The Andrew Hines Real Estate Investing Podcast

In E159, Carstin Hao discusses how he's scaled up his investing operations in southern Ontario while working full time. He's working on a mix of BRRRRs in Brantford and Welland and has had some early successes. Carstin is savvy with sales and has an effective approach to getting tenants to vacate without offering cash for keys. Carstin is well on his way and proceeding with a great attitude. Pleas...

In E158, Jack Bernstein discusses how he went from Olympic hopeful snowboarder to business mogul, to real estate investor over the past 10 years. Jack is full of ambition and is a highly intelligent and diligent investor. Jack breaks down his investments in Oaville and Owen sound on this episode as well as talks about his other properties. One of the biggest takeaways from this episode is the way...

In E157, Allan Bell shares his story of getting started in real estate investing for the first year. As with many new investors, things didn't go completely smoothly right off the bat. Allan made a solid profit off of his first Chatham flip and then tackled a much larger project in Peterborough where his contractor unfortunately could not deliver despite taking a very large portion of his money. A...

In E156, Rodney Rodricks discusses his passive real estate investing strategy focused in Orlando Florida. Rodney is a well-experienced real estate investor that still works full time but he hasn't let that stop him from making progress. In this episode, Andrew and Rodney discuss how he's been able to make extremely affordable Florida properties perform for him and not consume his time. The theme o...

In E155, Cory Froc discusses real estate investing when things don't go perfect. Cory has been in the game longer than most investors on this show which means he has a lot more perspective. Despite nearly declaring bankruptcy around 2010, Cory got himself back in the game in 2016 and has hit the ground running. He now focuses on St Catherines Ontario where he does duplex conversions and a developm...

In E154, Shuayb Qureshi discusses how he's built a strong cash flowing real estate portfolio in Northern Ontario while working a full time job in the GTA. Shuayb is a professional engineer working for a big 5 bank and he balances his time and still remains 'passive' while obtaining strong cash flow at a distance, built in under 2 years. Shuayb made an excellent case study for having the correct mi...

In E153, Chris Herlin discusses his transition from Engineer to Real Estate investor full time. He's built a buy-and-hold portfolio in addition to his flips in the St Thomas and Stratford areas of Ontario and has recently made a move out to British Columbia as part of a life-long dream. In this episode Chris shares details on his wholesale business, his flipping business as well as his high cash f...

In E152, Wilson Pabon came back on the show for an update to discuss how things have been going since he moved out to Edmonton. So far Wilson has evicted a handful of tenants, increased cash flow and seen up to $1800/month in cash flow on a minor renovation duplex. Edmonton is a unique market with high vacancy and Wilson is still managing to fill his units quickly and command strong cash flow. Fro...

In E151, Shane Melanson discusses his commercial real estate investing path, how he got started with real estate investing and how he's developing real estate now. Shane learned not to 'trust anyone' early on in real estate by seeing family members burned but too-good-to-be-true opportunities. Shane is extremely wise and he thinks his plans through diligently. Some noteworthy conversations on this...

In E150, Kory MacKinnon gives an update on what he's been up to in the real estate work since his first episode on the podcast (E044) nearly two years ago. Kory is an aggressive real estate investor and real estate coach that makes a full-time living in the real estate niche. Between coaching, investing and sharing his story and brand, Kory has his hands full and executes his business with grace....

In E148, Joe Costanza discusses how he's grown his portfolio from zero to 6 over the past 2 years with plenty of cash flow and large equity gains. Joe is still in his mid 20s and is off to a great start and is showing sound business acumen in his endeavours so far. Learn how Joe spots deals, manages his properties at a distance, including as far as Sudbury, and builds teams to create BRRRRs while...

In E147, Susan White Livermore discusses long term investing, learning from her mistakes and how she's managed to live 'retired' for the past 11 years. Susan started investing early, had her ups and downs and has loads of wisdom which this episode digs into. If you're interested in learning about market indicators to watch for, success mindset and what Susan does to have fun while building wealth...

In E146, TJ Harb talks entrepreneurship, multifamily investing and high value flips. TJ is the owner and operator of Harb Plumbing and several other related companies. On the real estate side, he's a builder, plumber and investor and he's showing what it likes to be successful in every area. TJ is great at managing a team, exploiting his competitive advantages and adding value to real estate. His...

In E145, Andrew discusses his current projects and what he's been up to as well as his thoughts on the current political and economic climate. Andrew discusses his Florida new construction projects, how he's managing the process, how he got setup and what his numbers look like as well as what he's working on with his latest trailer park acquisition. Andrew has recently firmed up on a trailer park...

In E144, Aditya Soma discusses how he changed his life with real estate. He came from India for school and decided to stay in Canada. Aditya worked in IT and quit his full time job in 2019 to become a full time investor and realtor. Aditya has build a large portfolio of properties and is exercising creative strategies to create his own cash flow with quality assets. The lessons conveyed in this ep...

In E143, Mel, Dave and Andrew discuss international investing, the US Visa process, Mel and Dave's North Bay portfolio of mixed use and multifamily and how they've aggressively built both their portfolio and their team over the past year. Mel and Dave originally appeared on the 43rd episode of this podcast and returned for episode 143 (coincidence) to share what's changed. They've been very busy w...

In E142, Jeremy Ivany discusses his he's built a business out of his real estate investments. Jeremy started 'boots on the ground' doing all or most of his own work and grew aggressively. Now he doesn't work on site at all and he's growing even faster. Jeremy is an extremely savvy investor and he's still just 25 years old. He and his girlfriend Taylor form an effective team to grow a large scale p...

In E139, Jaqueline Marshall discusses how she transitioned from Dental Hygiene to full time real estate investor over the past several years. Jaqueline is a living example of how hard work and endless determination will lead to results. From her initial high-cash-flow rental portfolio which she unintentionally built to the hands-on renovate and flip model she uses now across Ontario, Jacquline sho...

In E138, Yakov Pertchik discusses how he's been able to achieve $2000+ cash flow per month with his signature single family to triplex conversion that he's be executing with enormous success. Yakov has also more recently dove into development with a project he's working on to build a very large addition on a smaller, non-conforming lot. He's going through the minor variance process and talks on th...

In E137, Michal Wach comes back on the show, after originally appearing in episode 033, and gave an update on how he's continued to scale his portfolio quickly. Michal has been focused on adding value to units in the Niagara region, including converting side splits and back-splits into 3 unit buildings win Welland. While the market appreciation has certainly helped him, Michal's meticulous and lon...

In E136, Julius van Rooyen discusses how he methodically flips properties in Southwest Florida. While Julius originally started by flipping lower priced properties, he's more recently found his niche flipping high-end homes because he finds it easier to deal with the end buyers and easier to find the inventory to buy. Julius is new to the game but grew up in a real estate family. He's hit the grou...

In E135, Dave Knight discusses how he manages balancing his full time position as a police office as well as being a 'full-time' investor and income property flipped. Dave is a podcast host and an extremely savvy investor who knows how to create $100K profit per flip. In this episode Dave and Andrew discuss how to get optimal market rent, how to assess opportunities and the fundamentals that go in...

In E134, Ara Poladian discusses how he lost his job when the first lockdown started and how he shifted gears to start his own construction company that would cater to not only his own BRRRR projects, but also to other investors. Ara made no excuses for himself and used his existing skillset to branch into home renovations, leaving his career as a P.Eng. Ara and Andrew discussed how to make decisio...

In E133, Ross Nedaee discussed how he has built his real estate portfolio from almost nothing to 20 units in under one year. Ross is full of ambition, has experience as a realtor and works in sales so he's been able to apply what he knows to build out his operation with confidence. Between real estate investing, perfect BRRRRs, slick negotiations and building his social media presence, Ross seems...

In E132, Jacob Campagnaro discusses how he invests in AirBnB properties and how he's pivoting into investing into trailers to stage as vacation rentals. Jacob is a commercial real estate agent and a vacation rental investor and this conversation was package with information on both types of investment. The episode started with a case study on Jacob's Airbnb and his fantastic cash flow as well as h...