Episodes

March 16, 2022

The Multifamily Conference Event

When: May 14-15, 2022 Where: Toronto RESERVE YOUR SEAT NOW! https://multifamilyconference.ca 10% OFF PROMO CODE: Sarah10 Sign up for a chance to WIN a FREE VIP TICKET https://multifamilyconference.ca/vipdraw Expert Speakers KEVIN O’LEARY – KEYNOTE SPEAKER JOE FAIRLESS – Scaling to Over $1 BILLION JOEL BLOCK – Wall Street Secrets to Raising Capital and Structuring Your Deals PIERRE-PAUL TURGEON – Insider Underwriting Secrets DALIA BARSOUM – Financing Strategies for Portfolio Growth MIKE R...
March 11, 2022

Diving deeper into the Vancouver Real Estate market

Guest: Jenny Wun & Toni Sing @westonerealestate, Real Estate Investors Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest This week’s podcast guests are Jenny Wun & Toni Sing – Real Estate Investors With over 28 years of combined experience, Toni and Jenny are consistently in the Top 10% of Realtors® in Greater Vancouver. They are full of empowering wisdom to motivate you to keep pushing against barriers including the ones in your mind. They share their relatable personal stories going t...
March 4, 2022

How to monetize on your Air BNB and become a Superhost

Guest: Natalie Palmer Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest This week’s podcast guest is Natalie Palmer, Real Estate Investor and Air BNB Superhost Natalie is an Orange County native who graduated from Cal State University, Fullerton with her Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing in 2015. After a couple postgraduate years working 9-5 in marketing, she found that it wasn’t the lifestyle she had pictured for herself, and decided to take a shot at hosting her family’s Big Bear...
Feb. 24, 2022

Women in Real Estate

Guest:Esther Nicolas Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest This week’s podcast guests is Esther Nicolas, Real Estate Investor & Educator Esther Nicolas is a part-time investor, a full-time teacher, the mom of two young children, and the co-founder of Women Investors Network in Canada (@winc.investors). She lives in Ottawa, Canada. Not long after moving to Ottawa with her husband Matthew, they bought their first home and immediately added a secondary dwelling in the lower leve...
Feb. 18, 2022

7 Ways to Die in Real Estate Financing

Guest: Dalia Barsoum Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest This week’s podcast guest is Dalia Barsoum, Real Estate Investor & Mortgage Broker Dalia Barsoum is an award-winning mortgage broker and a financial advisor with over 20 years of experience in the banking sector, spanning lending, wealth management strategy and real estate. In 2011, she launched Streetwise Mortgages, a boutique brokerage that specializes in servicing real estate investors and self-employed clients acro...
Feb. 16, 2022

How to Get a US Visa as a Canadian Investor

Co-Hosted with Gary Hibbert Guest: Darren Cabral How to get a hold of Darren Cabral Darren’s contacts who have helped him along the way: Canadian Contacts Joel Guberman – Direct Line: 416.304.9551 Email: guberman@cilf.ca – Toronto Immigration Lawyer For Visa Application Ryan Bouskill -Email: rbouskill@djb.com – Hamilton-based CPA for corporate structure and set up in the US US CONTACTS Tobias JW McFaul TJM@weinsteinspira.com – Texas Accountant/CPA specializing in working with Canadians. ...
Feb. 11, 2022

Vault To Investment Real Estate Success

Guest: Rick Harris Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest This week’s podcast guest is Rick Harris- Real Estate Investor & Author Rick is a real estate investor, coach & author. He has been investing since 2008 and has not looked back since. Rick loves to Buy & Hold and shares tips to be successful with this strategy. Ricks book: 31 Days to Purchasing and Renting Your First Investment Real Estate Property has helped investors across the country grow their portfolios. He curren...
Feb. 4, 2022

Investing & Financing Canada Wide

Guest: Jacob Perez Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest This week’s podcast guest is Jacob Perez – Mortgage Broker & Real Estate Investor In this episode, you will learn about: How to mitigate your risk when investing Rates & Inflation What’s new in the works of real estate financing Where to invest throughout Canada and why? Endless opportunities in the real estate market Jacob is a mortgage Broker serving Canada-wide & a successful real estate investor. Jacob shares h...
Jan. 28, 2022

From Being a Passive Investor to Becoming an Active Investor

Guest:David Pitschner, Market Director & Real Estate Investor Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest This week’s podcast guest is David Pitschner – Real Estate Investor Dave started investing passively as a money partner in various properties. Eventually, he started being a more active investor. He started buying in Brantford for cash flow and the various profit centers that being an owner offers. His wife wanted to buy places they would live in but eventually, as a couple, th...
Jan. 21, 2022

Managing Expectations & Investing With Family For Major Growth

Guest: Joe Costanza, Real Estate Investor Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest This week’s podcast guest is Joe Costanza – Real Estate Investor Joe started investing almost 3 years ago. His focus was on the Hamilton area doing BRRRR projects. He’s more recently shifted to Sudbury. Most of his investment happened during the pandemic and he’s seen amazing appreciation. It really helped him scale and grow but as we discussed, we always have to plan for the worst if a downturn w...
Jan. 14, 2022

Strategic, Unique Financing Strategies to Grow Your Portfolio

Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest This week’s podcast guest is David Giustizia – Mortgage Broker & Real Estate Investor David is an entrepreneur at heart! He used to have a bookkeeping business, did financial planning and he’s now a mortgage broker. He started investing in real estate in 2013 in Oakville by buying a small condo. His strategy has now grown to include larger multi-family properties for cash flow. He’s more and more the active partner working with investors t...
Jan. 7, 2022

How to Create Passive Income With Toronto Properties

Guest:Sahil Jaggi @minkrealestate, Real Estate Investor Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest This week’s podcast guest is Sahil Jaggi – Real Estate Investor & Realtor Sahil Jaggi started investing in 2010. He’s the founder and principal broker of Mink Real Estate an investment-focused real estate firm. His real estate investment career started with a bungalow and house hacking. Sahil was living in the basement. He had 80k to invest which was barely enough. He now owns 17 pro...
Dec. 31, 2021

Becoming a Cashflow Pro and Real Estate Investor at 21!

Guest: Doug Meyers, Real Estate Investor Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest This week’s podcast guest is Doug Meyers – Real Estate Investor In this episode, you’ll learn how Doug who is a former mining engineer used real estate investing to provide the income needed to leave his full-time employment. This gave him the opportunity to pursue other passions and business interests with his full attention. He has a portfolio of condos, duplexes, and triplexes across Western Can...
Dec. 24, 2021

Luxury Student Rentals for Massive Cashflow

Guest:Jacqueline Bang, Real Estate Investor Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest Jacqueline Bang began investing in late winter 2021. This was at the height of the pandemic which means that she needed some solid exit strategies. Student rentals were highly affected during the pandemic due to online learning and other factors. Many people delayed their closing, she didn’t! Jacqueline focuses on student housing in Windsor, Ontario. She saw an opportunity to get into a differen...
Dec. 17, 2021

BRRRing in Welland & Being Creative When Adding Suites!

Guest: Victoria Suen @buildxlab, Architect, Real Estate Investor & Developer Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest This week’s podcast guest is Victoria Suen, Architect, real estate investor & developer. Victoria is an architect by trade. She started investing at the age of 19! She only began scaling in the past few years and is now focusing on BRRRRing single-family homes. Victoria wants her projects to be fun and to provide good returns. She started investing in Mississauga...
Dec. 10, 2021

Scaling from 1 to 17 doors in Less Than 4 Years!

Guest:Georges El Masri @welloffx, Realtor & Real Estate Investor Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest This week’s podcast guest is Georges El Masri – Realtor & Real Estate Investor Georges started in 2017 after going to university, getting a job, and then getting fired. He then got his license as a realtor with the intention of becoming a real estate investor. His wife also owned a condo that she rented out and eventually sold to acquire a fourplex. He’s scaled from 1 to 17 ...
Nov. 26, 2021

Land Severance & Real Estate Development To Quit Your Job!

Guest: Paula MacFarlane & Jake Tayler @tartandevelopments, Real Estate Investors & Developers Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest This week’s podcast guests are Paula MacFarlane & Jake Tayler – Real Estate Investors & Developers. Paula and Jake were both paramedics and they wanted out! Paula quit her full-time job in 2019 and Jake more recently in 2021. They were able to replace their incomes with the active income earned by flips, land severance, and new build projects. Th...
Nov. 19, 2021

Heritage Homes: How To Flip Them!

Guest: This week’s podcast guest is Jude Kamal – Interior Designer & Real Estate Investor. Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest This week’s podcast guest is Jude Kamal – Interior Designer & Real Estate Investor. Jude has been working on heritage homes for a few years. She discusses the pros and cons of buying an older home with unique features and owning a piece of local history. Jude shared some resources you can use to evaluate the potential of a heritage home as a princip...
Nov. 12, 2021

Airbnb for Dummies! How to Set-Up Cashflowing Short-Term Rentals

Guest: This week’s podcast guest is James Svetec – Real Estate Investor & Airbnb expert. Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest James’ career began by managing other people’s Airbnb. He eventually set up his own short-term rentals by working with investor partners. The trend twoards more local travel has greatly influence how he now sets up his suites. The properties need to be near outdoor attractions and staycations. International guests have shown a preference towards medium...
Nov. 5, 2021

How To Get Started In Real Estate Investing & Transform Your Life!

Guest: Shawn Rea – Real Estate Investor Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest This week’s podcast guest is Shawn Rea – Real Estate Investor Shawn’s life changed completely after he read Robert Kiyosaki’s books 7 years ago when he learned how to invest in real estate. He began buying cash-flowing assets. It was a tough beginning with no cash and living paycheque to paycheque. He hustled and took on up to 3 jobs at once to buy his first investment properties. While doing this, ...
Oct. 28, 2021

Laneway Homes, Suite Opportunities!

Guest: Craig Race & Ryan Fernandes – Real Estate Investors & Laneway House Developers Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest This week’s podcast guests are Craig Race & Ryan Fernandes – Real Estate Investors & Laneway House Developers. Laneway houses are a recent phenomenon in Toronto and Vancouver. Craig & Ryan are designing homes ranging from 500 sf up to 1700 sf with 3 bedrooms and even a basement! Toronto has great policies that help investors build laneway houses to incre...
Oct. 22, 2021

How Creative Lending Led a Teacher to Acquire Over 90 Doors!

Guest: Josh Stevenson, Real Estate Investor Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest This week’s podcast guest is Josh Stevenson, Real Estate Investor. Josh started out about 14 years ago and was slowly acquiring properties at the beginning. He eventually partnered with his friend Brent and they put their resources together and really grew their business in northern Ontario. They invested their capital, equity, and skillsets. They still self-manage even though they now own more ...
Oct. 15, 2021

Hands-Off Investing in the USA!

Guest: Ava Benesocky, Realtor & Real Estate Investor, Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest This week’s podcast guest is Ava Benesocky, Realtor and Real Estate Investor. Ava started out as a realtor in a small city in Alberta. She eventually had a dream to move to Vancouver but wasn’t ready for big-city realtors! She hit some hurdles but decided to look for opportunities. She kept meeting investors that were hitting a wall due to the high price tag of local investments. That’...
Oct. 1, 2021

JVs, Creatively Managing Remote Investments & Retiring at Age 40!

Guest: François & Jennifer Lanthier, Real Estate Investors Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/WSIILatest This week’s podcast guests are François & Jennifer Lanthier, real estate investors located in Ottawa. They are a very creative couple that invests in eastern Ontario, eastern Canada, and now in the US! They’ve done a lot of Joint Ventures which is great but they can be a lot of work. Jennifer is more involved with numbers and François is more of the social media and relationship m...