#147: Michael Hopkins: On A Path To Breaking Up With His 9-5 Job On this episode Gary chats with Michael Hopkins, the owner of ELMM Properties. He’s working on his second property at the moment, and has been dealing with floods and asbestos removal, not what any investor wants deal with, but he’s powering through it chasing the perfect BRRRR. Gary and co-host Quinton Cordick chat with Michael about how he got into Real Estate investing and why he chose it; his fears before he started; why he lov...
Jan 27, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 147
#146: Jean Paul: The Similarities Between Comedy & Real Estate Investing On this episode Gary chats with Canadian comedian Jean Paul! He’s played the biggest stages, TV and Just For Laughs, and drops by Gary’s studio for a no-holds-barred convo! Jean Paul shares his upbringing, how stage fright almost derailed his career, bombing and recovering, failures in life, how he moved into Real Estate investing (it was an accident), and MUCH more in this fun and engaging conversation! WHAT YOU’LL LEA...
Jan 20, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 146
#145: Harry James - Live Real Be Real On this episode Gary chats with Harry James, a serial entrepreneur for over 37 years! Restaurants, real estate investing both commercial and residential, financial advisor, real estate development, have led to great successes and great failures, learning along the way. These experiences lead to bouts of anxiety and Harry shares how he was able to overcome this and how it led to living an authentic life designed by intention. This ACTION-PACKED podcast is not...
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 29 min
#144: Joey Ragona (From The Archives) - How To Break The Freedom Barrier On this never-heard-before show from the archives, Gary chats with one of his First mentors, Joey Ragona. On our show this month I had the opportunity to discuss an important topic with a great friend of mine, Joey Ragona. Joey has done wonders for my business and family life. How? He coached Darlene and I for over 2 years and helped us implement strategies, processes and a taught us a proven methodical way of tackling issu...
Jan 06, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 144
#143: Adrian Ede - How To Live An Abundant Life On this week’s show Gary chats with good friend, real estate investor and fellow Our Neighbourhood Realty real estate agent, Adrian Ede. They talked about how Adrian left his steady job, how he always had an interest in investing, his feelings and fear about debt, but that GOOD debt is GREAT, mindset and goal setting and MUCH more in this not-to-be-missed podcast! WHAT YOU’LL LEARN: How mindset and learning good habits from successful people can ma...
Dec 16, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 143
#142: Dave Dubeau - The Art of Building a Business Around Real Estate Investing On this week’s show Gary chats with good friend and seasoned investor and early mentor, Dave Dubeau. They had a wide ranging discussion on raising capital, leaving your 9-5, building a great team, paying experts to do something for you rather than learn it, and MUCH more great advice. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN: How you transition from bootstrapping everything to using others How he raises capital for projects How the book Wh...
Dec 09, 2021•50 min•Ep. 142
#141: Ishan & Side Khobare - From New Immigrants to Successful Real Estate Entrepreneurs On this week’s show Gary chats with multi-discipline real estate investors, Sidd & Ishan Khobare. The brothers started with house hacking, have invested in student housing, air b&b, single family, multi-family and also dabbled in wholesaling. They are now firmly multi-family for the reasons you’ll discover in this podcast. Their wealthy father encouraged them to do anything in life, and they took...
Dec 02, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 141
#140: Allan Bell - How To Print Money By Using A Barn On this week’s show Gary chats with investor, mortgage agent and private lender, Allan Bell. They took a deep dive in Allan’s real estate investing journey, starting with his first investment which turned bad, but was rescued by some creative thinking. Allan is currently converting a barn into a multi family residence, and he also shares some of his successes as a “B” lender. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN: What is Allan’s Why What happened with his first...
Nov 25, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 140
#139: Samuel Spencer - Reviewing The Perfect BRRRR On this week’s show Gary chats with investor, investment coach and former mentee Samuel Spencer. Only 1 year ago, Samuel spent some time with Gary in his office, learning the fundamentals of investing. A year later, Samuel has transitioned from condo pre-construction investing and the many mistakes he made, to the BRRRR strategy. Gary and Samuel take a DEEP dive into the numbers to understand this purchase that became the perfect BRRRR, from beg...
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 139
#138: Alfonso Cuadra - Street Fighting His Way to The Top On this week’s show Gary chats with investor and President of hustle at the Cuadra group of companies, Alfonso Cuadra. Alfonso had a difficult upbringing in a 3rd world country, and how Canada is vastly different. They chatted real estate, but mainly how Alfonso has built his companies in Canada, how business has moved to online, and how mindset plays a huge role in his life. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN: Why his past didn’t define his future His ch...
Nov 11, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 138
#137: Jim Kukral - Life Apocalypse: Legacy, Death, Lifestyle & Life Purpose On this week’s show Gary chats with Jim Kukral, a successful entrepreneur, multi-book author, in demand keynote speaker, cancer survivor which caused him to retire from a 25 year career in marketing. This cancer scare caused him to ask himself what he REALLY wanted to do, question his legacy, life purpose, and what kind of lifestyle he wanted. He asks, if you’re not living your purpose and doing what you want now, th...
Nov 04, 2021•53 min•Ep. 137
#136: Thia Velinor - From The Projects To A 6 Figure Income using RE Investing On this week’s show Gary chats with Thia Velinor, a major player in the wholesaling market and owner of Velinor Properties Inc. A single mom, she’s faced some tremendous obstacles in her life, but always knew she wanted and could have more. She made more money in one month than her yearly salary, so made a decision to leave her full time job. Then she had trouble getting credit without a full time gig, but she found o...
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 136
#135: Jennifer Hunt - Understanding The Macro & Micro Trends of RE Investing On this week’s show Gary chats with friend and investor Jennifer Hunt from Real Estate Wealth Lab. They discussed GDP, inflation, housing shortages, immigration policies, and getting down with the data to understand how real estate has trends, and how YOU can harness those trends to buy real estate, and then buy MORE! Her portfolio is worth $25 MILLION, so she knows what she's doing, so don't miss this one! WHAT YOU...
Oct 21, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 135
#134: Natasha Cultraro - Living Life On Your Terms In Costa Rica On this week’s show Gary chats with good friend and entrepreneur Natasha Cultraro about leaving Canada and establishing new roots in Costa Rica. Natasha is the owner of Investor’s Choice Property Management service in Ontario, as well as an established real estate investor. They dove into living in various parts of the country, the cost of living, buying property there, the unique financing challenges as well as continuing to run a...
Oct 13, 2021•56 min
#133: Josh Stevenson - The Millionaire Schoolteacher, From The Classroom To RE Wealth On this week’s show Gary chats with former ESL and regular teacher Josh Stevenson from InvestNorth.ca. While he began as a teacher, both overseas and in Canada, his grandparents, not his parents were entrepreneurs, owning hotels and various properties. His parents were also teachers and loved the steady income, but Josh wanted more, so after going bankrupt, decided he needed to reinvent himself, and did he ever...
Oct 07, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 133
#132: Trevor McGregor - The 5 Reasons People Fail to Scale in Real Estate On this week’s show Gary chats with seasoned investor and real estate coach Trevor McGregor in a JAM PACKED episode! Trevor was a master coach with Tony Robbins’ company, is a passive and active investor in real estate in single family homes up to multi unit apartment buildings; he also owns self storage units and a hemp farm! This is a podcast where you will NEED to take notes for all the fantastic ideas, or listen to it ...
Sep 30, 2021•56 min•Ep. 132
#131: Adelaide & Renate Carriere - Never Too Young, Never Too Late On this week’s show Gary chats with Adelaide Carriere and her grandmother Renate, who bought their first investment property together. This episode is for new investors, or those considering getting into it. If you’re 18 or 60, this show talks about the basics and fundamentals of investing, searching for a property, screening, property management and more! Adelaide started as the admin at Smart Home Choice, and became interes...
Sep 23, 2021•54 min•Ep. 131
#130: Austin Yeh - How To Retire From Your 9-5 in Under 3 Years On this week’s show Gary chats Austin Yeh, a young investor who has made great progress in under 3 years as an investor! He went from 1 property to 17 to 40 units in a short time, and has tried wholesaling, BRRRR, flips and many other strategies in his short career. He left is 9-5 and is now a ‘retired’ investor at age 26, instead of his 50’s as he originally planned! LOTS of fantastic advice and lessons learned in this do-not-miss ...
Sep 15, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 130
#129: Brian Daley - Protecting Your Real Estate Investment For The Long Term On this week’s show Gary chats with good friend and trusted home inspector for SmartHomeChoice, Brian Daley. Gary has personally been using Brian’s/AGHI services for over 10 years. AGHI helps investors make sure they are buying the best property for them, but also protecting their assets for the long term. Brian has personally built several homes and renovated others, so he has a detailed knowledge of the inner workings...
Sep 09, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 129
#128: Tax Strategies, Market Trends & The Life Of An Entrepreneur w/Daniel Dimanno On this week’s show Gary chats with good friend and trusted accountant for SmartHomeChoice Daniel Dimanno. Daniel has experience in both the public and private accounting sectors, and has been assisting clients for many years. He counsels clients on business structure, tax strategies and good business practices that WON’T get you into trouble with tax authorities. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN: Whether you need to or shou...
Sep 01, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 128
#127: (From The Archives) The Different Stages of Real Estate Investing w/Mathew Frederick On this week’s show Gary chats with friend and longtime investor Mathew Frederick. Mathew has thrived in real estate in many ways, including new builds. He got his first property at age 19 (NINETEEN!) and continues to look out for deals. He’s a JV master, and in this podcast he shares many of his unique strategies for creating deals! WHAT YOU’LL LEARN: How Mathew bought his first investment property at the...
Aug 25, 2021•53 min•Ep. 127
#126: Build Back Better - Real Estate Investing Forecast 2021 On this week’s show Gary chats with friend and longtime investor Frank Taylor. Frank purchases his first property during the 1987-1988 boom (just like 20/21), then the market crashed in 1990, leading to a recession. He’s being going strong since then, with no signs of slowing down! He believes in buy and hold, and putting equity into his properties so that they are part of his retirement, and will be lasting assets for his children. C...
Aug 19, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 126
#125: How It All Started - Christopher Hummel Interviews Gary On this week’s show the tables are turned - Gary is interviewed by Chris Hummell! They dig deep into the past, how SHC started, and where it’s headed in the future! They talked about how Gary and Darlene started the business many years ago, and how Chris and Quinton joined the growing business. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN: * How SHC become one of the leading investor clubs * Why Gary left a safe and secure 9-5 for the wilds of entrepreneurship ...
Aug 12, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 125
#124: The Last 8%: Why Avoiding The Difficult Is Keeping You Stuck w/Dr. JP Pawliw-Fry On this week’s show Gary chats with New York Times bestselling author Dr. JP Pawliw-Fry. He’s consulted with large corporations such as IBM, Sony, Goldman Sachs, has coached Olympic, NBA and NFL athletes! JP also hosts his own podcast called The Last 8%, and Gary highly recommends it. He explains his BIG strategy, his book club and the value of mindfulness! WHAT YOU’LL LEARN: The power of meditation and how to...
Aug 04, 2021•59 min•Ep. 124
#123: Pitfalls & Mistakes Lawyers Can Save You From w/Brian McMurter On this week’s show Gary chats with good friend and Gary’s personal real estate lawyer for many years, Brian McMurter. He’s been in the business for 40 years, and June 2021 was his busiest month, EVER! He says everyone he’s ever known AND their children seem to be buying or selling right now! He’s built a solid team of professionals to help assist home buyers and sellers protect their interests and assets, for likely one of...
Jul 29, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 123
#122 (Archives): Self Made Confessions w/Stefan Aarnio In this archive episode, Gary spoke in 2017 with the late Stefan Aarnio, who was a real estate investor with many years of experience. Stefan had flipped thousands of properties, but also had experience with currency investing, is a historical and current currency expert, and award winning entrepreneur & a published author. Stefan always spoke with no filter, and whatever he was thinking usually came out. Stefan’s main motto was ‘Respect...
Jul 22, 2021•55 min•Ep. 122
#121: Daniel Patton - Mortgages, The Middle Class & the Life of an Entrepreneur On this week’s show Gary chats with good friend Daniel Patton, cofounder of BM Select mortgage broker. He and his lifelong friend Dave Butler started in the mortgage business before Daniel knew what a mortgage was! Their award winning business has helped thousands of people buy investment properties, while growing the business at a record breaking pace. What has Daniel learned over the years that benefits his cli...
Jul 14, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 121
#120: Health & Wellness Under Any Circumstances w/ Dr. Du La, ND On this week’s show Gary chats with Dr. Du La, a Toronto-based Naturopathic Doctor registered in Traditional Chinese medicine, where naturopathic care treats the entire person, not just the symptom they are complaining about. Dr. La’s parents instilled in her a hard work ethic, and since she grew up in a family with not much money, her parents got creative in putting healthy food on their table. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN: Why it doesn’...
Jul 08, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 120
#119: Are You Richer Than You Think w/ Jordan Bress On this week’s show Gary chats with Jordan Bress from Scotiabank, Senior Managers of Sales for Durham Region. Many SmartHomeChoice investors have had their properties mortgaged by Scotia, and with their rental program, they will allow up to 10 properties to be mortgaged, including your primary residence! They talked about corporations and mortgages, ‘drive til you qualify’, his view on the market, and MUCH more! WHAT YOU’LL LEARN: Why you may h...
Jul 01, 2021•57 min•Ep. 119
#118: Covering All Your Bases With Property Insurance w/ Todd O’Donnell On this week’s show Gary chats with Todd O’Donnell from Desjardins Insurance. Gary has most of his insurance needs covered by Todd and his team - car, home, investment properties and yet this was the first time they had met face to face! They touched on replacement cost vs. Resale prices; whether you *need* home insurance in Canada, and many more things! WHAT YOU’LL LEARN: Replacement costs vs. Resale prices, why the differe...
Jun 24, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 118
