The Your Life! Your Terms! Show

Russell Wescott has survived the wild world of real estate investing for multiple decades. He's seen it all at this point and he's survived the toughest challenge of them all ... your own ego. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show, we catch up with Russell and get his perspective on investing, lessons he's learned, mistakes he's made and his current thoughts on the Alberta market. You...

Corrine Sandler has a wild and wonderful life story. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we dig deep and cover how we may all have some imposter syndrome and how Corrine battled it. We also discuss principles to live life by, how to deal with feelings of inadequacy, the importance of protecting your thoughts and what life can truly be like when you face it head-on. Corrine is a brea...

Jay Shaw does the behind-the-scenes work that all investors count on ... property management! On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we get Jay to share what he's seeing with rental rates and trends in rental properties along the west side of the Golden Horseshoe. We chat about tenant selection processes, best practices for screening prospective tenants and how to set expectations arou...

Canada is a pretty amazing place. For all its faults and problems it's still a relatively amazing place to live and raise a family. Aleksander Kravic's parents managed to come to Canada during an extremely horrible situation in Bosnia and create a new life. Now Aleks Kravic is leveraging the opportunity of growing up here to create a life on his terms. We chat about education, life, Physiotherapy...

John Vallis has the unique ability to take complex ideas and distill them down to their essence. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we get John's latest thoughts on Bitcoin, the economy, life, pricing mechanisms and how distortions in the economy are the result of our current system. You can check out John's podcast, Bitcoin Rapid Fire on Youtube and you can follow John on Twitter...

Leasing out your first rental property can be a scary business. Dealing with applicants, screening for income and credit, signing the lease, adding addendums ... it can be overwhelming. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we sit down with Hart Togman, CEO and Founder of RentPanda.ca to chat about it all. We get to hear the story of how RentPanda.ca came to be and we cover marketing...

Steve Saretsky is a real estate aficionado, a Vancouver Realtor, an Investor and a student of macroeconomics. And what we enjoy most about Steve is that he's not shy to share his opinions on all of that! On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we dive into Steve's origin story, talk about life principles, chat Vancouver real estate and take some wild guesses at the future of Canadian re...

Anton Livaja is one of the good guys. He's like an online general securing the good guys from an endless onslaught of anonymous cyber attacks. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we sit down with Anton, VP of Information Security at Ledn.io, to discuss what we can all do to better protect our digital lives. Some of it is rather simple, some of it is advanced and all of it is importa...

Toronto has a massive housing shortage and for years nothing has been done about it. But that has finally changed. With the introduction of Laneway housing by-laws, we now have the opportunity to build tens of thousands of new homes right in the downtown area. This laneway "as of right" by-law was a group effort and a big part of its success was due to the team at Lanescape. On this episode of The...

Adam Schafer & his crew at Mind Pump are absolute BEASTS! Their podcast, Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth, is one of the top fitness podcasts in the entire world and has millions of listeners! From the success of their podcast, they've built a media empire & several other businesses, one of which is investing in U.S. single-family real estate. Tune in to hear the 'Raw Business Truth' of how Adam & his...

Mark and Kirsten Krikke have a wealth of experience and knowledge with mid-term AIRBNB rentals. They started by renting out the lower part of their house and stumbled upon a little used AIRBNB strategy, mid-term rentals. They've managed to create incredible amounts of cash flow on properties using this strategy and have even mixed it in with some longer term rental properties. They also have put a...

Dan Thiessen is the owner of Radix, an amazing gym that we are members of in Oakville, Ontario. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we chat about functional fitness, how much protein to eat and different training strategies. We also talk Crossfit, strongman, boxing and more. Dan and everyone at Radix have been a huge part of Tom and Nick's fitness journey. You can learn more about R...

Frank Ungaro is a pretty difficult guy to keep up with. Between running Passador BJJ in Niagara, investing in real estate, having a family, starting a Wine App, launching a podcast (Ugly Pike Podcast) and now launching a beer ... he's been busy! On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we talk about life, opportunities, challenges and get him to share the story of launching Ugly Pike Pil...

Marko Radosevic and Fernando Cipriano join us on this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show to catch up on anything and everything. Both are entrepreneurs, business owners and are willing to openly share their views on life. On this episode, we begin by discussing the value of making decisions and lead into discussions on Canadian real estate, interest rates, population fundamentals, Bitcoin,...

David Fraser & his wife Carrie are unstoppable. From turning a side hustle building "bunkies" into a full-time business with 25 employees, building a factory and getting a deal with all 5 Dragons on Dragons Den... to overcoming incredible adversity in their personal lives, and homeschooling 4 children. These two entrepreneurs are inspiring to watch and David reveals the whole truth of his journey!

MacKenzie Wilson from SingleKey.com laid down pro tips on how to advertise your property to tenants, screen tenants & protect yourself as a landlord. Speaking from his own experience of protecting his valuable assets & running Alberta's largest Facebook group of real estate investors (www.albertalandlordcommunity.ca). Investing in real estate WILL change your financial life, especially if you mini...

It's difficult to navigate the tax structures best suited for Canadians investing in U.S. property. On this episode of the Your Life! Your Terms! Show we sit down with Cherry Chan of RealEstateTaxTips.ca to get her perspective. Many Canadians set up with the incorrect corporate structures and end up paying more tax than perhaps required. We also chat about her life in Hong Kong compared to Canada....

We're huge Maple Leafs fans, so to host ex-Leaf Peter Holland on The Your Life! Your Terms! Show was a blast. On this episode, we chat about Peter's journey into professional hockey, some of his best and worst memories and what he learned along the way. We then get into how he ended up in Business Development with Toronto-based Satstreet.com as they grow their institutional and personal Bitcoin an...

Tammy DiTomaso is a real estate investor herself and is always hustling to find properties and opportunities for all the investors she works with. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show Tammy shares what she is seeing on the streets in the Hamilton, Brantford and Niagara markets right now. Latest rents, triplex trends and what investors are doing in the middle of one of the largest int...

We've heard that "it's too late for me to start investing in real estate" at least 10,000 times by now. Well, watch out because here comes Steve and Margaret. They didn't begin their real estate investing journey until Steve was in his early 60s in 2019. Margaret passed him a book on real estate and the rest is history. We're joined on this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show by Leslie Kitc...

Joey & Len are the co-hosts of The Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast and are back on the show so we can catch up on everything Bitcoin, banking, the economy, life, lifting, Canada and more! On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we dive into some of the lessons they've learned from their podcast, some of their favourite guests, the bear case for Bitcoin and what they think the future holds f...

On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we sit down with Fayek Faza to learn how his sneaker hobby has turned into a full-fledged business. Fayek and Aidan Karadza (Tom's son) are roommates at Western University in London, Ontario. Fayek became fascinated with sneakers in Grade 9 and slowly began buying and reselling different hard-to-find pairs. That led into Discord groups, meeting re...

Aidan & Anthony from the Rock Star Inner Circle membership team did another podcast takeover. We sat down with the super disciplined Rock Star Member Connor Eagleson. Connor's personal development practices have in turn transformed his outer world. Building a cash-flowing real estate portfolio, a passionate career in the Bitcoin lending industry, and a beautiful relationship with his fiancee Maggi...

Aidan & Anthony from the Rock Star Inner Circle membership team took over this episode while Tom & Nick were away in Croatia. They sat down with the young & knowledgable Lorenzo Podda, Underwriting Manager at BM Select Mortgages. Lorenzo revealed a ton of interesting insights into the mortgage business, how to love what you do for a living and how to put in the long hours needed to succeed in your...

Robin Taub is the author of, The Wisest Investment: Teaching Your Kids to Be Responsible, Independent and Money-Smart for Life. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we chat about allowances, bank accounts, first jobs, taxes and paying yourself first. And perhaps most importantly, we dive into values and how they play a huge role in all of our finances. This episode is near and dear t...