips on the radar in the bigger picture of world events and history. And the same is true for real estate investors. Too often we get caught up in the day to day and lose site of the long term. We need to focus on buying in locations that will be great 25 years from now, and not worry about what’s happening in the next 1,2,3 years. 

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One of the most common questions that I get asked from first time condo investors is will I be able to rent out my condo once it is complete? In this episode I look at the latest numbers from Urbanation on the Toronto Condo rental market from Q2-2015. The bottom line is that the condo rental market in Toronto continues to have superhuman strength and investors have nothing to worry about at all.

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Jeanhy Shim has over 22 years of experience in the Toronto development industry as a consultant, analyst, and entrepreneur. Jeany talked to Andrew la Fleur about the current state of the Toronto condo market, what makes Toronto unique among major world cities, and how condo investors can and should take advantage of the baby boom downtown. Jeanhy is also the founder of the newly opened Children’s Discovery Centre which is Toronto’s first ever children’s museum specifically aimed at children under 6 years old.

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Andrew la Fleur / Sales Representative

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Brian Johnston is the COO of Mattamy Homes - Canada’s largest home builder, and also a member of the Board of Directors of CMHC. Exclusively a low rise builder, Mattamy made big headlines in the high rise world when they bought out Monarch Group in December 2014 for $330 million. In this episode, Andrew la Fleur talked to Brian about Mattamy’s take on the high rise market and their vision for this market as a new entrant.

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Tom Karadza and his brother Nick are experts in Real Estate investing in Canada. They have authored several books on real estate investing and they help their clients invest all over the golden horseshoe. In this episode Andrew la Fleur sat down with Tom to talk about his experience as a real estate investor and what holds many people back from investing in real estate.

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Todd Cowan and Jordan Dermer ran a huge development company in Eastern Europe for over 10 years. Now they are building a brand in Toronto that they hope will one day become one of the most respected in the industry. They are getting ready to launch 150 Redpath which comes hot on the heels of Art Shoppe Condos - the fastest selling project of 2015 so far.

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