RISE Real Estate Investing Podcast

Ep 59: Breaking down private financing

Calvert Home Mortgage specializes in working with real estate investors, house flippers and BRRR enthusiasts in Ontario and Alberta. They lend to investors who buy, fix, and flip or refinance properties for a profit. Calvert Home Mortgage offers no appraisals, low money down, and fast turnaround.

In this episode we discussed;

- How they do the private lending

- How they were able to fund so quickly

- Lending risks

- History of Calvert
- Pros and cons of private lending

 and much more!

 

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Contact them on their website at: https://chmic.ca/

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Ep 58: Designing a Lifestyle of your choice with Gary Hibbert

Gary Hibbert is a full-time real estate investor, award-winning real estate agent, author, and educator. He launched Smart Home Choice to allow future investors to make informed decisions in their investing strategies. He is also the owner of a private investment company called Deep Pockets and most recently has joined in a partnership of ownership of a real estate brokerage; Our Neighbourhood Realty. Gary attributes his success to his focus on improving his mindset, rather than improving his skillset and most importantly discovering his “why”. He is also dedicated to helping others realize their “why”, because that is the realization that led Gary to where he is today.
 
In this episode we discussed;

-How Gary got started in REI in the 2008 financial crisis
-How to design your own life
-Beginning entrepreneurial experiences
-Structuring growth after quitting his job

and much more!

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Facebook at:  https://www.facebook.com/smarthomechoice/
iTunes link at:  https://apple.co/2UvRI3s

Website at:  www.smarthomechoice.ca

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Ep 57: The Power of a Billion Dollar Mindset

Mark Smith is a motivational speaker and the host of 7-2 Mindset Investor Podcast. Mark is passionate about helping others build their mindset and bring value to those who want to perform at higher levels. Mark is also a Real Estate Investor focusing on Large Multi-Family Properties, Luxury Flips, New Builds and Development.

In this episode we discussed:

- How his mindset shifted

- Why failure is the best teacher

- What changed in his overall business after shifting his mindset

- Power team

 and much more!

 

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Twitter at: https://twitter.com/72MarkSmith

Website at: https://72mindsetinvestor.com/
LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/72marksmith/

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Ep 56: Growing through Creative Financing

Myuren Chanthirakumar started his real estate journey in October 2019. After realizing the passive income earned on his initial investment, Myuren spent 6 months of networking, enrolling in mentorship groups, and understanding the fundamentals of creative financing to scale in real estate. Along with his career in the commercial real estate industry, Myuren started his company, MC Real Estate Group Inc., and solely scaled to 6 properties (20 units) in 12 months. He is currently in the process of acquiring additional properties to his portfolio

In this episode we discussed:

- How he scales without partners

- How he acquired 6 properties in 12 months

- His cash for keys strategies

- VTB approach

and much more!

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Ep 55: Building your business and mindset for long distance investing

Thomas Lorini has been investing in real estate for over 10 years. Originally from Toronto, Ontario, he currently resides in Southern California with his wife and three children. Thomas has a wide range of experience and knowledge as he started with buy and hold 1-4 unit properties, but has now scaled into apartments, airbnb motels, land development, wholesaling and new construction.  Thomas is the founder and host of REWA the Real Estate Wealth Academy where he aims to educate, inspire and assist newer investors on their path to financial freedom.

 

In this episode we discussed: 
- Building a long distance power team members

- How he structure growth of the businesses

- Strategies to level up mindset

- How he structure multiple business

- Long distance networking

and much more!

 

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Ep 54: Conversions in Hamilton and Sudbury

Two years ago, Joseph made a firm decision to start investing in real estate, with the goal of one day pursuing his own development projects. Investing in small multi-family properties has served as a stepping stone towards that goal. Over the last two years Joseph has transacted over 10 rental units, with two units currently under renovation and more to come with Joint Venture partners. Joseph is currently optimizing his portfolio and growing his passion for real estate from a small hobby into an organized business. His primary focus has and will always be, to bring his partners the utmost value he can.

In this episode we discussed:

- Doing business with family

- Duplex conversions in Sudbury and Hamilton

- The conversion process

- How to build a power team

and much more!

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Ep 53: Hustling Through Wholesaling & Real Estate Investing

Jefferson has an amazing story of breaking into wholesaling and growing his own real estate portfolio in a short period of time! He was a full-time insurance broker and is now a family man who started wholesaling and real estate investing to be able to make more time for his family. He founded the Ortiz Property Solutions with the goal to be recognized as one of the leaders in off market deals both for wholesaling and is now looking to start and venture out to doing JVs, BRRRs, and flips.

In this episode we discussed:
- Why and how Jefferson started wholesaling in real estate
- Comparison of wholesaling between the States and Canada
- How he got his first real deal and continuous deals after that
- His most memorable wholesaling deal

 

and much more!

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Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/jefferson.ortiz.773/
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@jeffersonortizva?lang=en
Website : https://www.opropertysolutions.com/
Company Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/ortiz.propertysolutions/
personal instagram :  https://www.instagram.com/jeff.ortiz_va/
Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN5xcmUUMjT1UIwJyX1qHgA

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Ep 52: Answering your questions for our one year anniversary!

Celebrating the RISE Real Estate Investing Podcast FIRST ANNIVERSARY by answering our listeners’ questions sent to our Instagram page.

We answered questions related to:
- Decision making in real estate investing
- Cash for keys process
- Financing roadblock

- Refinancing BRRRR

- How to improve cash flow

- Decision making in taking a coaching program or books

- Advice on strategy for first property investing

- Dead equity

 

And much more!

 

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Ep 52: 23 Years Old and Building an Empire

Junaid Javaid is a 23 year old university drop out, now a full time real estate investor running two companies; Angel Properties specializes in finding distress opportunities to assign to investors and JJ Real Estate Investment specializes in finding capital partners who are passively looking to grown in real estate without having to deal with day-to-day operations.

 

In this episode we discussed;
- How he get started in real estate in 2020 at a very young age

- How he took the shortcut needed to get to where he is today

- How he was able to convince people to invest with him with his short time of experience

- Common pushbacks he got when raising his first capital and how he addressed them
- Strategies he did to grow his REI

and much more!

 

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Ep 50: Scaling to Large Multi Family

James Fernandez is an investor based out of London ON, and currently invests in Southwestern Ontario. He has worked with partners to learn and grow, and is currently in the process of BRRRRing his biggest project yet - a 33 unit apartment building. Since starting in 2020, James has accumulated units in multiple cities, making a lot of mistakes and earning many "speeding tickets" along the way.

We discussed the following:

 

- The tough choices you make when scaling 

- The struggles and pains of BRRRR'ing small properties

- Normal day to day of a recently full time REI

- The importance of goals, systems and scaling up to apartment buildings

 

and much more!

 

Connect with James Fernandez on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/james.fernz/
Website at: https://fernandezinvestments.com/
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