Real Estate Investing on the True Condos Podcast

Dan Flomen is the Vice President of Sales at Empire Communities. Listen to him talk to Andrew la Fleur about whether the Toronto condo market should fear foreign investors or not, as well as their successful Eau du Soleil condo project on the city's west waterfront.

Winson Chan is the Director of Sales for Tridel. Tridel is Canada’s largest condo builder, which means no one in Canada is responsible for more more condo sales than Winson Chan. We talked about a variety of topics but I what I found most interesting is that Winson is very forward thinking. He’s always looking to the future and seeing where things are heading in Toronto years before they happen.

Andrew sits down with AJ Keilty, the President and CEO of Varisty Properties, to talk about their newest project University Suites in Kingston as a potential condo investment opportunity.

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Matt Young, VP of CD Capital Development, is a young and upcoming developer in the condo market, while not new to real estate by any means, new in Toronto. Andrew la Fleur and Matt Young talk about the future of Yonge & Eglinton, a sneak peek at "The Art Shoppe" project, and Matt's startup condo service called "Albert".

A while back, I got the chance to sit down and talk to Martin Blake (VP of Daniels Corporation) on the hugely successful Regent Park Revitalization project and One Park Place condos which are underway.

Martin is a passionate advocate for Regent Park and he always provides great insights into why this project is so important.

When it comes to condo investing one of the most confusing and most misunderstood subjects is HST and HST rebates. The good news is I have found a great guy that I want to introduce to all my condo investor clients and listeners of this podcast. His name is Mark Purdy and he is a tax consultant. This is the "everything you need to know", ultimate guide to HST rebates.

This is an election year in Toronto so I am trying to sit down and talk to all the candidates for Mayor to hear what they have to say about the condo market and related issues. This week I spent a few minutes talking to Olivia Chow.

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Johnson Cheng and Shab Rajab-zadeh are the partners of Cornerstone Marketing which is coming strong out of the gate and will be handling the sales for Menkes upcoming new tower at Yonge and Eglinton which will be called simply “The Eglinton”. I sat down with Johnson and Shab and talked about their new company. They gave me some insight into the behind the scenes sales and marketing of a new condo project, and we talked about the Yonge and Eglinton neighbourhood and specifically Menkes new building.

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Andrew la Fleur

Andrew la Fleur talks to Jamie Johnston, the Broker of Record and Owner of Remax Condos Plus, on his history in the Toronto Condo Market, the "Toronto condo bubble myth", the disconnect between what the media reports and what is actually happening in the market, and his own personal condo investing experiences.