The REITE Club - Real Estate Investing for Canadians

Guest: Milena Cardinal, Lawyer & Real Estate Investor

Milena’s story is very inspirational! A lawyer, real estate investor, and mom, she leads a busy life and is building a substantial portfolio of over 25 doors. She’s been through many ups and downs over the years. Taking on flips and balancing family life was difficult. However, with proper systems in place and a solid power team, Milena and her husband are now much better positioned for growth.

Being a landlord can also be quite challenging and have been dealing with some tenant issues. Milena’s law practice is very modern with fully digital services. She works with investors across Ontario for private lending, Joint Ventures, bare trusts, trust agreements, closing deals, assignment contracts, wholesales, private sales, and of course, looks after wills and secondary wills! Listen to the full episode for some golden nuggets.

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Get in touch with Milena:
Website: www.cardinallaw.ca
Email:[email protected]

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This episode has been brought to you in part by
Black Jack Contracting – https://blackjackcontractinginc.ca/

Private Buyers – https://privatebuyers.ca/

BM Select – https://bmselect.ca/

The show notes are brought to you in part by:
Building Stack is The REITE Club’s official digital signatures provider. Building Stack is an extremely flexible property management platform built in Canada, for Canadians. With hundreds of features throughout the entire tenant and leasing lifecycles, regardless of the size of your portfolio, you can immediately benefit from enormous cost and time savings wherever needed the most. You can now sign documents and leases faster than ever with their new digital signature add-on! Take advantage of a very special Reite Club discount and get started today! www.buildingstack.com

Guest: Michael Ponte, Real Estate Investor

With over 20 years of experience, Michael shared how he began and how he grew. He started out without any plan and slowly grew to realize that he now had two full-time jobs… He chose to quit his full-time job to become a real estate investor and to scale. After buying about 5 properties, the banks started saying no and that’s when he entered the world of JVs. You make the money on the buy! Cash flow is king… 

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Get in touch with Michael:
Website: www.prosperityinvestments.ca
Email: [email protected]

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This episode has been brought to you in part by
Private Money 4 Mortgages – http://privatemoney4mortgages.com/

Elevation Realty – http://www.elevationrealty.ca/

BM Select – https://bmselect.ca/

The show notes are brought to you in part by:
Building Stack is The REITE Club’s official digital signatures provider. Building Stack is an extremely flexible property management platform built in Canada, for Canadians. With hundreds of features throughout the entire tenant and leasing lifecycles, regardless of the size of your portfolio, you can immediately benefit from enormous cost and time savings wherever needed the most. You can now sign documents and leases faster than ever with their new digital signature add-on! Take advantage of a very special Reite Club discount and get started today! www.buildingstack.com

Guest: Skyleigh McCallum, Realtor/ Financial educator.

Skyleigh accumulated a little bit of debt when first starting out in real estate. She eventually learned that she could refinance her property to pay off debt and help to save for the 2nd property.

She learned the BRRRR strategy!

Adding basement suites, using secured lines of credit and other creative financing strategies have helped her scale to 3 properties in a short period of time. Appreciation and especially forced appreciation have been the key to Skyleigh’s growth strategy. Skyleigh also helps her clients get into financial education through life insurance and various saving strategies.

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Get in touch with Skyleigh:
Website: https://skyleighmccallum.com/
Email:[email protected]

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This episode has been brought to you in part by
Black Jack Contracting – https://blackjackcontractinginc.ca/

Private Buyers – https://privatebuyers.ca/

BM Select – https://bmselect.ca/

Guest: Amanda Renzella, Real Estate Investor

Amanda’s parents were instrumental in getting her started in the world of real estate investing. They pushed her to buy a condo that eventually led Amanda to buy a pre-construction townhouse. She used the equity in the condo to purchase the townhouse. And now, she’s able to use the equity in both properties to get to her next acquisition.

Amanda has been enjoying our podcasts and applying the content for the past few months and is quickly building her team and learning how to leverage her properties. Tune in to find out how you can get started!

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Get in touch with Amanda:
Instagram: @amarenz_
Facebook: Amanda Renzella
Email:[email protected]

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Legal Second Suites – https://legalsecondsuites.com/

Elevation Realty – http://www.elevationrealty.ca/
BM Select – https://bmselect.ca/

Guest: Cody Yeh, Real Estate Investor & Stock Hacker

Cody came to Canada on a student visa. He quickly learned about stock options and real estate investing. His goal is to buy two apartment buildings this year. He partnered with his mom on his very first real estate deal. He then saved up the down payment through overtime hours to purchase his first property on his own.

In this interview, Cody discusses the fact that as you go up the corporate ladder, so does your stress level! More pressure and more pay… he wanted to get out and found creative ways to do so. He’s even looking at firing himself from his own company to focus on what matters the most to him: his family and friends. Tune in to learn how to prioritize for success.

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Get in touch with Cody:
Website:  https://www.codyyeh.com/free-webinars
Email:[email protected]

Sign up for Cody Yeh’s upcoming free webinar: https://www.codyyeh.com/free-webinars
Join Cody Yeh’s Stock & Options Fb Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/StockInvestingCanadaUs
Subscribe to Cody Yeh’s Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/CodyYeh/
Follow Cody Yeh on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cody__yeh/
More Cody Yeh’s interviews: https://www.codyyeh.com/interviews

This episode has been brought to you in part by
Building Stack – https://www.buildingstack.com/

Private Buyers – https://privatebuyers.ca/

BM Select – https://bmselect.ca/

Guest: Andrew Hines, Real Estate Investor

Andrew is an experienced real estate investor. He owns many student rental properties in Southwestern Ontario. With the current events, he’s been slowly divesting some of his properties to focus on new projects in Florida.

Tune in to find out some great tips and insights on how to manage a real estate portfolio during a crisis. Andrew is now looking at new development and buying empty lots. He shares how to choose the right lot and how to identify the right properties for BRRRRs. As Florida is seeing massive growth, there is also an enormous opportunity to invest.

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Get in touch with Andrew:
Website: https://www.andrew-hines.com/
Best Place to Contact: https://www.instagram.com/theandrewhines

This episode has been brought to you in part by
Black Jack Contracting – https://blackjackcontractinginc.ca/
Elevation Realty – http://www.elevationrealty.ca/
BM Select – https://bmselect.ca/

Guest: François & Jennifer Lanthier, Real Estate Investors

Jennifer and François started out dabbling in real estate. There was no plan… they were saving for down payments, using their own credit, and eventually hit a financing wall. They were focusing on secondary markets for higher cash flow and they didn’t pay attention to appreciation.

Eventually, they chose to enroll in a mentoring program to grow and start using OPM. At that point, they saw an opportunity in distant markets and they’re now investing in eastern Canada, northern USA and now looking abroad.

Another big lesson they learned is that bad property management can be VERY detrimental. It’s a very open conversation, tune in to find out more.

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Get in touch with François & Jennifer:
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/FLHomesCorp
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcPBtxhWjBkTVI2mhZkMWcQ
Email:[email protected]

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This episode has been brought to you in part by
Private Money 4 Mortgages – http://privatemoney4mortgages.com/Private Buyers – https://privatebuyers.ca/
BM Select – https://bmselect.ca/

Guest: Daniel Patton, Mortgage Agent & Investor Specialist

Private lending, BRRRRs, owning rental properties are all part of Daniel’s experience. His team helps investors buy in all provinces. During this podcast, we learned about the differences you can expect when buying in other provinces and how to manage this very hot market! Local brokers sometimes are better connected with local appraisers, etc. Work in cohesion with locals. Get your appraisal early! Especially when there are firm offers involved. As we always say, it’s all about relationships. Trust BM Select’s expertise for your next deal.

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Get in touch with Daniel:
Website:  https://bmselect.ca/
Email:[email protected]

This episode has been brought to you in part by
Black Jack Contracting – https://blackjackcontractinginc.ca/
Elevation Realty – http://www.elevationrealty.ca/
BM Select – https://bmselect.ca/

Guest: Natalie Cloutier, Real Estate Investor

Natalie and her husband got started with $0 in their early 20s. They found creative ways to grow wealth. Their main strategy is to buy land, build multi-family properties, move into them and refinance and repeat. It’s a new BRRR – Build, Rent, Refinance & Repeat. They’ve been super successful and have learned a lot along the way. Natalie explores how she went from working with financial institutions to sometimes using private lenders to ensure her projects run smoothly.

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Get in touch with Natalie:
Website: https://www.thenewbuildcouple.com/
Email:[email protected]

This episode has been brought to you in part by
Legal Second Suites – https://legalsecondsuites.com/
Private Buyers – https://privatebuyers.ca/
BM Select – https://bmselect.ca/

Guest: Mike & Lee-Anne Nicholson, Real Estate Investors

Mike & Lee-Anne are real estate investors located in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. They have also recently ventured to Detroit, Michigan. They chose Investor Mel & Dave’s mentorship program to learn how to use other people’s money (OPM) to scale up. They strongly believe in listening twice as much as you speak. Let others speak and you’ll hear some interesting things! They also practiced how to sell the idea of private lending. Get ready to ask! Ask for private money – offer the opportunity to work with you – ask for more mortgages – learn how to present your file differently.

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Get in touch with Mike & Lee-Anne Nicholson:
Email:[email protected]
Instagram: @nicholson_property_investments

This episode has been brought to you in part by
Black Jack Contracting – https://blackjackcontractinginc.ca/
Private Buyers – https://privatebuyers.ca/
BM Select – https://bmselect.ca/