Mark and Kirsten Krikke have a wealth of experience and knowledge with mid-term AIRBNB rentals. They started by renting out the lower part of their house and stumbled upon a little used AIRBNB strategy, mid-term rentals. They've managed to create incredible amounts of cash flow on properties using this strategy and have even mixed it in with some longer term rental properties. They also have put all their knowledge into a new book, You, Me & AIRBNB. It's available on Amazon.ca or you can fin...
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Dan Thiessen is the owner of Radix, an amazing gym that we are members of in Oakville, Ontario. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we chat about functional fitness, how much protein to eat and different training strategies. We also talk Crossfit, strongman, boxing and more. Dan and everyone at Radix have been a huge part of Tom and Nick's fitness journey. You can learn more about Radix by visiting RadixGym.com or via Instagram @RadixGym
Oct 21, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Frank Ungaro is a pretty difficult guy to keep up with. Between running Passador BJJ in Niagara, investing in real estate, having a family, starting a Wine App, launching a podcast (Ugly Pike Podcast) and now launching a beer ... he's been busy! On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we talk about life, opportunities, challenges and get him to share the story of launching Ugly Pike Pilsner. It's now available in 100 LCBO locations around Ontario and soon in a major grocery chain. He ...
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 14 min
Marko Radosevic and Fernando Cipriano join us on this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show to catch up on anything and everything. Both are entrepreneurs, business owners and are willing to openly share their views on life. On this episode, we begin by discussing the value of making decisions and lead into discussions on Canadian real estate, interest rates, population fundamentals, Bitcoin, the economy and more. They have become good friends of the show and we're excited to share this epi...
Oct 14, 2022•1 hr 24 min
David Fraser & his wife Carrie are unstoppable. From turning a side hustle building "bunkies" into a full-time business with 25 employees, building a factory and getting a deal with all 5 Dragons on Dragons Den... to overcoming incredible adversity in their personal lives, and homeschooling 4 children. These two entrepreneurs are inspiring to watch and David reveals the whole truth of his journey!
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 13 min
MacKenzie Wilson from SingleKey.com laid down pro tips on how to advertise your property to tenants, screen tenants & protect yourself as a landlord. Speaking from his own experience of protecting his valuable assets & running Alberta's largest Facebook group of real estate investors (www.albertalandlordcommunity.ca). Investing in real estate WILL change your financial life, especially if you minimize your risk by implementing strategies found in this episode.
Oct 06, 2022•1 hr 5 min
It's difficult to navigate the tax structures best suited for Canadians investing in U.S. property. On this episode of the Your Life! Your Terms! Show we sit down with Cherry Chan of RealEstateTaxTips.ca to get her perspective. Many Canadians set up with the incorrect corporate structures and end up paying more tax than perhaps required. We also chat about her life in Hong Kong compared to Canada. Enjoy the show!
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr 4 min
We're huge Maple Leafs fans, so to host ex-Leaf Peter Holland on The Your Life! Your Terms! Show was a blast. On this episode, we chat about Peter's journey into professional hockey, some of his best and worst memories and what he learned along the way. We then get into how he ended up in Business Development with Toronto-based Satstreet.com as they grow their institutional and personal Bitcoin and digital asset platform. Enjoy the show!!
Sep 20, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Tammy DiTomaso is a real estate investor herself and is always hustling to find properties and opportunities for all the investors she works with. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show Tammy shares what she is seeing on the streets in the Hamilton, Brantford and Niagara markets right now. Latest rents, triplex trends and what investors are doing in the middle of one of the largest interest rate uptrends we've seen in 30+ years! Enjoy the show!
Sep 15, 2022•1 hr 10 min
We've heard that "it's too late for me to start investing in real estate" at least 10,000 times by now. Well, watch out because here comes Steve and Margaret. They didn't begin their real estate investing journey until Steve was in his early 60s in 2019. Margaret passed him a book on real estate and the rest is history. We're joined on this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show by Leslie Kitchen, a long-time member of the team and true Rock Star. Enjoy the episode!
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Joey & Len are the co-hosts of The Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast and are back on the show so we can catch up on everything Bitcoin, banking, the economy, life, lifting, Canada and more! On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we dive into some of the lessons they've learned from their podcast, some of their favourite guests, the bear case for Bitcoin and what they think the future holds for the Canadian dollar. You can also find this episode on the Fountain app (fountain.fm) and sup...
Sep 01, 2022•1 hr 24 min
On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we sit down with Fayek Faza to learn how his sneaker hobby has turned into a full-fledged business. Fayek and Aidan Karadza (Tom's son) are roommates at Western University in London, Ontario. Fayek became fascinated with sneakers in Grade 9 and slowly began buying and reselling different hard-to-find pairs. That led into Discord groups, meeting retailers in downtown Toronto and becoming a key source of difficult-to-find sneakers. If you're not f...
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Aidan & Anthony from the Rock Star Inner Circle membership team did another podcast takeover. We sat down with the super disciplined Rock Star Member Connor Eagleson. Connor's personal development practices have in turn transformed his outer world. Building a cash-flowing real estate portfolio, a passionate career in the Bitcoin lending industry, and a beautiful relationship with his fiancee Maggie. We loved hearing what it takes from Connor to go against the grain and live life on your own ...
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Aidan & Anthony from the Rock Star Inner Circle membership team took over this episode while Tom & Nick were away in Croatia. They sat down with the young & knowledgable Lorenzo Podda, Underwriting Manager at BM Select Mortgages. Lorenzo revealed a ton of interesting insights into the mortgage business, how to love what you do for a living and how to put in the long hours needed to succeed in your craft. Lorenzo's a great example of how to hustle hard in your twenties to set up an am...
Aug 09, 2022•1 hr
Robin Taub is the author of, The Wisest Investment: Teaching Your Kids to Be Responsible, Independent and Money-Smart for Life. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we chat about allowances, bank accounts, first jobs, taxes and paying yourself first. And perhaps most importantly, we dive into values and how they play a huge role in all of our finances. This episode is near and dear to our hearts as we didn't learn about money until we were well into our 20s. You can learn more abou...
Aug 03, 2022•56 min
Craig Ballantyne joins us to share the habits that have generated the most financial return in his life. We stumbled upon his YouTube video "7 Success Habits That Made Me The Most Money" and wanted to chat with him about them. Several of them we've found to be very useful ourselves and on this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we dive into them. You can find the full YouTube video here https://youtu.be/CAJW_mi9C5Y and you can find Craig's books and consulting at craigballantyne.com and ...
Jul 26, 2022•58 min
Jatinder Gill is clearly unstoppable. Before meeting us he had listened to every single episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show. He then jumped into the world of real estate investing with full force and has completed several "perfect BRRRRs". On this episode we get into the cash flow he is able to generate, where he is buying, how he manages his contractors, morning routines, personal development, the principles he lives by and more. Jatinder's energy and positivity is always refreshing and ...
Jul 19, 2022•1 hr 16 min
Ruben Furtado is one of the hardest working people in Real Estate. His knowledge and depth of experience in the luxury real estate market is unmatched. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show he breaks down how he got started, the current real estate trends he's focused on, the importance of struggle in life and how he navigated operating a furniture store in his teens and having young children in his early 20s. You can find Ruben on Instagram @TheFurtadoGroup or online at TheFurtadoG...
Jul 12, 2022•1 hr 10 min
On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we jump into the world of economics and break down what we're seeing in the economy and real estate markets right now. Summertime is usually slow when it comes to economic activity but this summer may prove to be the exception. With equity markets gyrating, interest rates pumped, real estate markets cooling and central bankers pontificating, there's a lot going on! We do our best to break down what we're seeing and how we're preparing ourselves ...
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Andi and Nico have a great back story. They've both walked away from traditional investment banking roles into the world of Bitcoin. They remind me of some investors we would come across in the early 2000s. No one could quite figure out which technology would survive the tech crash but some investors had extreme confidence and changed the world with their moves into Amazon, Salesforce.com and NetSuite. Today Ego Death Capital is poised to make some big moves of their own and on this episode of T...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Charles Wah has always inspired us because of his fearless ability to jump into all sorts of real estate projects. Flips, rentals, duplex conversions, lot severances ... he's done it all. And the best part about Charles is the always positive attitude and energy he gives off along the way. And now his brother Kensen Wah is joining forces with him to take the Gateway Group (www.GatewayGroup.ca) to the next level. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we get all the latest updates fro...
Jun 10, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Victoria is amazing. She admittedly was pushed into real estate investing a little "late" and tackled the world of property investing head-on. A few years later, she's hit some awesome financial goals and has been able to build a financial safety net for herself and her family. Together with her husband they purchased properties sight unseen, tried student rentals, straight rentals, joint ventures and rent-to-owns. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show she shares her journey ... hol...
Jun 07, 2022•1 hr 1 min
The crowdfunding of real estate is starting to pick up some steam. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we chat with Steve Jagger to get updates on what one of the platforms here in Canada, AddyInvest.com, is up to. And it's on this episode that we had our own realization of how impactful this can be. It's amazing to be able to get everyone investing in real estate for as little as $1 but the ability to fund projects that may never get funding through regular channels is mind-blowi...
Jun 03, 2022•47 min
If you have a rental property, or two or ten, then don't dismiss the importance of having a rock-solid Will. If you're taking the time to build a real estate portfolio then also take the time to have your estate in order otherwise the government will do it for you. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show, we sit down with Angelo Vumbaca (VumbacaLaw.com) and Fabio Campanella (CampanellaGroup.com) to break down exactly why you need a Will and the role it plays in estate planning. This i...
May 31, 2022•1 hr 22 min
Mike Wiebe is living life on exactly his terms and we love him for it. We first met Mike when he visited us with Greg Foss and became fascinated with his story. He got into Bitcoin early, hosts a weekly class about Bitcoin for anyone wanting to jump on and chat and on this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show he explains why he's living in Mexico right now. You can find Mike on Twitter @Bitcoin_Bullets and you can find his Telegram Group at www.BitcoinBullets.ca
May 27, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Ontario's population has been exploding for years now and it's been a story that's been underreported. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we chat with Dr. Mike P. Moffatt to break down what his research is showing around housing supply, family formations, non-permanent resident's impact on housing, census data, migration trends and a lot more. If you're a real estate investor in Ontario you're going to love this episode. You can find Dr. Mike P. Moffatt on Twitter @MikePMoffatt a...
May 24, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Oscar Merry is building something very interesting. He is using the power of the Lightning Network to allow content creators to monetize their work with micropayments. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we discuss why he's doing this, the value of distributed content platforms and how micropayments are now maturing enough to be a serious factor in the economy. We believe in riding trends and what Oscar is building with his Fountain podcasting app (available on iOS and Android) lo...
May 20, 2022•51 min
Pierre-Paul is in-house giving us an update on Alberta real estate. And on this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show his son Tony joined the fun to discuss his move to the big city, Toronto. We chat about the last decade of price trends in Alberta, what they're seeing now in the province and where they think things are headed for the economy and real estate prices. You can learn more about Pierre-Paul Turgeon and the excellent education he provides on Multi-Family Investing at www.MultiFam...
May 17, 2022•1 hr 20 min
Tomer is a unique person in the Bitcoin space. He doesn't talk much about the price, the number of users or which country will be the next to make Bitcoin a tax-free asset and money. Instead, he discusses physics, attack vectors, permissionless technology, citadels and why some wonder if Bitcoin is alien technology. On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we discuss all of these along with the current state of society and money. You can learn more about Tomer Strolight at www.WhyBitco...
May 10, 2022•1 hr 21 min
Power Yoga Canada began with such an incredible story! On this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show Kinndli McCollum shares how, together with her business partner Pauline Caballero, Power Yoga Canada came to be. We discuss the power of following your intuition, movement, business and life philosophies and more. Alex Baglione, who is part of the team here at Rock Star, joined us to share how Power Yoga Canada is positively affecting her life in multiple ways. With affiliates across the Gre...
May 06, 2022•1 hr 11 min
