The REITE Club - Real Estate Investing for Canadians

Guest:  Diane Ulman, Lawyer Diane started practicing law about 10 years ago. She now deals with ‘happy’ law which means real estate whether buying or selling. Thanks to COVID, 99% of closings are now virtual. Diane was recently asked by a 4 year-old what she does as a real estate lawyer. Here are her main duties: 1. confirming the right people are signing and involved. 2. Confirmi...

Guest:  Daniel St-Jean, Co-Founder of The REITE Club and Real Estate Investor Daniel is an expert in the people business! In this interview he shared his best networking tips… don’t do it! Connectworking is the way to go. Connect with people for who they are and what they want and need. It’s not about what they do and what you need. People will do business with people they k...

Guest:  Charles Kayitaba, Mortgage Specialist & Real Estate Investor Charles recently completed his first BRRRR. That’s in part what prompted him to become a mortgage broker. He learned so much during the entire process that he chose to pursue this career path. In this podcast he shared some amazing insider tips on how to deal with down payments, debt coverage ratios, working with c...

Guest:  Angela Dupuis & Joseph Sicurella, Real Estate Investors Angela & Joey have been investors for many years. However, they only started taking Joint Venture partners in March 2021. After only a month of promoting their services, they found all the partners they wanted and more. They knew they were onto something. It all began when Angela was only 25 and she decided to house hack &#821...

Guest:  Justin Konikow, Realtor & Real Estate Investor Justin shared some amazing insider information for investors! Did you know that Amazon is building a warehouse in Talbotville, just outside of St. Thomas? This is going to radically change the area as many businesses will follow suit. St. Thomas is also on the radar with a massive mixed-use development happening downtown. Listen to the ful...

Guest:  Nancy Morris, Certified Business Psychologist This episode is part of our Mind Estate series. We interviewed Nancy to find out how we can have a wealthy mind! Mindset is a huge part of becoming a real estate investor and we discussed many strategies to help us get past any mental well-being hurdles. Most people’s mental well-being fluctuates during the day and that is normal. Investi...

Guest:  Jason Boccinfuso, Real Estate Investor & Land Developer In today’s episode, Daniel St-Jean interviews Jason Boccinfuso about land development and pre-construction opportunities. Jasons says that development is like blank canvas painting! You have to have a vision and understand the constraints you have to work with. Access to services is essential: sewer, water, roads, inter...

Guest:  Katherine Nelson-Riley, Real Estate Investor & Operations Manager at The REITE Club Katherine is such an inspiration! Not only is she The REITE Club’s Operations Manager, she’s also a very strong woman who shared her very personal story. Extremely difficult life experiences led her to more easily accept creative financing and partnerships. Learning constantly and growi...

Guest:  Carina Guzmán, Real Estate Investor & Land Developer Carina started out with buy and hold properties and then quickly got into land development. She even planned her second pregnancy leave from work so that she could work on her real estate projects. Carina now looks for undervalued land that could be re-zoned and valued differently. She goes through soil testing, environmental st...

Guest:  Angie Pettyjohn, Mortgage Broker & Victoria Pettyjohn Mortgage Agent Angie & Victoria are an awesome mother-daughter team! Angie began doing some private lending using her HELOC and registered funds. She’s passionate about helping investors grow and build their portfolios. Victoria is her underwriter and as a team, they are helping hundreds of investors succeed in this extrem...

Guest:  Danielle Chiasson, Entrepreneur & Real Estate Investor Danielle is such an inspirational woman! She started out with flips and has recently switched to acquire multifamily buildings to create generational wealth. Listen to the full episode to learn about some great tips on how to organize your life to spend time with your loved ones and focus on where you add the most value. Danie...

Guest:  Anika Helen, Paralegal Anika shared a lot of insider information about the current situation with landlords and tenants in Ontario. Laurel and François were able to ask some interesting questions like tenants not moving out of a house that has been purchased for private use, eviction bans, and much more. Applications at the Ontario Landlord & Tenant Board now take 18 to 20 months...

Guest:  Melissa Shymko, realtor and real estate investor Melissa is a very astute investor and realtor! She shares with Laurel and François a lot of tips on where to invest and what to look for if buying in Edmonton. Something to consider is where to put the snow… The city of Edmonton is very investor-friendly. With no land transfer tax and lots of opportunities to add secondary suites,...

Guests:  Rob Break and Natasha Cultraro, Real Estate Investors This episode is very different! It’s a live podcast where our guests were able to share about their experience moving to Costa Rica with their families! Rob decided to leave as the second lockdown was happening so that his children would be able to enjoy a more normal life. Natasha had been planning this move for years and t...

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 powe...

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 ent...

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...

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 acquisiti...

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 intervie...

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 lo...

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...

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 l...

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....

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...

Guest:  Austin Yeh, Real Estate Investor Austin was very candid about his rapid growth and early mistakes. What matters here is that he learned a great deal from taking on too much and not having the right systems in place. Austin discussed how having a power team and the right systems can make a world of difference in your real estate investing. He shared some great tips on how to acquire of...