RISE Real Estate Investing Podcast

Ep 49: Overcoming hurdles as a new REI

Dhiraj Patil moved to Canada in October 2018 along with his wife and started investing from mid of 2019. He works as an IT professional, and currently owns 8 units. His primary focus with regards to real estate was to use it as a tool to build wealth. In the past 2 years, he has been educating himself in REI and at the same time trying to build a portfolio of multi-family properties and looking to double his portfolio every year. He is always looking to connect with other individuals who share the same mindset.

In this episode we discussed:

- His Journey as an immigrant to Canada doing REI

- Hurdles as an immigrant in REI and how he overcame it

- Cash for keys strategies

and more!

 

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Ep 48: An Architect's Approach to REI

Victoria Suen is an architect and real estate investor, having started by buying her first property at the age of 19. She took a break from real estate investing to pursue a career in architecture but after graduation, she bought her second investment property in Kitchener/Waterloo to bring together her passions of design, real estate, and business. After dealing with multiple break-ins, unforeseen major infrastructural repairs, and overrun renovation timelines, she knew there was a better way. She learned about the BRRR strategy, converting single family homes into multi-unit dwellings and decided to jump in on a duplex conversion opportunity in Welland. Since then, she’s acquired 3 properties in 2021 and  currently owns 8 properties – 13 doors. Looking to the future, Victoria is opening her own architecture studio, building her own prefabricated tiny house for distribution and would like to help more investors with designing their multi-unit conversions, building accessory dwelling units such as laneway suites, garden suites, and tiny houses and diving into real estate development.

In this podcast we discussed:
-Advantage of being an architect as a real estate investor
-Difference between BCIN designer and Architect
-When you will need an architect
-Determining between vertical split conversion or upper and lower
-Bench pinning and underpinning 
-Pros and cons of prefabricated tiny home

 

and more!

Connect with Victoria Suen on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/buildxlab/

on her Website at: www.buildxlab.com

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Ep 47: Real Estate As A Retirement Investment

Andrew is a real estate investor who isn’t afraid to go that extra mile. Based in Toronto he invests throughout Southwestern Ontario. With over 25 years as a project manager in the commercial printing sector Andrew turned his sights on real estate in 2016 after reading the book Rich Dad Poor Dad. Since then, he has grown his own real estate investing business specializing in renovations of single-family homes for rentals or flips that yield the highest rents and appraisals for his investment partners. Pulling from his project management days and his natural ability for understanding home construction and renovations, Andrew has gathered a team of experts to support him and has developed systems and tools that allow him to invest at a distance. In just a few years Andrew has been able to combine his passion for real estate and his knowledge of home construction into a portfolio worth over $2MM and has become an authority in real estate investing at a distance.

 

In this episode we discussed:

-How did the obstacles he experienced made him started real estate investing

-Landlord problems

-Difference between BRRRRing and flipping

-Importance of social media and virtual assistant for a real estate investor

-How networking is important

-Advantages of different property types for real estate investors.

 

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Ep 46: Getting started in REI with Mayu and Austin

This week we decided to talk about how to get started in REI especially for our new real estate investor listeners.

Listen to Mayu and Austin speak about our key takeaways from the previous episodes for a new REI, our recommendations for new REI regarding financing, common obstacles when starting REI, Strategies that you can pick up for doing BRRRR, Wholesaling, Low cost marketing, Flipping, Airbnb and building power teams.

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Ep 45: The journey of a new real estate investor

Adam is a musician and tour manager turned real estate investor. When COVID hit, he lost his job and made the decision to capitalize on his time off by educating himself and pivoting into real estate.

In this episode we discussed;

- How he started in Real Estate and what motivated him
- Mistakes in his journey
- Steps and procedure to overcome obstacles
- Strategies he did to start 
- What is driving for dollars
- Common beginners mistakes

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Ep 44: Building a portfolio from nothing with Khobare Capital!

Two International Students-Masters graduate brothers whose stories epitomize the roller-coaster ride of being born in the Riches to Rags to growing Real Estate Empire to Riches. They truly believe wealth is grown together and ready to inspire others.

In this episode we discussed;

- How Sid & Ishan were able to achieve 9 doors in a span of 1 year with barely enough money to put down at 5% in the beginning to currently buying multi-family property with ZERO money down.
- Tips on how to close a deal
- Leverage lines of credit
- Wholesaling business
- Profitable BRRRR venture
- House hack

and much more!

Connect with Ishan;
on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/ishan.khobare/
on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/ishan.k.22

on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ishan-khobare-23936423/

 

Connect with Sid;
on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/kidyounot_sid/

on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/siddharth.khobare

on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddharthkhobare/

 

Connect with Khobare Capital;

on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/khobare.capital/

on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/khobare.capital

on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXl_QWEg31oLGTsje-cvpRQ

 

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Ep 43: Updates on the Windsor RE Market

Since 2016, Jeremy has helped many investors, first time home buyers, downsizer’s and families find their perfect property. Specializing in investments, Jeremy has been featured in many investment groups, podcasts, investment courses/boot camps and more. He prides himself in constant learning both as a Realtor and Investor, as well as networking and sees these as the reason for his success. His vast network of mortgage agents, inspectors, insurance agents, lawyers, movers, property managers and more adds that extra edge, and takes stress and hassle from your search.

In this episode we discussed;

- Windsor real estate investing
- Market change over the years and now
- Why it is the right time to invest in Windsor
- Reasons why investors are investing in Windsor

and much more!

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https://www.instagram.com/jeremyfromwindsor/

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https://www.facebook.com/jeremy.mcgraw

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Ep 42: Dropping out and Building a RE Portfolio

Koukun started investing in Real Estate at the age of 18 and has become a Millionaire Real Estate Investor at the age of 25. He has purchased and sold 9 Rental Properties ranging from Single Family Homes, Duplex Conversions, Student Rentals, and a 4-plex. He also runs Team Koukun, an Investment focused Realtor Team in the Niagara Region that has helped investors purchase and sell 50+ properties so far this year alone.

In this episode we discussed;

- How he get started in real estate investing
- Criteria he was looking for outside Toronto
- Bad experiences he learned from
- His outlook for real estate
- How he finance the properties
- Real estate investing in Welland

and much more!

Connect with Koukun at:

www.legalbasementapartment.ca (Free Beginners Guide to Creating a Legal Basement Apartment)

www.niagarainvestor.ca (Free Beginners Guide to Investing in the Niagara Region)

YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/koukunrei

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Ep 41: BRRRR'ing Airbnbs with Riley and James

James is one of the world’s foremost Airbnb experts and the co-author of Airbnb for Dummies. He has helped over 1,000 students all over the globe to leverage the power of short-term rentals as a vehicle for cashflow and wealth. When it comes to mastering performance and streamlining operations, James is the industry’s go-to expert, consulting with over 400 property management companies worldwide.

Riley is a real estate investing expert with an extensive background in deal sourcing, renovations, and property management. He now manages a portfolio of over 70 properties for himself and other investors alike. Riley is the go-to expert when it comes to finding and structuring wining deals. With his background and experience running several successful contracting businesses, Riley is also a master at helping people build substantial equity in their portfolios and focuses on helping newbie investors to buy their first income property.

In this episode we discussed.
- How they combined multifamily and Airbnb business as partners
- Cottages areas as single-family short-term rentals
- Pandemic risk mitigation
- How to source the deals
- What are they looking for and what they are avoiding for a cottage property for Airbnb
- Actual projects, numbers, and worst-case scenarios

and much more!

Connect with James Svetec at:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamessvetec/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.svetec

Connect with Riley Oickle at:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rileyoickleinvestor/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/riley.oickle

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Ep 40: Investing in the Toronto Market

Ming is a passionate educator with 20 years of real estate investment experience in Toronto, the GTA, and Southwestern Ontario. He purchased his first investment property in 2001 and has been hooked ever since!

Ming is both the Head of Advisory and Construction at Volition Properties where he mentors and guides new and experienced investors who are interested in purchasing and developing real estate in the Toronto market. Ming’s background in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo along with his construction experience give him a unique analytical lens on investing, and a practical approach to implementing investing strategies.

In this episode we discussed:

-Toronto real estate investing
-How to identify risk in investment properties
-Strategies that work today in Toronto
-What is Volition Properties

and much more!

Connect with Ming:
Monthly Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/volition/
Website: https://www.volitionprop.com/
Instagram: @investorming / @volitionproperties
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VolitionProp
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/volitionprop

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