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The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansFrom Housing Crash to Acquiring $2 Billion of Real EstateHey friends, this is Erwin Szeto, and welcome to The Truth About Real Estate Investing for Canadians, where it’s my job to interview the top minds in real estate and business to uncover the strategies, mindsets, and habits that actually work—especially in today’s market. In today’s episode, I’m joined by Ben Berry, a true industry heavyweight who's successfully deployed over $2 billion into single-family rentals, build-to-rent, and commercial real estate assets. Ben’s journey began during the depths of the 2009 global financial crisis, where he carved out his path in commercial real estate before pione...2025-05-0751 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansLazy, Remote, Across CAN Investor & Big Results Over 20+ YearsHey friends, this is Erwin Szeto, and welcome to The Truth About Real Estate Investing for Canadians, where it’s my job to interview the top minds in real estate and business to uncover the strategies, mindsets, and habits that actually work—especially in today’s market. My guest today is Michael Ponte—a full-time real estate investor, educator, and co-founder of Savvy Investor. He’s been investing for more than 20 years and owns a multi-provincial portfolio that spans Alberta, BC, and Atlantic Canada. He’s raised capital, survived multiple recessions, and built a strategy around what he calls “la...2025-05-011h 07
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansMortgage Market Update: Canada & USA w/ Unicorn Mortgage Expert Scott Dillingham of LendCityGreetings friends, this is Erwin Szeto, and welcome to The Truth About Real Estate Investing for Canadians, the #9 ranked podcast for Canadian Investment and Personal Finance per FeedSpot! Thank you listeners and past guests of this show! As always it’s a honour to have this platform and ability to give back to the community that has been so much to my family and I where we all share a passion for the best investment class in the world: real estate. Here on this show, it’s my job to interview the top minds in real estate investing and busin...2025-04-221h 07
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansWho’s Fighting for Landlords? Canada’s Biggest Landlord Advocate Speaks Out✅ The current state of Ontario and Canada’s rental markets ✅ Why rent control and landlord-tenant board delays are making investing more challenging ✅ What landlords can do to get involved and protect their investments Welcome back to The Truth About Real Estate Investing for Canadians! I’m your host, Erwin Szeto, and today we’re diving into one of the most important conversations for landlords and real estate investors—who’s actually fighting for us? Between rising costs, rent control, landlord-tenant board delays, and policy changes that make it harder to operate rental properties, it’s no surprise...2025-04-171h 09
The Everything Real Estate Show#36 🔑 “The Truth About Real Estate Investing for Canadians” 🎧with Guest Erwin SzetoWell everybody welcome back to the Everything Real Estate Show. Today I have Erwin Szeto as my guest and many of you might have heard his name before as he is the host of “The Truth About Real Estate Investing for Canadians” and a real estate agent in the GTHA area, so a lot of his business is in the Hamilton Niagara region and surrounding markets. Erwin will talk to us a little bit about fundamentals, what he's looking for when he is buying an investment property or what he advises his clients to look for in an i...2025-03-2453 min
The Savvy Investor PodcastWhy Canadians Should Consider Investing In the US - Erwin SzetoLet Us Know What You Thought Of The Episode Today, we're honored to interview Erwin Szeto, a renowned figure in the realm of real estate investing and the host behind The Truth About Real Estate Investing Podcast. In this episode, Erwin shares his extensive real estate investing experience, the evolution of his investing strategies, and his current views on the market. Erwin’s journey into real estate investing began with inspiration from "Rich Dad Poor Dad" and evolved through overcoming the challenges of investing during a recession with student debt. He, alongside his ex-father-in-law, embraced the BRRRR me...2024-07-0358 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansNavigating Legal Structures and Taxes: A How To for Canadians Investing in the US with Carmen Da Silva, Tax Specialist, CPA in both USA&CAN, CFO of SHAREWe have a special guest today who we squeezed in before her return home to Tampa Bay, FLA to warm weather, pickleball year round, fruit trees in her backyard. The reasons are obvious why Canadians love Florida. Carmen is a Canadian living in Florida, she’s Chartered Professional Accountant Tax Specialist in both Canada and the USA. She owns 70 income properties in the USA, her 24 year old son even owns three rental houses in the States too! Carmen got into investing after selling her business, then in the 2008 real estate crash and bought a portfolio of single family homes in...2024-06-1958 min
Well Off PodcastInvesting Opportunities in the US Market with Erwin SzetoErwin Szeto is the founder of the iWIN Real Estate, a team of veteran real estate investors, who coach investors from the Greater Toronto area how to to achieve wealth. He built his portfolio by focusing on bungalow to duplex conversions and now is exploring investment opportunities in the US Market. On this Episode, we Discuss: Investing Opportunities in the US market Major manufacturing companies and their influence on real estate Erwin's plans for his current Ontario properties Risks and factors that will impact the success of entering the US market You can rea...2024-06-0150 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansMultifamily Development In Toronto With Ming LimWe have my old friend Ming Lim of Volition Properties, Toronto Realtor and investor extraordinaire and the name volition is about living your life on your own volition thanks to financial peace from a great real estate portfolio. The nice thing about investing in Toronto is one can’t really beat the number of high quality tenants to choose from. In my experience, the ideal tenant is gainfully employed and optimistic about the future as their credit history is valuable to them as they want to be able to get car loans and mortgages hence they can both...2024-05-171h 23
The Everyday MillionaireTEDM – Erwin Szeto – Real Estate Rockstar: Mr. Hamilton Goes to the Sunbelt States (Episode 190)Erwin Szeto is a seasoned investor specialist, Realtor, and influential voice in Canadian real estate. With a career dating back to 2010, he has facilitated over $440 million in income property transactions through his team, impacting the market with strategic insights and leadership.
While he has navigated the ownership of over 40 properties, his current focus is on teaching investors to harness opportunities in the cash flow positive, landlord-friendly sunbelt states. Erwin's accolades include being a 4X Realtor of the Year to Investors in Ontario (including twice by REIN), hosting the #81 Ranked Business Podcast on iTunes "The Truth About Real E...2024-04-021h 09
Selfwealth Real Estate with Luc BoironCanadian Real Estate Investor Pushes Through Financial Crisis with Erwin SzetoIn this episode of the Self Wealth Real Estate Podcast, we dive into the fascinating journey of Erwin Szeto, a seasoned real estate investor and realtor, formerly known as Mr. Hamilton. With his roots deeply planted in the Hamilton area, Erwin shares his transition from investing in Canada to exploring opportunities in the United States, offering a wealth of knowledge for anyone looking to expand their portfolio internationally. Episode Highlights [00:24] Why Erwin is Venturing into the U.S. Market: Discover Erwin's strategic move to invest in the States, including the criteria for selecting properties and areas...2024-03-151h 05
A Canadian Investing in the U.S. with Glen SutherlandEP301 Where Should I Invest? with Erwin SzetoErwin and I discuss all things real estate including all the markets he has analyzed, and why he thinks they will be the next great City to invest in
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The Andrew Hines Real Estate Investing PodcastThe Great Escape: Canadian Investors Finding Refuge in US with Andrew Kim and Erwin Szeto
In E258, Andrew Kim and Erwin Szeto discuss why real estate investment strategies currently work better in the United States than in Ontario. They delve into the complexities of dealing with high property taxes and how market forces are shaping property prices and demand. This episode offers valuable insights regarding investment prospects in the Sun Belt region and important factors to consider when making investments. You'll want to watch this episode if you're interested in discovering the stark contrast in disparities in landlord-tenant laws and investment potential between the two countries.
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The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansBest Developer Investment, CEO WEHBA, Planner Mike Collins-WilliamsI’d like to take a moment to reflect on the human beings negatively affected by investing on pre-construction or speculation. There have been many and will be many more people losing their 15% deposits on pre-construction condos and houses and they’re on the hook for any costs and losses incurred by the builder when they resell the property. In combination with a slowing economy and job losses it’s just awful out there. In a country with massive affordability issues someone was going to get burnt and let’s not forget renters who are praying to...2023-12-181h 09
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansWhy I'm Investing In US Real EstateInvesting for positive cash flow, areas of job growth and warm weather, regaining control of the retirement investment plan and legacy portfolio; all this and more on today’s episode of the Truth About Real Estate Investing Show for Canadians. I’m your host Erwin Szeto, landlord since 2005, Realtor and Coach to investors since 2010, 4X Realtor of the year, $400,000,000+ in client transactions, and host of this little podcast that could that is ranked #81 Business podcasts per Apple iTunes. We have a different podcast for you today as I am the one being interviewed by today’s gues...2023-11-141h 08
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansMajor Announcement. How We are Making Real Estate Great AgainHello and welcome to the Truth About Real Estate Investing for Canadians, my name is Erwin Szeto, residential real estate investor since 2005, and in my experience, the investment that has gotten my over 350 clients ahead in life is direct ownership of real estate as they own the property, manage it themselves or hire a property manager, and grow their portfolios by borrowing cheap mortgage money. My team here at iWIN real estate has been coaching clients to do so since 2010 and it’s been a great run. Yesterday, I was supporting one of my clients who I’ve h...2023-11-0719 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for Canadians20 Houses in USA, Looking South For Affordability & Cash Flow With Andrew KimOur guest today is Andrew Kim, with ten years of real estate experience starting in the GTA, before building a portfolio of 20, fully managed properties in the state of New York, Florida, Atlanta and Dallas. He’s a serial tech entrepreneur who’s worked in Silicon Valley startups and is now combining his passion for real estate investing with his technology. Andrew’s company combines the expertise to handpick quality investment properties for Canadians in the US., writing offers to arranging ownership structuring, taxes, property management, financing partners, renovations and setting lease rates, it doesn’t get any more p...2023-10-021h 00
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansCash Flowing Windsor, Sudbury; Arson, Sleepless Nights, Quitting Corporate w/ 27 Y/O Austin YehOn this week’s show we have a very real conversation with full-time, professional investor Austin Yeh who does it all: wholesales, flips, BRRR’s, negotiates his own cash for keys, podcaster, meetup host and it’s not all pretty. Austin shares how he’s had to rebalance his portfolio, wholesaling market slow down, which are short-term problems as he’s successfully transitioned out of his corporate job in Feb 2022 to investing in Windsor, Sudbury, even downtown Toronto. Austin shares how he got started networking at local investor groups, connecting with locals to build out his teams...2023-07-181h 30
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansPrivate Lending Update, Losses From A Downmarket With Calvert MortgagesThis week we have our friends from Calvert Home Mortgage Investment Corporation back to give an update on the private lending/mortgage market including lessons from the downturn: e.g. what did in default real estate investors do wrong have in common so you the listener, my clients and I may avoid the same mistakes. Please keep in mind, real estate investing can easily be done wrong and less right. Ask anyone who speculated on pre-construction and is negative cash flowing or does not have the means to close. Long-term, that could be a fine investment but mo...2023-07-101h 13
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansRental Market Update. How To Find The Best Tenants With Rent PandaOn to this week’s show! We have Hart Togman, owner, founder of Rent Panda who’s been helping our clients locate tenants for my clients’ investment properties. How good is Rent Panda? Hart tells me they’ve had one non-payment of rent issue among 900 to 1,000 successful leases. That’s pretty darn amazing so if you want to know how to be a successful landlord with paying tenants you will want to listen to this episode. Rent Panda also now offers Property Management Services and Hart shares step by step how to create a rental ad...2023-07-031h 22
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansInvestor Impact: Olivia Chow's Victory in Toronto's Mayoral ElectionMing is a Toronto Real Estate Expert and head of Volition Properties’ Investment Realty Services having helped clients accumulate $200,000,000 worth of income properties in the City of Toronto from condos to mid size apartment buildings, specialising in small multifamily in top neighborhoods. Ming is here today after Olivia Chow won the Mayoral race of Toronto and vows to build a more affordable city. To follow Ming: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/volitionproperties/?hl=en Website: https://www.volitionprop.com/2023-06-2918 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansEpisode 300: From Flipping 1 House to 1,000+ Membership With Nick KaradzaNick Karadza is a real estate investor who discovered the power of leveraging real estate through "boot camps." Starting at 21, he bought, renovated, and flipped properties for profit but realised it wasn't generating the desired cash flow to replace his job income and it was a lot of work. Nick shifted to rental properties, achieving monthly cash flow and recouping his investment. Nick founded Rock Star Real Estate Brokerage Inc. and the Rock Star Inner Circle with his brother to assist real estate investors. Nick publishes a newsletter, shares online articles, teaches classes, and holds events for t...2023-06-271h 17
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for Canadians84 Units, Worth $14 million, No Partners, Still Grew Too Fast, Deleveraging With Kellan JamesKellan James was recommended for this podcast by my wife’s team at Real Estate Tax Tips. You see, Accountants know who are actually successful at making money hence Kellen is our guest today. Kellan has successfully transitioned out of his corporate job. His timing for explosive growth was well timed, his deals were profitable and well executed including his more recent deleveraging stage of consolidating his portfolio, paying off more expensive private mortgages to manage cash flow. Kellan shares how his journey started, the importance of coaching early on, his group of 13 real estate fri...2023-06-2056 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansWhen Private Loans Go Bad & Bailing Them Out. Lessons from Managing $150 Million In a Downturn With Kyle FordYou know about the downturn we just experienced and like many of you, I was curious how private mortgage companies fared so I reached out to Kyle Ford whose company manages $150 in private mortgages. Kyle tells it like it is, he shares how many mortgages went sideways, what the lessons were, how Kyle and his staff put time and money into taking over failed BRRR’s and flips to finish projects and sell them off and make his clients whole. Why? Because it’s the right thing to do. Treat other people's money better than you...2023-06-141h 15
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansWhy Condos Are Bad. Highest and Best Use, Triplex Conversions East of the GTA Are GoodHave you met Steve Phillips? He’s a member of my team, the four time award winning iWIN Real Estate. Right out of school he worked for one of the largest condo management firms in the GTA, he’s a serial entrepreneur, had a construction business, real estate runs in the family as the Mrs. is a designer. Steve is well known in the Durham region as well within the investor community having been coached by, and taken courses by Quentin D’souza. If you know Steve like I do, he doesn’t sleep until his clients have a gr...2023-06-061h 15
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for Canadians66 Wholesales/Year, Scammed By Fake Seller, Flipping In A Down Market with Aaron MooreWe have my old friend Aaron Moore on the show who is an extremely successful real estate investor, wholesaler and flipper. Aaron and I met monthly to mastermind for three years so I know him well and can verify he’s a nice guy and he’s much more successful than many of the real estate influencers on Instagram. Aaron is the only wholesaler I know who guarantees the purchase from the seller including the time he got caught in the downturn, knew he was going to take a loss and did it anyways. Aaron take...2023-05-2959 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansPeak Multifamily Investments W/ $40M AUM & Starting a REITWe have great guests who just launched their new apartment building REIT, a real estate investment trust. If you don’t know what that is, it’s like a fund where the underlying is a bunch of apartment buildings and regular investors like you and I can own shares in the fund to participate in the investment. Mike Rockall and Mark Baltazar our guests today are the founders/owners of Peak Multifamily Investments and I’ve known Mike a long time, we met sometime around 2010 as we were members of the same real estate investing network. I know I t...2023-05-231h 16
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansFinancial Planning Includes Real Estate Per This CFP/CPA: Dominique ChenardOn to this week’s guest who’s tired of the real estate craze! At least the craze has died down a little with several education companies and coaches having disappeared. Such is the real estate cycle, weak hands get flushed. We have Dominique Chénard owner of Chenard Wealth who provides managed investments, financial planning, insurance, group benefits, and Accounting Services. She is CFO of her four rental property business to her husband who serves as COO with a plan to stop growing the portfolio at five properties. Even though Dominique attended a weekend course y...2023-05-151h 13
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansInvestsing in Multifamily Downtown Toronto With Volition PropertiesWe have Matthew Lee and Ming Lim, the owners of a full service real estate business called Volition Properties who happen to host the largest meetup in Toronto and if you can believe it, them and their community successfully invest in Toronto and we’re not talking about condos, we’re mostly talking about small multifamily including significant renovations to add apartments including laneway suites since 2012. If you’ve been investing the right way in Toronto since 2012, you’re likely rich like these guys and their clients who’ve added collectively over $100 million to their net worth. Volitio...2023-05-101h 41
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansHow to Buy Apartment Buildings and Raise Capital With Savvy Investor Michael PonteToday’s guest Michael Ponte is an old friend of mine, us old guys who’ve been buying properties and REIN members over ten years ago. We’ve known each other and run in the same circles what feels like forever and forever is the perfect time horizon to own real estate. Michael owns, with partners Apartment buildings across the country: BC, Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, probably Saskatchewan too. Michael is a Savvy Investor and that’s his social media handle and name of his private Facebook Group with over 5,200 members. Michael being old school, h...2023-05-021h 37
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansQuitting Teaching to Full Time Real Estate Agent (31 Doors) & Investor in Windsor With Matthew BiggleyOn to this week’s show! We have Matt Biggley who is doing some very profitable investing in the Windsor, Ontario area now with a portfolio of 31 doors and some waterfront small developments and luxury short term rentals. Key to Matt’s journey are successful partnerships so we spend some time on how to identify strategic, long term partners. Matt Biggley describes himself as a lucky husband; a girl Dad from a family of all boys; a reluctant renovator who once had a chance at an HGTV show; a History teacher once named the Best Teac...2023-04-251h 04
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansThe Preconstruction, Seasonal Vacation Rentals, Retiring the Wife, Financial Freedom And How With Dave DewulfDave Dewulf used to invest local to himself just north of Toronto in pre construction houses 20 years ago and has since pivoted to seasonal rentals. Dave details what his details used to look like and we progress to his more recent acquisitions, detached houses in the Blue Mountains, a year round vacation destination two hours north of Toronto. Dave shares his plans to bring his investing model out to Whistler, BC as well with some help from friends he met at Stock Hacker Academy. My policy for learning is to learn from others who have wh...2023-04-1755 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansMultiple 6 Figure Incomes: AirB&B Arbitrage, A Million YouTube Subscribers, Selling Advertising, Ecommerce Store With Matthew VargaOn to this week’s show! This week we have Matthew Varga who together with his wife Nikole have several six figure ventures: a YouTube Channel HealthNut Nutrition Inc. with almost 1,000,000 subscribers for which they generate ad revenue, show sponsorships, and an engaged audience to market their ecommerce store towards. A growing portfolio of real estate investment properties include some that are AirBnb AND Matthew is doing what’s called AirBnb arbitrage which means he’s the long term tenant to other investors then furnishes and operates an AirBnb business in the property to make money to...2023-04-111h 23
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansThe Conference For MultiFamily Investors With Seth FergusonOn to this week’s show! Today we have the host of the mega conference the Multifamily Conference, Seth Ferguson, on the show. If you were at the event headlined by Kevin O’Leary last year you know it was a really great one and this year, Seth has been inspired by 10X with headline speakers Grant Cardone and Alex Rodriguez who is best known for his successful baseball career. At one time being Baseball’s highest paid athlete, more recently on television’s Shark Tank and he’s a mega apartment building investor himself. The event w...2023-04-041h 03
FOR RENTFrom Stocks to Real Estate: How Erwin Szeto Found SuccessAre you looking to secure your financial future? In this podcast episode, real estate investor and expert Erwin Szeto shares his journey from stocks to real estate, along with tips and strategies for success in the rental industry. Tune in to hear about his experience navigating the ups and downs of the market, and how he keeps things simple to grow his portfolio strategically.Timestamps:(01:57) - Erwin's journey to real estate investing.(06:47) - If you put work into real estate investing you will become an insider.(09:45) - Erwin's first failed home investment.(15:13...2023-04-0352 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansThe SingleKey to Screening and Insuring Tenants Thanks to Technology With Founder Viler LikaWe have the founder of Property Technology company Viler Lika on the show. He is the founder and CEO of SingleKey and if you haven’t heard of them yet you will want to pay attention to this show as in my experience, they are providing us investors a ton of value at affordable prices. SingleKey is the largest tenant screening service out there with their recent acquisition of Naborly. The majority of the professional investors I know are already using their tenant screening aka credit checking online software as it’s fast, cheap, encrypted, and the repo...2023-03-281h 04
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for Canadians14 Properties: Too Fast, Too Soon, Nearly Broke With Ben BergenWe have Ben Bergen who has acquired 14 properties over a short period of time and has the scars to prove it! Ben is a graduate of one of those many $13,000 per year group coaching programs, spent close to $50,000 and in his words he grew too fast, too soon, ego driven, nearly lost his shirt when he had 3.5 major renovation projects on the go. My observation is if not for Ben’s own sweat, hard work on the tools as he is in construction, he would have ended up bankrupt like some of his coaches and fellow students. In...2023-03-211h 08
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for Canadians17 Years In The Making + Keyspire = 50 Properties with Amanda & MartyWith all the craziness going on it’s nice to have a palate cleanse with go getters like my old friend Amanda Bouck and Marty Gordon. I first met Amanda around ten years ago at Rock Star Real Estate when she was running the day to day as the in house Property Management business. Fast forward ten years she’s managed a team of coaches, created educational content at Keyspire and together with her husband Marty, a licensed carpenter who’s gone from employee in construction to general managing their own property management company and invest...2023-03-131h 24
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansTop 4, 2023 Tax Changes Investors Absolutely Have To Know with Cherry Chan, CPA, CAOn to the show! I had no idea how many new tax rules we investors have to deal with this year, the Underused Housing Tax is especially concerning as I’ve spoken to many pros out there who don’t understand it either. What’s worse is the penalty is $5-10k for not filling and a lot of us investors have to complete and submit the Underused Housing forms even though we are an excluded owner thus having no liability. We still have to file the forms though. I’m not an Accountant though but I did...2023-03-0647 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for Canadians32 Power of Sales, Legal Market Update With Lawyer Saurabh SinghalToday we have my friend Saurabh Singhal who is a real estate lawyer and litigation specialist out of Mississauga, Ontario. Saurabh services some of our clients and a whole lot more investors from the general public so he’s seeing first hand the financial difficulties that speculators and private lenders have put themselves into. Saurabh himself is working on 32 files for power of sale, meaning the borrower is in default and the lender is forcing sale to repay the debt. We also discuss lessons from many 2nd mortgages gone bad. To my 17 listeners, ple...2023-02-281h 12
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for Canadians10 Bed Rooming House, Microsuite Triplex Conversion, Land Banking in Belize With Melissa DupuisWe have something a little different, a real estate investor with a lot of heart in Melissa Dupuis, we rarely have investors on this show who target those on social assistance but Melissa has with her renovated, repositioned 10 bedroom rooming house. As we don’t have many rooming house investors on this show, we spend some time on the subject in terms of numbers, target tenants, regulations, and of course the numbers: $525k on the buy and after fully renovated, $6,000 plus per month in rent. Melissa is a true sophisticated investor as she’s an avid...2023-02-221h 26
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansHow A Math Teacher Teaches Investing & Buys 30 Units With Kyle PearceKyle Pearce is a Math teacher and Kindergarten to Grade 12 Math consultant to his local school district in Windsor, co-founded an online learning business for Math professional development. Kyle actively invests in real estate for value and cash flow, stocks and options trades and partners to co-own North Shore Properties that holds 30 units in and around Windsor, Ontario. Please pay attention to how Kyle and partner Matt divide responsibilities as they have complimentary skills. Kyle is currently on unpaid leave from teaching to pursue the above business, investing ventures and co-hosting the Invested Teacher Podcast. We...2023-02-141h 25
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansFrom 25 RTO’s To Building Her Dream Home & LT Holds With Brooke ShangWe have an author, coach, mentor, mom, wife and investor since only 2017 who’s done a lot while keeping her day job. English isn’t even Brooke Shang’s first language as she moved to Canada from Taiwan at age 17. Brooke has done a lot from losing $50,000 on a joint venture in Winnipeg with a now bankrupt partner who drove a Porsche to owning nearly 30 rent to owns, a bunch of duplexes, and focusing more on private lending and building her custom dream home thanks to the profits from tenants buying out the RTO’s and selling other in...2023-02-071h 08
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansFrom Fearing Tenants to Working at SingleKey with MacKenzie WilsonThis week we have Mackenzie Wilson of SingleKey the tenant credit and background check reporting service that recently acquired Naborly. If you haven’t heard of SingleKey… well they are quite popular in the circles I run in and for you new investors, you’re so lucky you don’t have to run credit checks the old way… Mackenzie is a very diligent investor from Calgary, Alberta. He shares how we went from oil rigs and IT at Telus and left it behind to start an online business in real estate that didn’t go so well but h...2023-01-301h 28
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansBouncing Back From Losing a $4.5 Million Dollar Business to Bankruptcy in Months With Nick KindlerOn to this week’s show! We have something different in that our guest is a successful entrepreneur in the world of Business and not real estate investing, YET. Nick Kindler is the Chapter President of Entrepreneur’s Organization, a private membership of seven figure entrepreneurs that Cherry and I also belong too. As a member of the real estate community, I find learning from entrepreneurs just as helpful as learning from real estate investors to broaden my learning. I also see all these memberships and masterminds costing $20,000-30,000 or more, I wanted you m...2023-01-231h 31
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansWhat’s Working Not Working In 2023 With Elizabeth KellyHello and welcome to another episode of the Truth About Real Estate, my name is Erwin Szeto, the four time award winning Realtor to investors, host of this podcast, the #81 Business podcast per iTunes, where we focus on bringing you true experts, masters of their craft and we have a great guest for you today in real estate coach and educator Elizabeth Kelly. The term coach has been used lightly these days. I see even folks with 1-2 properties as side hustles call themselves coaches. Elizabeth Kelly has a bit more to her resume than that. Her...2023-01-161h 14
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansConversions, Student Rentals, Garden Suite Update With Ken BekendamWe have Ken Bekendam who is up to many things to generate cash flow and build wealth in real estate. The best part is Ken is available for hire! One can hire Ken’s company https://legalsecondsuites.com for major renos to your home or investment property including basement apartments and garden suites. Ken and Legal Second Suites has even been in the news representing one of his clients, a mutual friend of ours Alex who happens to be Ukrainian who wants to convert his garage into a garden suite to rent to Ukrainian immigrants but the ric...2023-01-031h 21
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansStarting Out in 2006 With Mid-Term Rentals To Closing on 1,700 Acres of Land to Develop with Victor MenasceVictor shares a lot today about how to scale up a real estate portfolio, how novices can get started interning/volunteering on development projects to gain invaluable experience for a smoother transition from side hustle developer to full timer. There’s Victor’s strategy of “buy on the line, move the line” for investing in gentrifying locations. We’ve been practising the same strategy in our local markets, I just didn’t know there was a name for it. In Hamilton the old rules were to stay south of Main St. and West of James St., as a rule breaker...2022-12-261h 04
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansMillenial, Personal Trainer, Moving To Edmonton and Full Time Real Estate Investing With Vince LeeThis week is a lovely story about a young Millennial who started his journey in his passion: health and fitness, if you’ve seen Vince Lee in person, he’s jacked and looks like a personal fitness trainer. Unfortunately for personal trainers living in Toronto, it’s hard to get by. Thanks to his supportive partner, shout out Chewy and the Trust Your Talent community, shout out Tim Tsai, Vince has been able to create a side hustle in real estate investing, specifically rent-to-owns, scaling to larger and more projects, and moved the family from expensive Toronto to more...2022-12-191h 09
Canadian Real Estate 101Wealth Hacking with Erwin SzetoIn today’s episode we have Erwin Szeto. He is the founder and owner of iWIN Real Estate, a team of veteran real estate agents, who coach real estate investors from Toronto area to achieve wealth. He also has a top 100 Investment Podcast – Truth about Real estate investing.Join me on November 12th , 2022 Wealth Conference where you’ll learn about smart, efficient strategies to earn, save, invest and protect your during upcoming uncertain times.Here is the link with our special code: www.eventbrite.ca/e/329788334787/?discount=CRE101Buy your tickets today so we hav...2022-11-0358 minThe Andrew Hines Real Estate Investing PodcastBig-Time Entrepreneurship in Real Estate & Investing with Erwin Szeto
In E194, Erwin Szeto discusses his career as an entrepreneur, real estate investor and real estate educator. Erwin is an exceptional networker and aims big with his endeavours. This episode was focused on breaking down the choice he's made to get him to where he's out now and what he's got planned for the near future. Erwin is the host of the Wealth Hacker Conference which is happening on Nov 12 2022 from 9AM to 6PM. This year he's get a great lineup of guests coming, including Jesse Itzler, who is a multimillionaire entrepreneur and best-selling author. Tickets are available through...2022-10-231h 06
The Canadian Multifamily Investing PodcastWealth Hacking - Growing Generation Wealth with Erwin SzetoToday’s special guest is Erwin Szeto, co-host of the Wealth Hacker Conference, founder of the iWin Real Estate Team, dad, amateur golfer, and a real estate investor owning an eight-figure portfolio. In this episode we diverge from talking strictly about apartment building investing and dive into different ways people can grow their wealth by ‘wealth hacking’. What is wealth hacking? It’s a short-cut to building wealth and in this episode we discuss different ways in which you can do the same. In this episode we cover: Inflation and its impact on wealth b...2022-10-201h 16
The Highest And Best UseS1E05 - Google Maps to Financial Freedom w/Erwin SzetoS1E05 - Google Maps to Financial Freedom w/Erwin Szeto Erwin is a real estate professional owning an eight figure real estate portfolio and has helped coached 100’s of everyday, hard working Canadians acquire cash flow positive residential real estate East and West of the greater Toronto area via his Realtor business, the iWIN Real Estate team. He’s a podcaster, philanthropist, author, top 20 influencer in Canadian real estate, Realtor of the Year to Investors for four consecutive years (2015-2018), Top 40 Under 40, and Real Estate Investment Community Leadership Award 2X. Favourite quote: be the chan...2022-09-2940 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansThe Stock Hacker Show Episode 2: Dividend Stocks and How Real Estate Investors Lost OutEpisode 2 of the Stock Hacker Academy Show! In addition to all of the weekly real estate episodes, we’re trying out this monthly stock market focused episode. The audio for these episodes are taken from our weekly Stock Hacker Youtube Show. We realize that many of you aren’t video people. These monthly Stock Hacker shows will bring you the best information and stock market education we put out on a regular basis. This month we cover: Beginners Guide to Canadian Dividend Stocks How real estate investors left money on the table with st...2022-06-3032 minThe Andrew Hines Real Estate Investing PodcastBONUS EPISODE: Options Trading Deep Dive with Erwin Szeto and Anderson Carter-Griffith
In this Bonus Episode, Erwin Szeto and Anderson Carter-Griffith discuss stock option trading and how that is a complement for real estate investors. This is a topic frequently discussed on the show but we've never dedicated an episode to it. Anderson is Erwin's student and came on the show to discuss his success and approach. Anderson started building up his base of capital doing Uber eats delivery and door dash deliveries and now earns meaningful percentage returns (2% per week) with his options trading.
Disclaimer: This episode, as with every episode of this podcast, should NOT...2022-06-2342 min
MoneyDad PodcastWealth Hacking and Funding your Child’s future education through Real Estate with Erwin SzetoSend us a text#012. Today’s guest is Erwin Szeto. Erwin and I talk about early childhood lessons about money his dad taught him, how his personal investment in real estate got started and why he decided to concentrate his efforts on helping investors building their portfolios. We get into how he gets his kids involved as a real estate investor and what motivated him to use real estate as a way to fund his children’s future post-secondary education needs. We talk about how he gets his kids involved in the charity that he started with his wife...2022-06-1459 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for Canadians25 Properties, JV’ing As A Side Hustle, Financially Free With Justin ChungOn to this week’s show! We have a veteran investor who’s been investing for over a decade and has accumulated 25 properties including several in joint venture (JV for short) with friends and family. Justin is one of our long-time clients and as time in the real estate investment market has served him and his family well as the properties we coached him to invest in has allowed Justin to join our exclusive 7 Figure Club. Owning a million dollars of real estate isn’t too hard these days, earning a million dollars or more in return is significant and Just...2022-06-131h 05
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansCivics Teacher Investing in Real Estate & Stock Options David RahillyFrom audience requests, one of the one or two dozen listeners of ours asks for stories from beginners early in their journey and for investors who started later in life. Today we have both in David Rahilly who is close to retirement age, has been real estate investing for only a handful of years and recently learnt how to trade stock options. David’s full time job is that of a high school teacher in Civics of all subjects. Civics class teaches students how government works, how to be a good citizen, the Charter of Rig...2022-02-281h 27
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansCrypto Currency Expert, Grandfather of Ethereum Dmitry ButerinOn to this week’s show and I’m really excited to share it with you. There are many crypto experts out there and I’ve always want to bring you my 16-17 listeners the best of the best. Like real estate, there are many experts in crypto, many have asked to come on this show to promote their book or course or coaching but something didn’t sit right with me. Maybe it’s me being too picky or analysis paralysis but being patient as it often does paid off. A more recent, good friend of...2022-02-211h 21The Andrew Hines Real Estate Investing PodcastMindset, Business Building and Winning in Investments with Erwin Szeto
In E122, Erwin Szeto discusses business building in the real estate niche. Erwin is a real estate investor and serial entrepreneur with a knack for succeeding in multiple businesses. This was a casual conversation to catch up with Erwin and see what he's up to. including a recap on when he brought Grant Cardone to town for his "Wealth Hacker Conference". Erwin also dug into what he thinks is most important for succeeding as newer investors and entrepreneurs.
Later in the episode Erwin discusses property management and technical delegation of key roles in his primary...2021-05-301h 00
Wealth On Main Street44. CPA & Real Estate Investors Embrace Infinite Banking Concept Canada – Cherry Chan & Erwin SzetoJoining Richard and Jayson today is the power couple, Cherry Chan and Erwin Szeto.
Cherry is an entrepreneur, a best-selling author on Amazon, a blogger, a mom of two young kids and a Chartered Professional Accountant helping real estate agents and real estate investors. Cherry is also in high demand as a public speaker for her tax knowledge.
Erwin is the founder of the iWIN (Infinity Wealth Investment Network) and the iWIN Real Estate. He has a Top 100 Investment Podcast (per iTunes) and is President of the Hamilton Basket Brigade.
Together, these two h...2021-01-0549 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansThe Worst JV Divorce I've Ever Seen With Seth FergusonOn to this week’s show, we have Seth Ferguson, a real estate TV Show Host, Podcast Host, author, soon to be second time author, apartment building investor and Stock Hacker. I first met Seth a year ago when he invited me to his podcast, it’s one of my favourite interviews. Not only is Seth a great producer and great dresser, he came prepared like none other for our interview. Here’s the link in case you’ve missed it: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYzZrt9Zipc Web: https://sethferguson.libsyn.co...2020-10-031h 04
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansGovernment Subsidy Update, Cherry Beating Erwin at Stock Hacking, BHAG, Investing in Insurance with Cherry ChanSpeaking of Cherry, she is this weeks guest here to share about the latest in Government subsidies, why she got into Stock Hacking when I was already deep into trading, our BHAG, big hairy audacious goal and so much more!2020-07-1153 min
Investor Smarts36: Erwin Szeto / Real Estate Investor + EntrepreneurToday, we speak with Real Estate Investor and Entrepreneur, Erwin Szeto! Erwin talks live events, stock hacking (yes, even as a real estate investor!), and more! - - - - Like what you hear? Make sure to share with your colleagues and loved ones, and rate and review us on iTunes!2019-12-2358 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansCollecting a Million in Rent, Starting at Age 26 With Evelyn LamarshOn to this week’s show!! We have a special guest in Evelyn Lamarsh. Evelyn who was on stage in front of almost 1,600 at the Wealth Hacker Conference and one of my first clients emailed me this morning: "Hey Erwin, Just for fun I keep track of my total rents paid over the years. As of this year, tenants have happily paid me over one million dollars in gross rents! 🙂" Whenever I hear people tell me their reasons they can’t or don’t invest, I think of this 26 year old, single woman will a small amou...2019-12-141h 03
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansOur Journey To The Wealth Hacker ConferenceThere’s so much going through our heads in the last 48 hours. As excited as it was for us on Saturday at the Wealth Hacker Conference, we didn’t start out that way. Our journey started off around the time when Cherry’s grandma passed away. A small idea was planted by Maryanne Gillespie, Erwin’s coach, to host free classes to share the idea of building long-term wealth through real estate investment. We discussed and we brainstormed, nothing really firmed up and Cherry took off to Hong Kong to attend her grandma’s funeral.2019-11-2322 minThe Andrew Hines Real Estate Investing PodcastWealth Hacking & Closing Grant Cardone with Erwin Szeto
In E038, Erwin Szeto talks all about his "wealth hacking" strategies that focus in and around real estate, 'naked put' stock option investing and business ownership. Erwin is an entrepreneur and salesperson to his core. He's ambitious and pushes himself at all times. This is extremely clear because of the fact that he landed Grant Cardone to come speak at his Wealth Hacker conference here in Toronto. I always enjoy talking with people who hustle and find innovative ways to grow aggressively while conducting good business. Erwin checks these boxes and it was an interesting conference to say the...2019-11-031h 13
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansWealth Hacker – The Origin Story of Erwin SzetoHello and welcome to the Oliver Manalese show with your guest Erwin Szeto. LOL. This episode is something different. My old friend Oliver Manalese, one of the most successful rent to own investors I know asked me to be his first return guest on his show. Oliver is a good guy, his business is to coach people through their problems, many self inflicted. I joked with Oliver when booking our interview, I told him “you’d be losing you S&$% with me if I was your client” I know my coach already is. LOL. Anyway, the tabl...2019-10-191h 46
Real Estate Investing on the True Condos PodcastErwin Szeto: Investor. Realtor. Podcaster. Wealth HackerErwin Szeto is an investor, Realtor, podcaster, and self-described “wealth hacker”. Hear his journey as a real estate investor and learn more about his upcoming Wealth Hacker Conference with Grant Cardone on this episode. Interested in attending the conference? Listen to the end for a special promo code for 10% off tickets.
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First Responders Wealth Network Real Estate Investing PodcastNov 9th Wealth Hacker Conference in Toronto with Grant Cardone & Learning Stock Options w/ Erwin SzetoIf you want to connect with Dave, download his Ebook and Audiobook for FREE and then schedule your free strategy call to help you get started. Just go to www.911WealthNetwork.com ALSO, If you like this content, please Subscribe, Rate and Review on iTunes/ApplePodcasts In this episode, you’ll find out what you can expect at the Wealth Hacker Conference put on by Erwin Szeto and his wife Cherry Chan this November 9th, 2019. Erwin also talks about his newfound love for investing in stock options, and how simple it can be – even for the most cons...2019-10-1558 min
Peaceful Prosperity with Oliver ManaleseWealth Hacker – The Origin Story | Erwin Szeto
Today I am excited to have Erwin Szeto (wealthhacker.ca) back on the podcast. Erwin is someone I’ve known for a long time, I’ve seen him make a tremendous impact on so many people’s lives with his work, his message, his charity, and every time I’ve hung out with him for our #brodowns doing a crossfit workout, having talks over lunch, I always leave inspired, empowered, and thinking BIG.
Erwin is a humble, honest, and hardworking man with a ton of wisdom and I know you’re going to get a ton...2019-10-091h 47OLIVER MANALESEWealth Hacker – The Origin Story | Erwin Szeto
Today I am excited to have Erwin Szeto (wealthhacker.ca) back on the podcast. Erwin is someone I’ve known for a long time, I’ve seen him make a tremendous impact on so many people’s lives with his work, his message, his charity, and every time I’ve hung out with him for our #brodowns doing a crossfit workout, having talks over lunch, I always leave inspired, empowered, and thinking BIG.
Erwin is a humble, honest, and hardworking man with a ton of wisdom and I know you’re going to get a ton...2019-10-091h 47
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansErwin's AirBnb & Stock Update & Wholesaler, Flipper Alex KourmanisThis week’s guest is a real estate investor who received media attention east of Toronto. Alex Kouramanis is real estate investor from Toronto, specializing in the Wholesale and Flipping strategies in markets throughout Ontario. He has been investing for over 6 years, with the last 2 years being full time. In addition to investing, he is an online educator on Udemy and Skillshare, teaching Real Estate Investment, Negotiation and Personal Finance. Alex also co-hosts the monthly meetup TREIA, the Toronto Real Estate Investors Association with his friend and partner Luc Boiron.2019-09-281h 12
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansAsk Erwin Anything EP1 with Joel ArndtHello wealth hacker nation! As our regulars know, I converted one of my single family homes from being rented to students to AirBnb after an awful experience with one tenant and then dealing with the pro tenant, Landlord Tenant Board Tribunal. Good friends of mine who have much experience with short term rentals told me how great the tenant profile is vs. long term tenants. Guests of short term rentals or STR’s for short are happy because they have vacation, they have budget otherwise they wouldn’t be taking vacation. My property is inspected more...2019-06-081h 04
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansMy Wife Cherry Interviewed Me. Asked the Stuffs I Don't Share About...What can I say, as any of you regular listeners know I’m far from normal but you know what I’ve learnt about spending time around successful people? We’re all sort of crazy. Anyways, Cherry had a glass of wine, a shot of tequila, loosened up and felt like asking me whatever she wanted. If you still trust me afterwards to help you build your wealth through real estate, I’ll be at the next monthly #iWIN meeting on Feb 28th near Pearson Airport. We have two of the nicest people in Stuart and Denise...2019-02-281h 01
Breakthrough Real Estate Investing PodcastEpisode 78: The Truth About Real Estate Investing with Erwin SzetoHere's What You'll Learn in our Interview with Erwin Szeto:
How to set yourself up for success as a real estate investor
How to scale your real estate investing business
How to select the right coach/mentor to help you grow your portfolio
How to build your brand as an investor
And much, much more!
Erwin is a Top 20 Influencer in 2018-12-051h 02First Responders Wealth Network Real Estate Investing PodcastErwin Szeto (Mr. Hamilton) Award Winning Real Estate Agent and InvestorIf you want to connect with Dave, download his Ebook and Audiobook for FREE and then schedule your free strategy call to help you get started. Just go to www.911WealthNetwork.com ALSO, If you like this content, please Subscribe, Rate and Review on iTunes/ApplePodcasts CHECK OUT www.911WEALTHNETWORK.COM for more info or to connect with Dave. For years Erwin Szeto, along with his team, has been working hand-in-hand with real estate investors from all over Ontario to invest in St. Catharines, Hamilton, and the Kitchener-Waterloo surrounding areas. What star...2018-11-2045 minOLIVER MANALESE32: Truth About Real Estate Investing with Philanthropist Erwin Szeto
Erwin Szeto (www.hamiltonbasketbrigade.ca) is a Philanthropist, Real Estate Investor, Entrepreneur, Podcast host, and multiple award-winning Real Estate Sales Professional. A Co-founder and President of HamiltonBasketBrigade.com he brings together the generosity and massive hearts of his community to provide poverty relief in Hamilton. Together they hand deliver 2,000+ holiday dinners each year to less fortunate families) at Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
Erwin is also a real estate investment business owner and teacher specializing in the Hamilton to Niagara Region for basement suiting, student rentals, rent-to-own, buy and hold, land development, bridge financing...2018-11-061h 27Peaceful Prosperity with Oliver Manalese32: Truth About Real Estate Investing with Philanthropist Erwin Szeto
Erwin Szeto (www.hamiltonbasketbrigade.ca) is a Philanthropist, Real Estate Investor, Entrepreneur, Podcast host, and multiple award-winning Real Estate Sales Professional. A Co-founder and President of HamiltonBasketBrigade.com he brings together the generosity and massive hearts of his community to provide poverty relief in Hamilton. Together they hand deliver 2,000+ holiday dinners each year to less fortunate families) at Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
Erwin is also a real estate investment business owner and teacher specializing in the Hamilton to Niagara Region for basement suiting, student rentals, rent-to-own, buy and hold, land development, bridge financing...2018-11-061h 27
Respect The Grind with Stefan AarnioFinding The Perfect Investment Property With Erwin SzetoFor years Erwin Szeto, along with his team, have been working hand-in-hand with real estate investors from all over Ontario to invest in St. Catharines real estate and its surrounding areas. What started with a couple investments has grown into hundreds of residential investment properties worth tens of millions to our clients. Find out morea bout Erwin Szeto at: www.mrhamilton.ca2018-06-2100 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansLeaving the Corporate World to go Real Estate Full Time and Changing Lives With Erwin SzetoThis was me (Erwin Szeto) being interviewed as the guest on the Your Life - Your Terms Podcast by Tom and Nick Karadza. Credit to them for the recording, title and show description: On this episode, Erwin Szeto shares his real estate journey and how he ultimately walked away from his corporate job to work with real estate and investors on a full-time basis. Over the past eight years, together with his growing team, he’s helped hundreds of investors create cash flow, build equity and navigate the tricky business of real estate. Erwin shares how...2018-06-201h 09
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansInvesting in Rural Real EstateInvesting 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 will be living with you!” to which we both laughed, could you imagine? He’s got four kids too, imagine if a...2018-05-1658 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansWhy would anyone want to build a $1 Million RSP?Why 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 much we need to retire, financ...2018-05-101h 03
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansPodcasting with Breakthrough Investor/Agent Rob BreakRob 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 ATR2100 To Listen: On iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/truth-about-real-estate-investing…/id1100488294 Google...2018-04-121h 04
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansNew Standardized Lease w Paralegal Diane DigiandomenicoEveryone’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 and podcast are advised to seek specific legal advice by contacting their own legal counsel or Diane regarding any...2018-03-131h 05
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansThe Millennial Retirement Plan: Seven Houses at Age 33 w Sarah LarbiWe 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 could have been better as it took much of a back seat to t...2018-01-1852 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansMy 2nd Property of 2017Hello 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 to the hype. included is a return trip on The RBG Express (a train ride), hot chocolate and a cookie, story...2017-12-0725 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansGold Award & Economic UpdateHello 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 whole REIN executive and members have been a huge part of my journey and REIN just announced ACRE, the best w...2017-11-2831 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansCapital Gains Exemption On Rental PropertyHello 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 time. Here is a youtube from one of their lives shows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT3KZIE27xo With life being so sh...2017-11-1517 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansI Quit! Trading Security for Independence With Cash Flow Investing and Mindset - Rene MasseThis 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 up the steady paycheque and pension and job security for the entrepreneurial life. This...2017-10-1856 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansCreating a Pension in 4 Years vs 40 YearsThis 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 four years with plans and joint venture partners for many more. Learn about what Kaush wishes he could go back a...2017-09-271h 02
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansHow a Single Dad Refinanced His Home for Multiple Down PaymentsThis week I’m excited to bring to you Nick Ditomaso, he’s been investing for less than three years after 20 something years of sitting on the sidelines. Even as a single dad, he’s been super successful with just a few well selected investment properties and with the proceeds of just one property, Nick is paying off his mom’s car loan, paying for his son’s wedding, donating to charity, and still have sufficient capital for a down payment or two for more investment properties. Nick’s claim to fame is his ability to refinance his own home for multi...2017-08-0356 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansBuying The First of Three Properties in 2017This week, we’re doing something different, we do not have a guest but rather me! My plan is to buy three houses this year and we just locked up the first of three and I’d like to detail for you the lead up to the purchase, how the purchase went, and where we are going with it. If the listeners enjoy this episode, I’ll make a series of updates on how I invest. Just to let you know, we have a new website where we will be posting all new and old podcast episodes, show note...2017-07-1021 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansHow to Increase Cash Flow with Basement Apartments with Andy TranWelcome ladies and gentlemen investors across the greatest country in the world. This is the Truth About Real Estate Investing show for Canadians where it is my job to bring you experts in the world of investing to learn their expertise and experience. In our interviews, we will flush out their out their strategies and lessons so we may listen and takeaway highly tactical tips and ideas to improve our investment portfolios. We’ve had guests in the pasts from faraway lands, Don Campbell who resides in British Columbia, Pierre Paul Turgeon who’s from Alberta but this...2017-06-011h 20
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansHow to Graduate to Apartment Building Investing with Pierre Paul TurgeonWelcome ladies and gentlemen investors across the greatest country in the world, this is the Truth About Real Estate Investing show for Canadians where it is my job to bring you experts in the world of investing so we may learn from their experience, so we too can duplicate their success, and inspire YOU to take action for a better financial future for yourself and those closest to you. This week we welcome one of the greatest teachers of apartment building investing, returning to the show is former lawyer, former CMHC analyst for default management and underwriter...2017-05-231h 22
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansBuy Apartment Building, Fix, Rent, Ski, Repeat w. Kevin BunzelukKevin started investing in 2007 with a vacant, run down six plex that he purchased with no money down in Thunder Bay. Now a full time investor, Kevin continues to fix up and rent multi-family properties, as well as flipping single family homes. If you know Kevin, you’ll know he has a passion for learning and sharing knowledge, hence he decided to start LifeStyle Housing Radio, a weekly radio show and podcast for real estate investors, and that’s not all. Kevin being from Thunder Bay, hasn’t always been able to attend all the great real estate events in the...2017-05-1657 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for Canadians6 Years Part Time and $600k in ReturnsThat’s right, a part time investor from Toronto investing in cash flowing, Hamilton real estate improved his net worth by $600,000 in just six years. Gross rents of $8,000 per month and John’s personal efforts to generate those revenues is 30 minutes per week or 2 hours per month, therefore his hourly rate is $4,000/hour. After over a decade of sitting on the sidelines and knowing real estate was an excellent asset class, John finally took the leap after meeting his real estate coach in Erwin “Mr Hamilton” Szeto (full disclosure, John is my client). John, son of Greek immigrants...2017-02-151h 32
Lifestyle Housing RadioEpisode 53: Student Rentals, with Erwin Szeto (Mr. Hamilton)Key Takeaways:
– What is a student rental and why might you want one….or not want one.– Students are a better tenant profile than your local renters.– It’s not that hard to please a student tenant sometimes.– Student rental can be cyclical…..learn how to overcome this.– Be close to the university…Close to walk or close to a bus, every school is different.– What makes a great student house.– The more cash flow, the more problems, the higher the risk.– When they come to you as a group, they’re more likely to g...2017-02-0300 min
The Real Estate InsiderTREI 23: Building Real Estate Wealth - Erwin SzetoWhile some know him by his brand, Mr. Hamilton, we know him as REIN Member Erwin Szeto. Erwin is a very busy man. He is a Realtor, real estate investor, father, husband and philanthropist. With his company, he helps investors purchase roughly 60 properties per year. Erwin is a firm believer in only showing homes he would invest in himself, so when he shows properties that just aren’t being purchased, he will often purchase them himself. Before investing in real estate, Erwin graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a business degree, and worked for IBM. Not long after st...2016-11-0201 min
The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for CanadiansDon R Campbell: the Inside Story of a Real Estate Genius
We were super excited when Don accepted our invitation to the show and we are even more excited after the interview!! I (Erwin) tried to be a good host and stay present but I couldn’t help but take tons of notes as Don was handing out gold (figuratively)!! I’ll share them later in the show notes on our mrhamilton.ca website but we couldn’t wait any longer to release this episode because:
ACRE / SOS is coming April 15-17th to Toronto, link: http://info.reincanada.com/real-estate-sos-toronto-2016
As a favour to me, Don and the Real Esta...2016-04-051h 02