Vancouver Real Estate Podcast
452 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsVancouver's premier real estate podcast. Your source for buying, selling, or investing in the Vancouver Real Estate Market with two of Vancouver's top realtors, Adam and Matt Scalena.
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VREP #235 | How to Find Cash Flow in Vancouver Right Now with Shane Doyle
August 06, 2020 03:57 - 1 hour - 50.1 MBWe get it: finding cash flow positive properties in Vancouver is tough. No one knows that better than today’s guest, Shane Doyle, Founder & CEO at NationWide Self Storage. Shane went looking for the impossible in Vancouver and found it in self storage and car washes. But with our city’s steep land prices, neither could justify the investment on their own. But what about a car wash with self storage?! Shane sits down with Adam & Matt to talk best practices, understanding the details & exercis...
VREP #235 | How to Find Cash Flow in Vancouver with Shane Doyle
August 06, 2020 03:57 - 1 hour - 50.1 MBWe get it: finding cash flow positive properties in Vancouver is tough. No one knows that better than today’s guest, Shane Doyle, Founder & CEO at NationWide Self Storage. Shane went looking for the impossible in Vancouver and found it in self storage and car washes. But with our city’s steep land prices, neither could justify the investment on their own. But what about a car wash with self storage?! Shane sits down with Adam & Matt to talk best practices, understanding the details & exercis...
VREP #234 | How Mindset & Action Plans can get you to $90M in Real Estate with Epic Alliance
July 30, 2020 01:02 - 51 minutes - 41.7 MBIncredible show alert! Back by popular demand, Rochelle Laflamme & Alisa Thompson, co-founders of Epic Alliance and creators of the Hassle-Free Landlord / Fund a Flip programs, join Adam & Matt to chart their explosive growth (and we mean explosive!) from electricians to top-tier real estate investors well on their way to $1 billion. Learn what makes these high performers different from the rest, from strategy to self-study, and how mastering mindset can supercharge your life and your bank a...
VREP #233 | What's Really Happening in the Vancouver Real Estate Market?
July 23, 2020 04:35 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBAre you hearing conflicting reports? Perhaps you just heard the CMHC call for 9-18% price drops in the Vancouver market, but then your neighbour Todd's home sold in multiple offers. And Todd's place was a dump. And Todd's got bad taste. And, come to think of it, you don't actually even like Todd...no one does. And he got over asking during Covid?!? So, what is really happening in the Vancouver real estate market? On today's show, Adam & Matt offer an extended version of their recent talk at ...
VREP #232 | From ZERO to 187 Doors in 15 Years with Michael Zuber
July 16, 2020 17:24 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBAlligator properties are looming in the bog-lands of Vancouver and you may not even know they exist! This week, Michael Zuber - real estate investor, author, and young retiree - joins Adam & Matt to provide a blueprint from how he went from ZERO to 187 doors in less than 15 years. Retired in his 40s, Michael tells us how to stay on top of markets, how to structure your investment goals, and how to build a real estate empire while living in an expensive region on the West Coast. This episode ...
VREP #231 | Will Vancouver Real Estate Prices Drop in 2020? with CMHC's Eric Bond
July 08, 2020 22:51 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBCMHC made headlines this Spring predicting big drops for Canadian Real Estate and now we have the Vancouver edition. CMHC Economist & Market Analyst, Eric Bond, sits down with Adam & Matt to interpret the data, discuss methodology and provide some startling predictions. What will be the long-term effects of Covid-19? Will Vancouver real estate prices drop? What does the Vancouver Real Estate Market look like in 2021 and beyond? And which segments of the market will outperform? The answer mig...
VREP #230 | Major Mistakes Presale Buyers Continue to Make with Layne Hellrung
July 02, 2020 00:15 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBEveryone knows someone who has made a fortune in Vancouver's presale (new condo) market. But what are the costly mistakes you never hear about? Today, Litigator Layne Hellrung sits down with Adam and Matt to talk about the tribulations and actual trials that he deals with day in and day out. Jam-packed with useful information and case studies, this episode will elevate your understanding of new construction and potentially save you thousands of dollars. Thinking of buying a presale condo? Li...
VREP #229 | Buying A Vancouver Home Just Got A Lot Easier with Avesdo's Tyler Proud
June 25, 2020 02:46 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MBLet's face it: real estate hasn't changed all that much in decades. Sure, we lost the golden jackets, some of us the bus bench ads, and MLS is no longer an index in your trunk, but overall the process has largely remained the same. Enter Avesdo. This week, Avesdo and OffPlan's CEO, Tyler Proud joins Adam & Matt to explain how technology is finally changing the game. Want to buy a condo? Click here. Need to make a deposit? Add payment here. Want to review the disclosure statement? Yeah, you g...
VREP #228 | Will the Metro Vancouver Suburbs Boom? With Mosaic's Geoff Duyker
June 18, 2020 03:35 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBTwo major home-ownership events happened out of quarantine: first, businesses learned that their employees could work from home; and second, homeowners learned that their homes were not where they wanted to work! So, what does this mean for real estate buying habits moving forward? This week, Senior Vice President of Mosaic Homes, Geoff Duyker, joins Adam & Matt to unpack how one developer is pivoting in light of Covid-19. Tune in for a gripping conversation that might have you heading to th...
VREP #227 | 11 Towers and 6,000 New Homes Near Burrard Bridge with Khelsilem Tl'aḵwasik̓a̱n
June 11, 2020 02:30 - 1 hour - 62 MBThe City of Vancouver is a notoriously difficult place to build homes, with crippling debates occurring at any attempt to add housing. So, it may surprise you to hear that ground is being broken soon for 11 towers - with the tallest being 57 stories! – at the base of the west side of the Burrard Bridge. Wait…in Vancouver? Not exactly. Squamish Nation Councillor and Spokesperson Khelsilem sits down with Adam and Matt to detail the Sen̓áḵw Development, a Squamish Nation/Westbank master planned...
VREP #226 | Should I Sell My Vancouver Home in 2020?
June 04, 2020 02:15 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBThinking of selling? This episode is for you! After weeks of fielding the same questions from anxious homeowners, Adam & Matt sit down to weigh the pros and cons of listing in this unchartered Covid-era! Should I upsize? Should I downsize? Is now the time to cash-in? This episode covers all these burning questions and reveals 3 PRO-TIPS for selling in uncertain markets. Time to plan your exit strategy and level-up!
VREP #225 | Will Vancouver Real Estate Prices Decline 18%? with Murtaza Haider
May 28, 2020 03:58 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBThe Great Reopening has begun, but what does that mean for Canadian real estate and the Canadian economy at large. Welcome back Prof. Murtaza Haider who joins Adam & Matt to talk economic recovery, Canadian debt levels, and CMHC's projected 18% decline in real estate prices. Is it time to buy or sell? Tune in to find out!
VREP #224 | Will Downtown Vancouver Survive Covid-19? with Charles Gauthier
May 21, 2020 04:05 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBVancouver’s thriving downtown has been the envy of many North American cities but what happens when all the hustle and bustle stops… for two months!?! Now couple that with the demise of the international tourist, the collapse of the cruise ship industry, and the office tower crowd working from home and…Vancouver, we have a problem! President & CEO of the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association Charles Gauthier sits down with Adam & Matt to discuss how we got here, the most pressi...
VREP #223 | Why Kelowna is the City to Watch with Ross Soward
May 14, 2020 02:53 - 55 minutes - 51 MBWhen was the last time you visited Kelowna? Chances are it's changed since then and the end is nowhere in sight. In fact, with luxury waterfront towers under construction, some of the country's lowest vacancy rates, an aggressive play for tech, and a push towards urbanization, Kelowna could very well be one of the best places in Canada to invest. This week, City of Kelowna Urban Planner, Ross Soward, joins Adam & Matt to highlight some of the critical changes the city has undertaken and some...
VREP #222 | Selling Vancouver's Most Expensive Real Estate with Mark Goodman
May 07, 2020 05:18 - 1 hour - 85.3 MBEver wonder what it’s like to put together some of the biggest real estate transactions in Vancouver? Mark Goodman, Principal of Goodman Commercial Inc. and coauthor of the popular Goodman Report, was behind a quarter of those transactions in 2019. Perhaps you read about Beach Towers selling recently for a modest 305 million dollars? Yeah, that was Mark and his team and yeah, we know your cousin used to rent there. Everyone’s cousin did! Mark joins Adam and Matt to dive deep into the fascina...
VREP #221 | Why Vancouver Real Estate Prices Will Continue to Go Up with Cameron McNeill
April 30, 2020 04:09 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBEveryone has an opinion about where real estate in Vancouver is heading, but what does the guy advising some of the city's largest developers think? This week, Executive Director and Founding Partner of MLA Canada, Cameron McNeill, joins Adam and Matt for a deep-dive on the current state of the market and what's to come. Where were we before the COVID-19 lockdown? Will the presale market rebound? And why does Cameron think it's inevitable that prices in our region will continue to rise? Trus...
VREP #220 | Vancouver is Resilient with Jeb Brugmann
April 23, 2020 04:53 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBCovid-19 may be a dress rehearsal for the rolling catastrophic events that cities like Vancouver face in the coming years. But is Vancouver and the real estate market ready for ongoing economic shocks? Founding Principal of Resilient Cities Catalyst Jeb Brugmann joins Adam & Matt to talk about the COVID-19 crisis, the idea of the resilient city, and Vancouver’s relative strengths and weaknesses in the face of future adversity. But it ain’t all doom and gloom: VREP may steal Jeb’s Monday Beer...
VREP #219 | Fixing a Broken (and Now Potentially Bankrupt!) City with Rob McDowell and Adrian Crook
April 17, 2020 04:07 - 1 hour - 89.8 MBIs Vancouver broken or just potentially broke? First off, Property Manager, Klaus Rode, joins us a month into the COVID-19 crisis to discuss the rental market. How many people are actually deferring their rent? Are rent prices in free fall? And how does an eviction moratorium impact our real estate market? And then, Adrian Crook and Rob McDowell join us to grade the City Council after its first 18 months. Spoiler alert: this report card might not make the fridge; in fact, one Councillor migh...
VREP #218 | COVID-19 & the Vancouver Rental Market with LandlordBC's David Hutniak
April 12, 2020 02:08 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBThe City has been shut down and many people are out of work. What does this mean for your rent? This week, CEO of LandlordBC, David Hutniak, joins Adam & Matt to discuss the unique challenges facing the rental market in Metro Vancouver. What are the options for both landlords and tenants in these unprecedented times? And is there a solution that works for all? Tune in to find out and maybe consider a salad and a run... we will eventually have to see each other again.
VREP #217 |COVID-19 (Coronavirus) & the Vancouver Commercial Real Estate Market with Cory Wright
April 09, 2020 05:10 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBAdapt and overcome. If you agree with that statement, you will likely agree with the overall mindset of today’s guest and with his thoughts on the commercial real estate market. This week, Cory Wright, Managing Broker at William Wright Commercial Real Estate Services, joins Adam & Matt to highlight the commercial market pain points and which industries and property types will falter and those that will emerge stronger than ever before. Want to know the direction of the commercial real estate...
VREP #216 | What the Spanish Flu Can Teach Us About the COVID-19 Pandemic with NY Times' Best-Selling Author John M. Barry
April 04, 2020 01:32 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBThe COVID-19 pandemic is unchartered territory. Or is it? New York Times’ Best-Selling Author and Historian, John M. Barry, sits down with Adam & Matt to discuss the last global pandemic’s terror on humanity and how the Spanish Flu can inform our battle with COVID-19. Are we doing all we can? How long will it last? And what will be the fallout? Tune in for a gripping conversation from the comfort of your own home and stay there! Stay safe, Vancouver.
VREP #215 | Fixed? Variable? Or Should I Just Defer My Mortgage? with Ray Macklem
April 02, 2020 00:59 - 38 minutes - 35 MBEmergency rate cuts, bond yields plummeting, economies around the world screeching to a halt, yet mortgage rates are on the rise?! Top Mortgage Broker and Owner of The Mortgage Hub, Ray Macklem, joins Adam & Matt for an in-depth strategy session. It’s time to make sense of the current state of the mortgage market and where you can find the opportunities... and trust us, there are some HUGE opportunities! Whether you are a variable rate borrower, a fixed rate borrower, or a stretched borrower...
VREP #214 | Will Vancouver Real Estate Prices Fall Because of COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? with Moody's Analytics' Economist Brendan LaCerda
March 26, 2020 02:38 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBLooking for an outsider’s perspective? Moody’s Analytics is an international company that helps the global financial elite make sound economic decisions. Past guest Brendan LaCerda, Associate Director and Chief Economist, joins Adam & Matt and discusses the rapid spread of COVID-19, the changing data, and projects real-time numbers as to where B.C’s economy is heading. Got a pillow to hug? Maybe grab one of those full-sized maternity pillows and hunker down! How much will Vancouver real esta...
VREP #213 | Canadian Debt Levels & Vancouver Real Estate During the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Crisis with Maclean's Peter Shawn Taylor
March 24, 2020 01:36 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBCanadians’ debt to income levels have soared since the economic crisis of 2008. But does that mean the Canadian economy is in deep trouble heading into the COVID-19 economic recession? Maybe not. Maclean's Peter Shawn Taylor sits down with Adam & Matt to discuss Canadian debt loads, high real estate prices, a potential recession, and why you shouldn’t hit the panic button just yet. Turns out many analysts may have been running the numbers all wrong. This is one of two episodes launching this...
CANCELLED - Vancouver Real Estate Live - Mar 18th @ 7pm
March 19, 2020 00:43 - 14 seconds - 224 KBThe Vancouver Real Estate Live event, Wednesday, March 18th at 7pm on Youtube has been cancelled due to social distancing. Hope everyone stays safe out there. Talk to you soon.
VREP #212 | COVID-19 (Coronavirus), Emergency Rate Cuts & the Future of Vancouver Real Estate with Dustan Woodhouse
March 18, 2020 16:35 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBWhat happens to Vancouver Real Estate as the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic rages on? British Columbia has declared a state of emergency, restaurants and bars have closed and the streets are largely deserted. But will homes continue to sell? There may be no one better to comment than today’s guest, Dustan Woodhouse. As President of Mortgage Architects, one of the largest brokerages in the country, Dustan is not only part of high-level policy strategy sessions but also oversees close to 1500...
VREP #211 | COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and the Vancouver Real Estate Market with Economist Helmut Pastrick
March 12, 2020 01:35 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBThe new Coronavirus, which results in COVID-19, is causing major uncertainty in the global economy and has the potential to trigger a large-scale global recession. But should we be ringing alarm bells just yet? And what does this mean for our real estate market in Vancouver? This week, we catch-up with Central 1 Credit Union’s Chief Economist, Helmut Pastrick, to talk best case/worst case scenarios, potential rolling recessions, how markets are responding to media and quarantines, and whethe...
VREP #210 | When the Vancouver Real Estate Market Shifts with Michael Geller
March 05, 2020 05:22 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBWe’ve had SFU Profs, Journalists, Architects, Developers, and public intellectuals on our show, but never all at once! And we haven’t amassed a panel. Ladies & Gentleman: Michael Geller. This conversation is wide-ranging. Full stop. We discuss how top developers tackle tough times, how Michael’s ideas about real estate investing have shifted, and how those struggling with affordability can catch a break in the toughest of markets. This is a lifetime of experience in under one hour. Get your ...
VREP #209 | Top Mistakes Investors Will Make in 2020 with Mark Ting
February 27, 2020 07:02 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBOn today's show: accelerated wealth-building through leverage, disciplined investing, and active risk management. Back by popular demand, CBC's Guide to Personal Finance and Partner at Foundation Wealth, Mark Ting, joins Adam & Matt to discuss COVID-19, skyrocketing strata insurance deductibles, and other risks to our rising real estate market. But if there truly is a black swan swimming close by, then why did Mark Ting just buy real estate? Strap in for an action packed episode, featuring M...
VREP #208 | Vancouver Real Estate FOMO & 2020 Market Predictions with Economist Tom Davidoff
February 20, 2020 06:35 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBThe Spring has sprung but should buyers necessarily throw caution to the wind? Associate Professor and fan favourite, Tom Davidoff, is back and sits down with Adam and Matt to discuss market bottoms, 2020 market predictions, and potential storm clouds ahead. Grab your umbrella, but we wouldn’t open it just yet! Where’s the market heading in 2020? What poses the biggest risk to Vancouver real estate? And what would a leading real estate economist buy right now? You want to talk FOMO, you won’...
Vancouver Real Estate Live - Tonight, Feb 19th @ 7pm!
February 19, 2020 21:42 - 1 minute - 963 KBJoin us Tonight, Wednesday, February 19th at 7pm (PST) at Vancouver Real Estate Podcast on Youtube for Vancouver Real Estate Live! Our guest will be Mark Ting, Partner at Foundation Wealth and CBC On the Coast's Guide to Personal Finance. See you there!
BC's Next Best Investment Opportunity: The Pinnacle in Langford, BC
February 19, 2020 00:52 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBWhere can you buy cash flow properties around Vancouver? Cynthia Aasen from Investment Revenue Realty joins Adam and Matt to discuss an amazing new opportunity in the fastest growing municipality in British Columbia, Langford! These properties are starting at under $275,000 and they cash flow positive, but they won’t last. So, listen up and get in touch ASAP! Find out more HERE.
VREP #207 | THREE Vancouver Buying Strategies Everyone Should Steal
February 13, 2020 04:22 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBNot all of Vancouver's neighbourhoods were created equal when it comes to buying in 2020. This week, Adam & Matt skip the guest and sit down to analyze three key factors shaping our city and - in turn - creating HUGE opportunities. Looking to buy a new home this year? Considering an investment? Wondering whether you should sell or hold? This episode is for you! In real estate, there's no time machine, but there is also no time like the present. Giddy up!
VREP #206 | Investing in a City-Wide Plan with Vancouver's Chief Planner Gil Kelley
February 06, 2020 05:08 - 1 hour - 81 MBThe City of Vancouver is at a crossroads after a turbulent decade of unparalleled growth coupled with deep social and political divisions. So, where do we go from here? Enter Vancouver's Chief Planner Gil Kelley: the man with the 'city-wide' plan. Gil sits down with Adam & Matt to lay the groundwork for his vision, from a global city on a warming planet to housing shortages, zoning challenges and aging infrastructure. We cover it all. The future of Vancouver is here; and trust us, it's excit...
VREP #205 | Is Strata Insurance Vancouver's Next Leaky Condo Crisis? With Douglas Chan
January 30, 2020 01:16 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBYour strata insurance probably just went up 50 to 300% and now a simple toilet leak could potentially bankrupt you. What happened? Reliance Insurance Specialist Douglas Chan sits down with Adam & Matt to detail the rapidly changing strata insurance market and the prognosis is not good. This will cost you money: in strata fees, in potential special levies, and in your personal insurance policy. What does this mean for the condo market? Are condos still a good investment or has Vancouver just ...
VREP #204 | Vancouver Real Estate Market Update with Andrew Ramlo and Ryan Berlin
January 23, 2020 06:13 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBCut out the noise and listen up 'cause Andrew Ramlo and Ryan Berlin from Rennie Intelligence are finally here! And there's a lot riding on the data compiled and interpreted by two of the industry's guiding voices. In fact, this data drives the decisions of some of our region's biggest players including home-builders, realtors, project marketers, and the housing sector at large. So what better time than the beginning of 2020 to recap the turbulence of 2019 and forecast Vancouver's real estate...
VREP #203 | This is What Your Future Home Looks Like with Frank Lowenstein
January 16, 2020 06:45 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBThis repurposed way of building will leaf you speechless! Do we have you stumped? Deputy Director and Chief Conservation Officer of the New England Forestry Foundation, Frank Lowenstein, takes Adam and Matt out on a limb this week to discuss the benefits of wood construction – and this isn’t your grandma’s 70’s walk-up wood construction but a reimagined way forward that is set to transform the way we all live. Turns out concrete construction has been the wrong root! This new wood frame techn...
Vancouver Real Estate Live - Jan 15th @ 7pm!
January 15, 2020 05:06 - 1 minute - 1.04 MBJoin us Wednesday, January 15th at 7pm (PST) at Vancouver Real Estate Podcast on Youtube for Vancouver Real Estate Live! Our guest will be Andrey Pavlov, Professor of Finance at the SFU Beedie School of Business. See you there!
VREP #202 | The Boomer Bubble & the Next Housing Collapse with Laura Kusisto
January 09, 2020 05:20 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBThe next housing bubble may not burst, but rather the air might slowly seep out as 21,000,000+ homes hit the market over the next two decades. Looking for someone to blame? Look no further than the guy who - in his day - walked uphill to school and uphill back home in three feet of snow. And no, we are not talking about the greatest generation; we are talking about boomers. Reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Laura Kusisto, joins Adam & Matt to discuss how baby boomers are gearing up to se...
REPOST: VREP #151 | From ZERO to 10,000 Properties in Under 5 Years with Janet LePage
January 02, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBOriginal episode posted: January 3, 2019 New Year, New You? Well, we’ve got your motivation covered! Meet Janet LePage, Co-Founder & CEO of Western Wealth Capital (WWC), who started out at 25 years old with a real estate coach and now oversees a soon-to-be billion dollar company with 10,000 rental units and counting. Among her many achievements, Janet was recently highlighted as one of BIV’s Forty Under 40, was awarded the Veuve Clicquot Canadian New Generation Award, and secured a finalis...
REPOST: VREP #123 | This Lamb Gives Great Investment Advice with Brad J. Lamb
December 26, 2019 02:00 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBOriginal episode posted: June 14, 2018 Brad J. Lamb is one to watch: he made his first million in real estate before moving out of his parent’s basement and has not slowed down since. Brad subsequently opened his own real estate brokerage, amassed an enormous personal real estate portfolio, starred in HGTV’s “Big City Broker,” founded a development company with holdings across Canada, and, oh, you know, sold 24,000 condos in the GTA! Brad sits down with Matt & Adam for a wide-ranging conve...
VREP #201 | Assignments, Foreclosures, and When Not to Walk Away with Real Estate Lawyer Ken Pazder
December 19, 2019 02:18 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBShould you buy that assignment? Are Foreclosures really a good deal? And what happens when one party of a real estate transaction decides not to complete? Real Estate Lawyer Ken Pazder joins Adam and Matt in this riveting season finale to answer these questions and so much more. Big risk always exists where there are big rewards and the best way to protect yourself is through knowledge upfront. Listen Up! We are back over the next two weeks with two of our favourites from the vault. Happy ...
VREP #200 | Brace Yourself Vancouver: 2020 is HERE with Andrey Pavlov
December 12, 2019 07:20 - 1 hour - 63.4 MB2020 is HERE! So, who better than SFU's Professor of Finance at Beedie School of Business, Andrey Pavlov, to join Adam & Matt to not only dissect the year that's passed but also inform the year ahead! Where's the market going? What mistakes have we made along the way? And what's posing the biggest threat to our market and affordability? Trust us, this is a no-holds barred account of government, policy, money, and everything in between. We sift out all the gold nuggets this market has to offe...
VREP #199 | $60,000,000 in SIX years! With Epic Alliance’s Rochelle Laflamme & Alisa Thompson
December 05, 2019 06:45 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBImagine being recently divorced with young kids, $40k to your name, and choosing tuition for a real estate seminar over a downpayment or security. This is the foundation of Epic Alliance and - believe us - it paid off! Rochelle Laflamme and Alisa Thompson sit down with Adam & Matt to chart their path from seminar to controlling $60,000,000 in six short years. Not only do they outline a number of exciting cash flow opportunities for real estate investors but also discuss finding deals, bigges...
VREP #198 | Getting a Leg Up in Vancouver’s 2020 Real Estate Market with Beedie’s Strategist Sunny Hahm
November 28, 2019 06:36 - 1 hour - 68.6 MBHow do the best and brightest pivot and maintain a competitive edge in Vancouver’s ever-changing market? Sunny Hahm, Director of Marketing & Strategy at Beedie, joins Adam & Matt to discuss some of Beedie’s biggest successes in the down market and the secret to maintaining a competitive edge through careful analysis and bold choices. Sunny also looks forward to 2020 and - spoiler alert! - much of the the doom and gloom that clouded last year’s holiday season is gone. He shares his prediction...
VREP #197 | Financially Free Through Passive Investing with Jodi Vetterl
November 21, 2019 07:12 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBJodi Vetterl left her lucrative twenty year career in high-tech software sales for Fortune 100 companies to build a real estate portfolio that is truly passive. And when we say passive, we mean no flips, no tenants, and no headaches! Jodi sits down with Adam & Matt to discuss her recent best-selling book, Beyond the Banks, and charts her biggest wins and mistakes, unconventional money-making tips, and where she sees the opportunities. Retired in her 40s and spending her time exactly how she...
VREP #196 | Why You Need An Oil Tank Scan in Vancouver with Joseph Salazar
November 14, 2019 01:20 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBSometimes the biggest threats come from the things you cannot see. And, no, we are not talking about ghosts, although that’s what’s keeping Secret up at night. Today’s show takes us underground to talk about an often overlooked danger lurking just beneath your feet: oil tanks. GeoScan Subsurface Surveys’ Joseph Salazar joins Adam & Matt this week to chart why oil tanks are problematic, tank timelines, clues that a house was on oil, why your uncle’s metal detector is not enough, and some horr...
VREP #195 | No-Nonsense Vancouver Rental Data for the Sophisticated Investor with Big Ben Myers
November 07, 2019 07:36 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBRents are on the rise with a lack of rental stock and the stress test limiting potential buyers. So, what better time to bring on President of Bullpen Research and Consulting Ben Myers. Having worked in international markets, studied rental data, and advised big-time developers, Ben offers a unique perspective on Canadian real estate markets. Tune in for the best opportunities in Vancouver, Toronto and beyond! We are going BIG... get it, cause Ben. Giddy up!
VREP #194 | Discipline, Growth & Energetic Investing with Oakwyn Co-Founders Morgan Browne & Michael Uy
October 31, 2019 05:17 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBWhat does it take to claw your way to the top of the hyper competitive world of Vancouver real estate? Turns out a lot more collaboration and a lot less clawing than you might think. Michael Uy & Morgan Browne, co-founders and Partners at Oakwyn Realty, sit down with Adam & Matt to discuss the meteoric rise of Oakwyn Realty and the practices that have led to Oakwyn having a strong comparative advantage in our marketplace. These young entrepreneurs talk taking on the established world of real...
VREP #193 | Metro Vancouver Real Estate Market Projections for 2020 with Michael Ferreira & Jon Bennest
October 24, 2019 02:26 - 1 hour - 59.2 MB"What's going on?" Not only a provocative question posed by soul icon Marvin Gaye, but also the title of Michael Ferreira's State of the Union address at the recent UDI breakfast series. And, in the last quarter of 2019, what better time to reflect not only on what's going on in the market but what's to come. This week, Principals Michael Ferreira & Jon Bennest from Urban Analytics join Adam & Matt for a far-reaching discussion on the current market, the areas that suffered most in the marke...