Health is priority number one. Sometimes we need a reminder about just how important our health is. Dave Butler got one of those reminders in the worst possible way - a heart attack. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show, he shares what happened to him last year and what he's done since. We also chat about Canadian mortgages and get the latest updates, discuss private lending in Canada, renewing your mortgage, and things to think about when financing severed land. Enjoy the show!!...
Mar 13, 2019•1 hr 14 min
Cherry Chan is an amazing woman. She came to Canada in her teens, graduated high school and hustled over to the University of Waterloo to complete an accounting degree. She then worked in one of the big accounting firms, decided to buy properties sight unseen with her husband Erwin Szeto (boyfriend at the time ... they're now married with two kids!) and ultimately decided to quit her job to "go it alone" with her own accounting practice (www.RealEstateTaxTips.ca). She's written a book, puts out ...
Mar 11, 2019•1 hr 8 min
Sometimes you get lucky and amazing people just walk into your life. That's how we felt when we met Anthony DeGazon and his wife, Rachel. Anthony walked away from corporate Canada to work together with Rachel to build and grow their amazing music studios, go.DeGazonMusic.ca and www.TheLessonGurus.com. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show, Anthony takes us behind the scenes and shares how he made some of the biggest decisions of his life and how he thinks about business, family, and...
Mar 07, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Montu is joining us on The Your Life! Your Terms! Show to give us the latest on the Toronto Condo and Pre-Construction Condo scene. We chat short term executive rentals, Airbnb, population trends and even get into the "flat earth" craze and how it applies to investing in the Greater Toronto Area. You'll also hear about some of the latest projects, the builders Montu likes to work with and where his favourite place to buy right now is, enjoy the show! You can learn more about Montu at www.Toronto...
Mar 01, 2019•1 hr 2 min
We have to start a Rock Star legend series. Recently, we had very longtime member Jason Jenson on the show and on this episode we chat with longtime Rock Star Inner Circle members Matt and Gino Spada. Gino has competed in Body Building for years and together with his son they own and operate G&M Fitness in Port Colborne, Ontario (www.GandMFitness.com). We met them a decade ago and they began aggressively investing all over Ontario. Gino's daughter runs multiple Dance Wear stores and www.Danc...
Feb 27, 2019•1 hr 3 min
Dr. Cowan from Phenom High Performance Medicine (www.PhenomHPM.com) is back to chat with Tom Karadza and Mike Desormeaux about living life at peak performance. Dr. Cowan and his team use the Phenom Method to break down nutrition and optimal performance in a very structured way. We love it, we are patients of Dr. Cowan and we can't say enough good things about him and his entire team. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we chat about our diets, blood markets, inflammation, DNA, hor...
Feb 21, 2019•1 hr 16 min
Somehow Koukun blames us for deciding not to go to University, and we're OK with it as long as he keeps investing in his own education the way he has. Together with his brother they have managed to purchase multiple properties and at the age of 23 Koukun already has a sizeable real estate portfolio. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we discuss how Koukun decided to not go to University and what path he has chosen instead. You don't meet many 23 year olds as analytical and intros...
Feb 20, 2019•1 hr 5 min
The minute you meet Dan you realize he's full of passion and full of entrepreneurial spirit, which is amazing!! On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show Dan Demsky shares his business building journey and specifically how he raised over $400K crowdfunding his new T-Shirt business on IndieGoGo. Dan was running other businesses that were driving him crazy and used IndieGoGo to prove there was demand for his next venture. And the rest is history! Dan co-founded Unbound Merino, the ultimat...
Feb 19, 2019•1 hr 2 min
We used our OSAP money (loan) for University to buy trips to Mexico on reading week. Felix did the much smarter move and used his OSAP cash to buy his first condo. Since then he became an accountant, bought several more properties, joined Rock Star Inner Circle as a member first and now has joined Rock Star Real Estate (brokerage). Today, when he's not taking his family on vacation, he helps clients and fellow investors buy awesome investment properties across the Golden Horseshoe.
Feb 14, 2019•1 hr 7 min
On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we bring in our lawyer Chris Argiopoulos to chat about everything from his espresso drinking and intermittent fasting to liability insurance claims, the Canadian legal system, real estate strategies, joint venture agreements and more! We used to be scared of the legal system but once you understand it, you realize that it can work quite well. Understanding the legal system and finding developing relationships with good lawyers is definitely a "m...
Feb 11, 2019•1 hr
George El Masri is an impressive guy. He hasn't let his age, property prices or anyone's feedback stop him from reaching his investing goals. Often we discuss how Millennials are getting the short end of the bargain lately with property prices sky high, mortgage rules getting tougher each year and incomes not keeping up. But George hasn't let any of that stop him and today runs his own podcast at www.welloffpodcast.ca . George is part of the Rock Star Real Estate team and we couldn't be more pro...
Feb 07, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Darcy has been a supporter of Rock Star for almost a decade. He's a great guy and he moved his family from Orangeville, Ontario to New Liskeard, Ontario to start a business and take the next step with their real estate investments. Today he's got a great handle on the area, deals with all the problems that real estate brings and reaps the rewards. Meaghan, his daughter, joins us on the podcast to share her insights into her father and we get to hear some of his famous radio ads too! Enjoy this e...
Feb 05, 2019•1 hr 17 min
Mark and I have know each other for a lifetime! We went through grade school together, then high school, our paths parted for a few years and then they merged again when Mark decided to get into real estate investing. And since then he's been on fire! He bought multiple properties, changed careers to get his real estate license, works with investors as a Coach at Rock Star and last year decided to leave Canada behind and travel the world with his family for a year! Yeah, he's living life on his ...
Jan 30, 2019•1 hr 16 min
We love sitting down and chatting with good people and John Paul (JP) Gulbis is one of those. He's an all around amazing dude who knows about rural properties and country homes and we pick his brain about them on this episode. More and more I think about buying a piece of land out of the city for our family. We also discuss horses, Alberta cattle ranchers, cold showers and coffee .... always coffee! Enjoy this episode and you can download Aimee and JP's Guide to Country Homes at: www.TheCountryH...
Jan 28, 2019•1 hr 13 min
Greg and Brian are back to chat about what exactly goes on when they travel to China, how to source your own products, 2019 Amazon updates and other fun stuff. Towards the end we chat about what income levels are possible with a new ecommerce business with 18 months of hard work. Their answer surprised me, mostly because these are not hyperbole type guys. And if you want to learn directly from Greg and Brian you can check out what they're doing now here: www.ecommvip.com . We wouldn't share this...
Jan 25, 2019•1 hr 9 min
For years we had no idea that "private markets" existed or that they could offer some interesting investment opportunities. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show Clifford Fraser, COO of Equiton, stops by to discuss what to look for in the private markets, the importance of offering memorandums and what to look for in them. We also discuss apartment buildings as real estate investments, rental rates and some of our own stock choices and results over the years. You can learn more abou...
Jan 23, 2019•1 hr 3 min
Very few people have the guts to double down when playing with big money. As we've watched Ruben Furtado over the years, nothing impresses us more than his ability to confidently invest into properties when others will run. His track record is incredible and it's why he has such passionate clients. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show, we chat the state of the luxury market, opportunities in that space, and how to bring emotion into your properties. You can reach out to Ruben via I...
Jan 21, 2019•1 hr 6 min
Bill Glazer has been a long time mentor of ours. He's helped us see things in business and marketing in completely different ways and helped change our context in amazing ways. Over the years we've been in several of his mastermind groups along side many other amazing entrepreneurs. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we share a phone call conversation (sorry about the audio quality!!) with Bill about marketing campaigns and the importance of standing out in business. We think the...
Jan 18, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Somehow when you deal with investment real estate all day, every day, big issues don't bug you anymore ... or they bug you less perhaps is the better way to put it! And that's never more apparent than when we chat with Kelly Hawkes. She is the VP of Legal Services at Veranova and deals with a LOT of different headaches. The good news is she's a superstar and shares her knowledge with us so we can all learn! On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we chat about default rates in Alberta...
Jan 16, 2019•1 hr 2 min
TruLocal.ca is a company that ships great quality, local meats and fish, directly from farmer's and fishermen right to your doorstep. They definitely are solving a problem that exists for those of us who want to eat top quality meats from local, sustainable, farms. On top of that Co-Founder Marc Lafleur is an all around great guy. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show he shares his journey through University, quitting a six-figure job and how he ventured in to the world of entrepren...
Jan 14, 2019•55 min
Dr. Pete is back! This time we brought Nick into the discussion so he could throw some curve balls and see how Dr. Pete would handle them. Dr. Pete was up for the challenge! We had a fun time and discussed stimuli to your muscles and what's going on with your nervous system, the thoracic spine, problems we may see more of in the next ten and twenty years and more. Enjoy the show!! You can learn more about Dr. Pete Angerilli on his Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ClearviewChiropractic
Jan 11, 2019•1 hr 9 min
You may know Pierre-Paul Turgeon as a passionate multi-unit investor, educator, and ex-CMHC underwriter. But he's also a real estate investor and owns multiple properties in the Edmonton, Alberta area. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show he share his journey through the ups and downs of the oil and gas industry in that province. As real estate investors in Ontario it's been all roses for many years so it's a great education for all of us to listen in to his journey and learn how t...
Jan 10, 2019•58 min
In this episode, we break down how the body's energy systems work together, eating habits, why building endurance is the foundation to fitness, trends in diet and workout and various other random topics. Dan Thiessen of Radix Performance Centre in Oakville, Ontario joins Nick and me to catch up and chat fitness. One of the largest benefits of going to a gym for myself hasn't been the physical changes, it's been the mental benefits. There's been many times I've felt like I couldn't continue throu...
Jan 01, 2019•1 hr 13 min
Jason Jenson has been a long time member and a huge supporter of Rock Star Real Estate. We consider him more than a friend, he's part of the family. And on this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show, we share how got started, why he invests in real estate, how he's building his legacy all while enjoying a drink or two! Jason explains why he can buy properties without seeing them, why he property manages himself and what he likes about real estate as an investment. We get into a few conversa...
Dec 21, 2018•1 hr 6 min
We've made a lot of mistakes over the years. Too many to count. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show, we share some of the things we wish we knew before we started. At one point, we thought the entire goal of starting a business would be to extract $100K a year each and live happily ever after. We didn't realize that a new business is like a baby that you need to nurture, care for, and invest into. We also didn't realize how much that would all cost! On this episode we break it dow...
Dec 19, 2018•1 hr 4 min
We could talk to Andrew for hours. Every time we think he won't know some obscure tax detail he surprises us with a super duper answer. Andrew Topping in our personal accountant and a treasure trove of information around corporations, small business tax rates, structuring your real estate holdings, dealing with CRA and more fun stuff. If you're real estate and tax geeks like us you'll love this stuff. We had a blast chatting with Andrew and wait until you hear what he says about coffee at the en...
Dec 05, 2018•1 hr
We're grateful and blessed to have crossed paths with John Paul Gulbis. This guy found us via some marketing we were doing and wrote us a letter explaining how he wanted to join "team Rock Star." At the time, we were a tiny group and he thought he was joining us for what would be 18 months or 2 years at the most. Well, it's been over ten years and JP is still with us today. He's worked with hundreds of investors on over $100 Million worth of investment real estate and has the stories that go wit...
Dec 04, 2018•1 hr
We love chatting with Andrew LaFleur. He feels like part of the team here at Rock Star even though he is somehow off on his own doing his thing ... we'll refer to him as extended family. We brought Andrew back on the show to chit chat Condos, make some crystal ball type projections, and we get into population growth, rents, rent control and more. Even if you're not into investing in Condos there's enough stuff in here about Canadian investing to make it applicable to any investors. Enjoy the sho...
Nov 28, 2018•1 hr 2 min
When we started with zero clients, zero sales, and zero clue we wish someone would have broken down some key concepts to us. Or at least someone would have prepared us for some of the battles and frustrations that we would face. Living the entrepreneur life is a very lonely place. Very few people understand what you're going through. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we look back at the first ten years and share some of our thoughts, our mistakes and some of the lessons we learn...
Nov 23, 2018•1 hr 2 min
We take a lot of heat whenever we bring up gold and silver. It's often dismissed as shiny rock that serves no purpose. And perhaps we'd agree with that if we hadn't seen the value and importance it can have with our own eyes. On this edition of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we share our thinking around precious metals and break down where and how to buy it. There's a lot more to cover on this topic so we'l do round two of this at some point. Enjoy this golden episode!
Nov 15, 2018•57 min
