The Green Effect Podcast

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 4 - Episode 15   Real Estate Investing, Joint Ventures, Kingston Real Estate, Successful Student Rentals with René Masse, Investor /Realtor/Coach/Entrepreneur   On this week's edition of The Green Effect Podcast, we have Rene Masse…or whatever his name is! Rene is a successful investor in the Kingston area as well as a realtor in Ontario. We talk about wh...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 4 - Episode 14   Current State and Future of Mortgage Broker Technology with Tom Hall, Co-Founder, Blu Mortgage!   Very excited to have Tom Hall, Co- Founder of Blu Mortgage visits The Green Effect Podcast!   Tom and his company are leading the industry with incredible mortgage technology solutions. Their Blu Mortgage platform is an industry leading solut...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 4 - Episode 13   Mother's Day Weekend | Mortgage Broker Fined for Fraud | Canada Post Woes | Jobs Numbers - Good but Bad | Tenant Ordered to Pay A LOT of Money for Non-Res Landlord   In this episode, we explore a bunch of stuff starting with the joy of Mother's Day Weekend. We'll discuss how my wife and I spent our day…watching a roast! Switching to a tou...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 4 - Episode 12   Federal Budget Fallout | Rates.   Up? Down? Sideways? | Death of the Middle Class | 3.9 Million Homes? | Now What?   Join me this week as we dissect the most pressing economic issues. First, we delve into the recent federal budget's fallout—what it means for the economy and how it affects you. Then, we'll break down interest rates: Are th...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 4 - Episode 11   Market Update - Housing are moving! | Halal Mortgages - Clarity | Stupid Things My Prime Minister Says | Housing Thoughts and Where We are Going   We start the podcast this week with our usual market update going through the happenings of offers on homes and mortgage rates.   We then begin to break down the federal budget that was release...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 4 - Episode 10   Guest Appearance with Bryan Braga, Mortgage Agent with The Financial Collective!   Bryan visits us to talk about his journey as a new Mortgage Agent in this insane market.   We chat about COVID and the impact on all people who were looking to grow their careers at that time.   Dive into the circle of life: Go to school, work, retire, and...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 4 - Episode 9   Monitor problems | Social Media Consultant | Market Chat | Employment Numbers | CMHC Predictions | Bond prices and fixed rates   Nuts-o week!   I hit on all three of The Green Effect Podcast's main topics…Finance, Life, and Business.   I start by talking about my new and incredible experiences with a social media consultant. I then give an...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 4 - Episode 8   Market Update - BIG Shifts! | Shameless Plugs on Programs: TFCMP.ca and PremierePartner.ca | Immigration Number CHANGES! | OSFI is ALIVE and Talking!   Really interesting week in the market…things are very much picking up and we talk about it. We've got some incredible new programs that we also chat about that you need to know about! We fi...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 4 - Episode 7   Market Talk | The B.O.C. Announcement - Now What? | Economy Worst Than Appears? | Rental Property Challenges   Let's talk what is going on in the market! Multiples, over list price, going firm. Like it's 2021 all over again! Is the economy worst than things appear?   We have high debt to income household debt and high business insolvency…n...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 4 - Episode 6   The B.O.C. Rate Announcement | Quarterly Bank Earnings | Turnover Rents Up HUGE! | First Timer Incentive Axed | Rate Talk   It's Bank of Canada Rate Announcement Week…almost as exciting as Super Bowl Week!   What are they going to do? Quarterly bank results are out…who are the winners and losers.   Hint, the casino always wins! Turnover re...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 4 - Episode 5   Personal Update | Inflation and Interest Rates | New Home Construction and Immigration | Fraud at HSBC   We start with a personal update about me and my messed up world.   Then move on to Canadian inflation talk which of course becomes interest rate talk.   New home construction way down…shocker! But what role will a reduction in internati...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 4 - Episode 4   Personal Surgery Update | Roller Coaster Ride of Canadian Unemployment, US Inflation, and Tiffyboy Speaking | Mortgage Renewal Planning and Mortgage Planners   Crazy week. Just crazy. Had an important surgery canceled, unemployment numbers and inflation are all over the place, and then Tiffyboy won't shut up. Nuts.   We unpack two very sig...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 4 - Episode 3   Personal Updates | Rate talk…now what? | International Students and AirBNBs | What I'm seeing with mortgages | Crazy stats around new Canadians and housing starts   Had an up and down week…flooring, doctor, and lots-o mortgages.   The B.O.C. had their rate announcement…boring but where are we going now? International Student admittance cap...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 4 - Episode 2   Fun Mortgage Rates Talk | Foreclosures and Power of Sales | Immigration Change of Direction? | Federal Government Not Getting the Love   Let's talk mortgage rates and the emotional rollercoaster that they are. Foreclosures and Power of Sales are big…but are they? And who are they really impacting? Is Canadian Immigration going a completely...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 4 - Episode 1   Happy New Year! | 2024 Predictions | Mortgage Rates and The B.O.C.'s choices | AirBNB Bans and Their True Impact…if any? | International Students | Housing in General   2024 is here…thank goodness!   2023 can just go f$#@ off!   Let's talk about what 2024 has in store for us.   Rates, mortgages, and immigration.   Popular topics and all wi...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 3 - Episode 40   International Student Changes Coming! | AirBNB - What's in Store for People with AirBNBs? | The B.O.C. and their non-move on rates | What's Next For Housing?   International students have changes coming to their requirements to be here in Canada…will that change things? AirBNB bans in major urban centres…will this bring a landslide of inv...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 3 - Episode 39   SPECIAL EPISODE | Housing Hell - Video Review | Bank Quarterly Earnings | Loan Loss Provisions   VERY excited for this podcast.   I bring the latest and greatest with the Banks' Quarterly Earnings…still making money! Also chat about Loan Loss Provisions and why no one should jump off any buildings just yet.   The star of our episode is my...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 3 - Episode 38   Two topics: New Canada Mortgage Charter | October Inflation Report   We break down the New Canadian Mortgage Charter that was read at the Fall Economic Statement.   Short Term Rentals Tax punishment, Not Building Enough Homes, and owing a bit of interest on their debt are the major topics.   Then, we dive a bit into the October Inflation...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 3 - Episode 37   My week and my injuries | Take Care Of Maya Chat | The B.O.C. Dilemma | Efficient Immigration   Had a rough week with an injury…rough being a weekend warrior! I chat about the "Take Care of Maya" movie. The B.O.C. and their band of merry people…what's next? Is there a way we could have "efficient immigration" to make sure we can really ad...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 3 - Episode 36   Back to the solo gig! | Bank of Canada Accountment - Read Between the Lines | Federal Government - Backtrack Party | Rate Outlook and Should You Buy a House Right Now?   Back to the solo gig for this weekly episode! We dig a little bit deeper into The B.O.C. announcement. As folks over 45 will understand, it's not about the pictures, t's...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 3 - Episode 35   Special Guest - Jonathan Pooley! | Starting a New Business | Surrounding Yourself with Success | Networking and Building Relationships | The Mortgage Agent Grind!   VERY excited to have the man himself, Jonathan Pooley, Mortgage Agent with The Financial Collective.   Jonathan is a fantastic new agent that joined our team and his fearless...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 3 - Episode 34   Two weeks off - travel and almost died! | What's going on in the market? MOI, employment issues | Where are rates going now? | JT and people not liking him | Do NOT be ashamed to reach out for help!   Guess who's back?   Had a couple of weeks off.   Traveled, saw some things, almost died.   You know, the usual.   Market is here, there an...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!     Season 3 - Episode 33     Phil Bailey, Real Estate Agent, House Sigma joins us!     Lots of Market Talk | The business in general | Family, kids, and forgiveness | Shocking questions asked!     Second half of our home-n-home series with Phil.  Poor sucker had me on his podcast a couple of weeks ago so I'm returning the  favour .  We talk about a lot of general...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!     Season 3 - Episode 32     Golfing, Tech Conference, Apple Conspiracy | Feds Announce GST elimination on Rentals | Less People Want to Live in Canada | CMHC Report on Housing     Back to a solo video session for this week. We talk about my week last week with Golf Sponsorship and sitting at a hole for two days, the Zoho tech conference I attended, and my though...

The Green Effect Podcast is LIVE!   Season 3 - Episode 31   Thoughts on The B.O.C.'s non-rate announcement | Rent To Home - What it is and isn't AND how it helps people | Thoughts on where the housing market is headed   Special Guest - Alfonso Salemi - Co-Owner/Co-Founder/Co-In Charge at JAGG Rent to Home   Very excited to have a great partner Alfonso Salemi on from JAAG.   Rent to Home (Own) has...