⚠️  This episode contains discussion of financial hardship, mental health challenges, and references to suicide. If you are struggling, support is available. Resources are linked below.

She raised $17 million. Built development projects across BC and Ontario. Had 300 investors: people whose families she knew, whose stories she knew. Then the Canadian real estate market shifted. And everything came down with it.

Alejandra Moreno is the co-founder of Honeybee Development Group. In under 18 months, she and her partner Mimi Faye built one of BC's most ambitious development companies, subdivisions, townhomes, and student rental towers in Toronto. Then 2023 hit. Capital dried up. Funding confirmed at $6M dropped to $200K at closing. Over 200 developers went bankrupt in BC alone.

Ale didn't ghost her investors. She met with them every Thursday for two years. She sold the Porsche, the pool house, the rentals, and the savings. She stripped her family of 25 years of work, trying to hold it together. She asked her husband for a divorce, not because the love was gone, but to protect her kids. The company filed for bankruptcy in June. By September, she was in the hospital, close to septic. Her body was breaking down from two years of unrelenting stress. She came out in October. She's still going.

In this episode, Ali covers:

• How Honeybee went from dream to $17M raised in 18 months

• The exact moment she knew it was over, and what she did next

• Why did she refuse to keep raising money while others kept going

• What she wishes she'd asked every investor before taking their capital

• The OPM trap and why she hates the term

• How to protect yourself as a passive investor in Canada right now

• What losing everything taught her about identity, money, and what actually matters

This isn't a highlight reel. It's what operating at scale in Canada actually looks like.

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What happens when you stop chasing 100% occupancy  and start optimizing for profit? Spencer and Ashley share the revenue strategy that helped them outbook the competition, scale to 60 units, and build systems in their STRs that run without them.

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Guy Bouchard created over 25 million in equity across hundreds of units. But behind the scenes, his business was slowly pulling him away from the life he actually wanted.

In this episode, Guy opens up about how he got started with a single joint venture, scaled into commercial multifamily, and ultimately realized he needed a reset. He shares the exact moment he nearly lost it all, how he raised 250K days before closing, and why he's shifting his strategy across borders.

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Wondering if you should build or buy your next investment property?

In this episode, Natalie Cloutier breaks down exactly why she chose new construction over resale, how she BRRRR’d fourplexes from the ground up, and the delegation systems that finally took her out of the day-to-day. If you're scaling in real estate, this is the blueprint.

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In just 3 months, Natasha onboarded 150 investors to her fund. But behind the milestone is a story of burnout, recovery, and redefining what financial freedom actually looks like.

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She started without knowing the language of real estate.In this raw, no-glamour conversation, Natasha shares how she built wealth while staying true to her values, her tenants, and her belief that learning never ends.

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Most investors raise money to scale.

Cliantha built leverage — then scaled.

In this conversation, she reveals how she:

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David Pereira spent a decade building a thriving  business, until he made his prediction,  shut it down and move in another direction. This episode unpacks the moment he walked away… and how real estate became the unexpected bridge to freedom and a second chance.

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Most investors underestimate the cost of bad management—until it drains their time, money, and freedom.

Garnet Coria has managed over 600 units. He’s lived through tenant disasters, no systems, midnight repairs, and every operational blind spot investors don’t plan for. In this episode, he breaks down the truth about property management: what no one tells you, and what you have to get right if you want to scale without losing control.

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When a tenant set the building on fire→ rent vanished for months→ and bad leases caused messy chaos, most would walk away. Jonathan Beam did the opposite: he used each mistake to build his systemized, future-proof approach to real estate.

In this episode, we dive into:

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