The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for Canadians
328 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 8 hours ago - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe Truth About Real Estate Investing... for Canadians is by Canadians for Canadians eh? The show is exactly that, we speaks truths, no get rich quick schemes, investing is a marathon, if you're looking to get rich quick this is not the place for you. Instead, we invest based on economic fundamentals using tried and true best practices that generate wealth for the long term.
The Show is hosted by Erwin Szeto aka Mr. Hamilton. Erwin is a professional real estate investor, Realtor at Rock Star Brokerage Inc., 2015 winner of Realtor of the year by the Real Estate Investment Network AND the Canadian Real Estate Wealth Magazine. He is an expert in his field and knows his business like no other.
In this show, he deconstructs world class investors, digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and lessons that all investors can use.
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Episodes
Starting an Amazon Business
May 30, 2018 11:19 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBStarting an Amazon Business Does is seem like Amazon is everywhere? They sure seem to be creating jobs in the thousands each time they are in the news: 3,000 jobs in Vancouver and more recently announced another 1,000 in Ottawa. I’m fasting on Amazon along with breakfast too but I can’t help but buy lots of books on my kindle as I love reading it to fall asleep each night in the dark. But our household still buys tons off Amazon: phone cases, organic coconut milk, belts, hard dr...
Mortgage Market Update
May 23, 2018 15:30 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBMortgage Market Update With Dave Butler This week’s guest is none other than Dave Butler of Butler Mortgage, one of the top producing mortgage brokers in the country and my personal Mortgage professional. Dave is going to update us on the latest in the lending markets in terms of government restrictions on lending, where interest rates are going, choosing between fixed or variable interest, the dirty secrets of the private lending market and how to limit risks when private lending. ...
Investing in Rural Real Estate
May 16, 2018 12:30 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBInvesting in Rural Real Estate Outside Winnipeg, MB with Candice Bakx-Friesen I was talking to my friend Stephen Jones at the May REIN meeting about the affordability crisis in the Golden Horseshoe’s real estate market. Stephen lives in the East, I in the West but the challenges are no different, where will the next generation live? Stephen theorized if our kids did not have investor parents, they would have to move to Winnipeg for affordability reasons. I countered, “no, they ...
Why would anyone want to build a $1 Million RSP?
May 10, 2018 12:21 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBWhy would anyone want to build a $1 Million RSP? With Kathleen Van Den Berg It all started with an article I sent CFP, MBA Kathleen Van Den Berg, an article titled How to build a million dollar RRSP — it isn't as hard to get there as you think and she corrected me in stating "think they are asking the wrong question. Why would anyone want to build a $1M RSP?” To which I responded, I don’t know! Let’s flush it out on the podcast!! hahaha We also cover some hot topics such as how...
Leadership, Performance & Aliveness
May 02, 2018 17:35 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBIf you’ve heard our previous interview, you know listening to Oliver Manalese will expand your mind and today’s interview is no different. He was co-owner of Rent Busters, a leading Rent To Own company and he gave it all up to pursue more fulfilling work as a personal performance coach. We talk about business, investing, how he was a catalyst for a mutual friend (a successful real estate investor) who ended their divorce and got back together with his wife making his kids the happiest kids ...
Large Multi-Family Investing - Pierre-Paul Turgeon
April 25, 2018 02:06 - 1 hour - 79.4 MBFormer CMHC Underwriter for apartment buildings Pierre-Paul Turgeon is a veteran apartment building investor and the country’s best teacher in multifamily investing is back on the show. Not only is he a leading expert on investing, he is a philanthropist who offered vacant units in his buildings rent free to victims of the Fort McMurray Fires plus food and clothing. He is exactly the type of guest we enjoy having on the show for an update on the Alberta market, lessons on apartment buildin...
Beating Rental Licensing and Cancer, Investing in Apartment Buildings and Cryptos
April 19, 2018 01:55 - 1 hour - 84.6 MBMy friend Mike Iuliano is many things, a backyard gardener, a foodie expert of restaurants in the Niagara Region, same with apartment buildings in the Niagara Region. Mike lead a coalition of Niagara landlords to fight the city of St. Catharines in Ontario Superior Court and won thus allowing all us student rental investors to operate our safe, clean rental properties for young adults. Mike’s advice and lessons are now more important than ever as a couple Niagara Region towns are impl...
Podcasting with Breakthrough Investor/Agent Rob Break
April 12, 2018 21:05 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBRob Break is the newest member of the Rock Star family as a real estate agent and coach, and we are happy to have him!! Rob has invested in countless investment properties and guided investor clients through the same in the Durham region. As Rob is the host of possibly the top real estate podcast in Canada, we are in for a treat as he shares tips on podcasting, favourites guests, tips on investing in the Durham region and wholesaling real estate. our mic of choice AudioTechnica A...
From Homeless in Ottawa to Mr. Ottawa w. Tony Miller
April 05, 2018 01:54 - 1 hour - 82 MBTony is many things, a father, husband, real estate investor, real estate agent, and not just any real estate agent but rather the preferred agent for Ottawa by both Keyspire and the Real Estate Investment Network He has also literally been homeless and lived on the streets of Ottawa when he was a teenager but turned it around including a long stint working for the Government of Canada with great pay and one those wonderful defined benefit pensions we all envy but don’t forget, you hav...
Hacking Your Personality for Success w Lisa Mitchell
March 21, 2018 21:21 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBUnderstanding your personality is essential to success and will advance your business and career. That is why we invited Leadership Coach and Consultant with 20 year experience as a Corporate Leader and Executive Lisa Mitchell on the show to explain the types of personalities, the preferences for each personality and the areas to develop for improvement. If possible, I would suggest you pause this episode and if you’ve never done a personality test before, go to www.TonyRobbins.com/di...
New Standardized Lease w Paralegal Diane Digiandomenico
March 13, 2018 19:28 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBEveryone’s favourite combination Property Manager, Paralegal, licensed Realtor Diane Digiandomenico is back for round 2 at my request to explain her thoughts on the new standardized lease that comes into effect at the end of April. Before we start, so that no one sues Diane or I... The content on this web site and podcast is provided for general information purposes only and does not constitute legal or other professional advice or an opinion of any kind. Users of this web site a...
Author of Fix and Flip Ian Szabo
March 07, 2018 17:40 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBI’ve known Ian Szabo for a very long time, since about 2008 when I first joined REIN and there was a lot more of him. He’s since lost 40-50 pounds and written two best selling books: Reno to Riches and Fix & Flip. At the time he’d started his transformation already from his renovation business to full time investing for himself. Ian then wanted to give back to the community by starting his flip school and his current focus, Ian’s short bus talks where he video logs from a refurbished, pim...
All Time Best Selling Canadian Real Estate Author Don R Campbell ep3
February 20, 2018 20:54 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBAll Time Best Selling Canadian Real Estate Author Don R Campbell ep3 This week’s guest is none other than all time best selling Canadian real estate author Don R Campbell and spoiler alert, he’s a fan of the show!! "I like your podcast, I think it’s real, it’s fresh, you have got good guests that area real life guests, it’s awesome” Don R Campbell; All Time, Best Selling, Canadian Real Estate Author We cover a lot of subjects: politics, Bitcoin and cryptocurrency investing,...
How a Toronto Investor Improved His Net Worth by $2 Million with One Written Goal
February 13, 2018 20:16 - 1 hour - 56 MBRyan Hindmarsh was referred to me by my then client James Maggs over six years ago. James is now the VP of my Coaching Services team and it’s funny how much can change in six years… For Ryan, he wrote a goal six years ago to buy investment property outside of his two family home in Toronto in order to make money in his sleep. He then reached out to his BFF James Maggs because he knew he was already investing and the result is assets minus liabilities equals $2 million without investing a d...
The CFP Who Recommends Real Estate
February 07, 2018 16:31 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBThe Certified Financial Planner Who Recommends Real Estate Kathleen Van Den Berg, aside from having a long name has an alphabet of academic designations after her name: MBA, Master of Business Administration; CFP, Certified Financial Planner; CLU, Certified Life Underwriter; I may be missing some other letters but I know Kathleen also has her mortgage license. I first met Kathleen through an introduction by a mutual friend and I find her presentations and our conversations fascin...
The Future of Marketing: Search Engine Optimization w/ John Vuong
January 24, 2018 19:15 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBI was talking to one of my fellow students during a break during Brazilian Jiu Jitsu class who is still a student. He’s in electrical engineering so as always, I’m rhyming off unsolicited advice on fields of study to make money. I recommended learning about SEO (search engine optimization) and Block Chain as that’s the future right? Why is SEO a big deal? Search engine optimization may be the reason you found me or one of my websites, but I’m merely a student of the subject, that’s wh...
The Millennial Retirement Plan: Seven Houses at Age 33 w Sarah Larbi
January 17, 2018 23:29 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBWe are BAAACKKK! And we survived FOUR days and three nights in Las Vegas!!! LOL I have a group of real estate buddies I hang out with for several reasons, we all like to have fun, we have flexible work schedules to meet during the week so we can reserve weekends for work and family, and most importantly we love to talk business and real estate. Business and pleasure wrapped into one, dropped in the middle of the Las Vegas strip for some masterminding and fun. The masterminding ...
2017 In Review
January 04, 2018 18:58 - 20 minutes - 18.3 MBHello real estate investors!! Welcome to another episode of the truth about real estate investing show. Happy New Years to you all! We have many terrific guests lined up for 2018 so make sure to subscribe so you may learn their lessons to ensure you achieve your new years resolutions and I’m sure they include increased financial security and freedom!! In case anyone is interested, the Real Estate Investment Network is hosting it’s annual weekend workshop call the Authentic ...
My 2nd Property of 2017
December 07, 2017 21:33 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBHello Halton, Toronto, Hamilton, Brantford, St. Catharines, Niagara, Welland, Thorold real estate investors!!! It’s December so we’re into full swing holiday mode!!!! Christmas lights are clipped into our eavestroughs, our light up Santa got blown over on our front lawn, the usual stuffs! This year we started a new tradition, the Royal Botanical Garden’s Santa’s Signature Experience. My wife booked it after reading the raving views on a Facebook mom’s group and the experience lived up...
Gold Award & Economic Update
November 28, 2017 22:22 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBHello Halton, Toronto, Hamilton, Brantford, St. Catharines, Niagara, Welland, Thorold real estate investors!!! This week we close on another investment property, our 2nd this year with plans to buy our third hopefully in December. Last week was November’s REIN meeting and I finally remembered to update and submit my list of properties I had purchased as a REIN member. Lucky enough, Don Campbell was in town to present live and I awarded my gold pin for 17 properties. Don and the whol...
Capital Gains Exemption On Rental Property
November 15, 2017 16:23 - 17 minutes - 16 MBHello Halton, Toronto, Hamilton, Brantford, St. Catharines, Niagara, Welland, Thorold real estate investors!!! Who doesn’t like live music especially when they put on THE BEST live performance. My credo is, life is all about experiences and I recommend you catch USS if they’re ever playing a gig near you. The both shows in Hamilton and my friends Mike Gillespie, St Catharines investor extraordinaire; John Roumanis, Hamilton investor of $600,000 in 6 Years fame; and Steve had a great ...
How To Prepare for the Housing Crash
November 09, 2017 22:53 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBHello Halton, Toronto, Hamilton, Brantford, St. Catharines, Niagara, Welland, Thorold real estate investors!!! What a terrific weekend in sports for Canadian sports!! My Saturday started with spectating a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournament to support my teammates from http://www.mnunesbjj.com/ who competing. I’m still a beginner at the sport so I was there to be a cheerleader and to experience a competition as a spectator before I sign up to fight grown men in 2018. Yup, I’m committed to...
The Inner Change Maker of Real Estate w/ Jay Wong
November 01, 2017 21:21 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBWe have a very interesting guest this week with my friend THE JAY WONG, who is a real estate investor but he’s more well known for his ultra successful, rated #1 Self-Help podcast theinnerchangemaker.com on iTunes. I know if you’re listening, you may enjoy my podcast, however Jay gets 50-60 times as many downloads as I do so you can just imagine how good the theinnerchangemaker.com is. Jay’s mission is to create empowering media that summarizes all of these great lessons covered in on his ...
How A Mechanic Invested in 20 Properties in TWO Years
October 26, 2017 14:41 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBI’m excited to bring to you, all the way from Oshawa, Ontario, Ryan Carr, a trained Mechanic who was bitten by the entrepreneurial bug and turned to real estate at first renovating his own investment properties and when he couldn’t scale himself working on the tools, he hired full time contractors. If you’ve been renovating or looking to renovate like I have, you know how hard it is to get the attention of contractors with this housing boom going on. Ryan’s solution is to hire folks full t...
I Quit! Trading Security for Independence With Cash Flow Investing and Mindset - Rene Masse
October 18, 2017 18:12 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBThis week I’m excited to bring to you, all the way from Kingston, Ontario, Rene Masse who was been working with tenants for over 20 years as he did grow up along side them living in his home. Rene has invested for 10 years having reached the significant milestone of earning $5,000 cash flow per month from student rentals after six years and he did so investing only $14,000 of his own money! That is a pretty good return on investment considering Rene quit his teaching job three months giving...
How a Failing Student Became a Multi-Millionaire in Real Estate
October 04, 2017 15:07 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBThis week I’m excited to bring to you my friend and client Roger Auger who grew up in a poor and less than ideal household in a bad part of town. From an early age, Roger learned he had to hustle to make money to pay his parents’ mortgage because what else should a 13 year old be doing. But he struggled in school and resorted to blackmailing his high school teachers to allow him to graduate or endure another year him back. Roger tried college but that didn’t work out but he never stopped w...
Creating a Pension in 4 Years vs 40 Years
September 27, 2017 01:35 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBThis week I’m excited to bring to you my friend and client Kaush Nanubhai (pronounced Koh-shh Na-new-bye) who started off buying condos in downtown Toronto as a young professional Accountant as he described buying a condo better use of his disposable income than drinking and partying. Many years later and having bigger goals in mind including more income and improved lifestyle, he’s now built himself a sizeable portfolio now at 11 investment properties, acquiring eight of them in the last f...
Real Estate Developer Charles Wah Update
September 15, 2017 21:59 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBThis week I’m excited to bring to you the return of Charles Wah, you might remember him from our land development interview six months ago and he’s fresh off the set of Scott McGilvray’s newest show to give you all an update on his land development projects and the new investments and building development projects he has on the go. We’ll take a sneak peak at the behind the scenes of HGTV’s biggest star, how Charles spends his off time, and we will share our thought’s and lessons from the ph...