The RECC Podcast

Why residential 
 1. All I could afford
2. Good place to start to get an understanding of what is involved in being an investor and a landlord (customer satisfaction, relationship with lenders...)
 3. Everybody needs a place to live
 4. Education I could find revolved around residential

What led me to start investing in real estate
1. I worked for a foundation and the good they did was made possible by real estate, commercial real estate where the founder started from nothing when he came to Canada
 2. freedom, financial freedom, freedom with my time
 3. interested in financial literacy
 4. Robert Kiyosaki and stop trading my time for money, have your money work for you

With Norman, we discuss 
- micro-units, aka lodging houses, and 
- best practices on how to manage tenants and rentals
We benefit from Norman's 40-year experience.

In this episode we dive into industrial real estate and discuss:
- owner users
- the different kinds of leases
- industrial versus other commercial assets
- the rise of online shopping and fulfillment requirements
- vacancy and availability rates in major Canadian centres
- the relationship between cap rate and bond rates
- Amazon, Walmart, Shopify, Wayfair
- last mile delivery and end consumer
- multi level warehouses and the future of industrial
- the future of office space

Edna is a pro at raising capital.  She started off by spending USD $27,000 on her real estate education and went from 0 to 50 doors in 18 months. 
With her we discuss:

• mindset,
• raising capital and educating,
• negotiating a seller carry,
• workforce housing,
• commercial versus residential mortgage.

Gayland Panko acquired $7.8M worth of real estate in 1 year.

With him, we discuss: 

• due diligence 
• plazas 
• multifamily 
• parking lots 
• medical buildings