Real Stories In Real Estate podcast

#008 RSIRE Operating A Business In Your Home Mandy Dorego left the dental hygiene world, but was training people in her own time, and decided to pursue her passion for health and wellness, while being a trainer full time. She decided to renovate her basement, add all the necessary equipment to have different workout stations. She and her husband decided early on that Mandy would not rent space, or...

#007 RSIRE Buying A First Home Outside The City There are so many decisions to factor in when buying a house - how much is the downpayment, is it in a good school area, restaurants, walkability, distance to work, pressure from family and friends…how does this play out in reality? Sometimes buying a house doesn't factor in to our day to day decisions. We're too busy planning weddings, enjoying life...

#006 RSIRE Buying A House on the 2017 Bubble There are so many decisions to factor in when buying a house - how much is the downpayment, is it in a good school area, restaurants, walkability, distance to work, pressure from family and friends…how does this play out in reality? Sometimes we are SO eager to get a house, perhaps our first house, that these factors collide to add additional pressure f...

What kind of lifestyle would you choose if you could? Would you still work a 9-5? Real estate investing can give you the life of your dreams, giving you the freedom to do other things while making money passively. Gary Hibbert had consolidated his credit cards three times on his home mortgage before deciding enough was enough, while working a full time job, where someone ELSE controlled his advanc...

Many of us want to own a home at some point, but bruised or imperfect credit can prevent us from borrowing with our preferred lender.  Maybe a job loss, a repossessed vehicle, a cancelled credit card, late payments, divorce, all of these can contribute to lower credit scores. The major financial institutions are referred to as "A" lenders. What do you do if you have a down payment, want to buy a h...

Many of us want to own a home at some point. Some of us move out of our family homes at the first opportunity and rent our first place as soon as possible, while others stay with our families as long as we can to save up the down payment. Uchechi Ezurike-Bosse graduated from university and got a job with an above-average salary, which in her own words is rare, but also had a student loan. She want...

One of the tips that first time home buyers can leverage, is either adding an income-producing apartment in the basement, or buying one with an existing apartment. If you put one in later, you control the look and feel of the apartment, as well as the tenants. If you buy one with existing tenants can be beneficial and challenging. Natasha Laframboise was prepared for this challenge when buying a h...

When we purchase a property in real estate, we generally know or assume there's going to be a little bit of work that is needed to be done after moving in, which means also spending a little bit of money. Maybe some painting, change out some carpeting, update some fixtures, etc. All good? Chris Christian was prepared for this kind of work when buying her dream home. Little did she know that there...