Yay! Things are opening up!

Vaccination rates are climbing, and over 60% of adults in Ontario have had their first shot. So at least that part is on pace to allow for Step 1 of 3 – the reopening of the economy and normal life.

I saw BC’s roadmap has September 7th as the final step for reopening, so the end of the pandemic has never been so visible.

 

 

 

 

 

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Also reopening for us is date night. LOL.

Cherry and I, many times, had committed to a once per week date night… But the most recent lockdown gave us an excuse not to continue that tradition. But we’re back on track… this week at least, as we spent Victoria Day evening together playing golf. 

We had a great day enjoying the outdoors with great weather, and she beat me again!  

Even though I can hit the ball a lot farther than Cherry, there is little to negative benefit of hitting a ball further out of bounds or into a pond.  

This is only my second year playing golf, so I’ll endeavour to improve with planned weekly lessons plus golfing once or twice per week.  

The summer is looking promising!!

To me, it’s always fun to challenge yourself outside of business and investing and learn a new skill. 

Observing how to learn a new skill helps us share and educate others on how to invest, whether in real estate, stock hacking, or whole life insurance… which is the subject of today’s episode!

Investing in Insurance To Buy More Real Estate With Jayson Lowe

Today we have my friend Jayson Lowe of Ascendant Financial, who is kind enough to provide Cherry and me whole life insurance.

If you never heard of whole life insurance and how it fits into the Infinite Banking Concept, that’s ok.

Like learning how to invest in real estate, it wasn’t anyone’s job to teach you. For me, I only got interested when several of my wealthy real estate investor friends shared how whole life insurance was their path to more mortgages. 

There is a right and wrong way to invest. I know quite a few who did it wrong, so I’m glad to have Jayson, a real estate investor and private lender, explain this strategy in detail.

Enjoy the show!

 

HELP US OUT!

UPCOMING EVENTS

BEFORE YOU GO…

If you’re interested in being a successful real estate investor like those who have been featured on this podcast and our hundreds of successful clients please let us know.

It is our honour to give back and educate others on how we build cash flowing real estate portfolios using all the best practices shared on this podcast, from the lessons of our hundreds of clients and of course our own experience in owning investment real estate.

If you didn’t know already, we pride ourselves on being the best of the best real estate coaches, having the best property managers, contractors, handy people, cleaners, lawyers, accountants, everyone you need on your power team and we’re happy to share them with our clients to ensure your success. 

New investor or seasoned veteran investor, we can help anyone by providing our award winning coaching services and this isn’t all talk.

We have been awarded Realtor of the Year to Investors in 2015 by the Real Estate Investment Network, 2016 by the Canadian Real Estate Wealth Magazine and again in 2017 because no one told the judges no one is supposed to win the award twice but on merit, our peers deemed us as the best.  In 2018, we again won the same award by the Real Estate Investment Network.

Hopefully being the most decorated team of Realtors in Ontario will make you consider us for your first or next real estate investment.  Even if you don’t invest in our areas, there’s a good chance I know who would be ideal for you. 

I’ve been around for a while, some Realtors are talented at servicing investors there are many with great ethics.  The intersection of the two, talent and ethics is limited to a handful in each city or town.

Only work with the best is what my father always taught me.  If you’re interested, drop us an email at iwin@infinitywealth.ca.

I hope to meet you at one of our meetups soon.

Again that’s iwin@infinitywealth.ca

 

NO MORE Confusion

After all the Youtube videos, books, and forum posts, you’re probably still left with questions. Starting in real estate is a tricky thing.

Frustrated beginners often ask how a legal basement suite conversion actually works. Most of the time we can only give general answers. But now, we get to dive in.

At this in-depth, free class you’ll learn how to take your first steps as a real estate investor.

Nothing is held back. Everything from analyzing basement suite conversion deals, to renting out your first property at a profit, and even how to refinance and do it all again!

More secrets you’ll uncover are:

Profiting in a HOT market…

Municipal bylaws to watch out for…

Mortgage terms that favour refinancing…

AND one barely used tactic for higher appraisals…

If you’re frustrated, unsure of how to get started, this is for you.

 Sign up now for the Invitation List and be one of the first to get an invite to the next class.

Sponsored by:

Infinity Wealth Investment Network – would you like to know how our investors returned 341.8% on positive cash flowing real estate over the last five years? On average, that was 68.4% per year.

Just imagine what winning in real estate could do for you.

If you would like to know how we did it, ask us how by calling 289-288-5019 or email us at meaghan@infinitywealth.ca.

Don’t delay, the top markets we focus in are trending upward in price, so you can pay today’s price or tomorrow’s price.

Till next time, just do it because I believe in you.

Erwin

Hamilton, St. Catharines and Toronto Land Development, Real Estate Investor, and soon to be builder.

W: erwinszeto.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/erwin.szeto
IG: https://www.instagram.com/erwinszeto/

Greetings, Wealth Hackers!

I hear the lockdown in Ontario has been extended by two weeks.

But, great news because the government announced that outdoor recreational activities like golf and tennis courts would be allowed to re-open over the weekend.

Life is slowly getting back to pre-covid normal 😊

Personally, I can’t wait to go golfing again plus I already had my first AstraZeneca shot three weeks ago.

I want to thank the folks sharing their experience of actually having the virus, fever, aches, pain, headaches, hospitalization for two weeks, continued issues months after recovering from the initial severe symptoms.  

 

 

 

 

 

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I have no regrets about taking the AZ shot as I know I’ll never have to experience these severe symptoms, let alone be responsible for passing it onto someone else.

In my line of work, I still need to meet with clients.  One lives with his elderly parents; another just had a baby six months ago.  I’d be very upset if I were the one to ever cause them hardship.

Some may disagree with me, and that’s cool. No one agrees on everything with everyone. My kids don’t even agree with me on who their favourite parent is. 😀

Here’s another example… Some took the last 12 months off during the pandemic.  No doubt, life, online school for the kids, health and work all got harder. 

I recall even seeing Facebook posts that one doesn’t need to learn a new skill or side hustle while we are on lockdown.

In my experience, the path to success is not letting things happen to you; it’s making things happen.

As we approach the end of the pandemic, and it will end… places like Israel, several US States, the UK, a mixture of places that either locked down or have high vaccination rates or both have limited restrictions within their borders. 

We’re not that much further away here in Canada but imagine this… Imagine a newspaper, a newspaper all about YOU. 

On the day the pandemic is over, you open the door to your house, the newspaper has been delivered and is waiting for you on your front step.

You open the paper and look at the front page. What does the headline say? 

Does it say you logged 10,000 hours on Netflix, or does it say you came out of the pandemic as your best you?

For all you real estate investors, you’re likely the wealthiest you’ve ever been. No, it hasn’t been easy; I’m there with you. I’ve never had so much vacancy in my student rentals, but all rents have been paid on our regular rentals. 

Even for stock folks, several markets are at or near all-time highs.

On the personal side, I got to spend a lot of quality time with Cherry and the kids.

Just last night on our family after dinner walk, we came across a beaver chewing on a branch.  I’ve only ever seen one other beaver in the wild, so to me, this moment was precious. 

Thanks to my Peloton bike, I’m in great shape between virtual spin classes and strength training. 

Yeah, my golf game stinks not being able to play as it’s too dangerous in covid times, but one day…

Personally, I hope your newspaper headline reads you smashed it!

Totally ok if you needed a couple weeks or months to acclimate to this new environment, but then you went on and crushed it!

If your investing hasn’t been crushing, then hopefully, you’ll connect with us at our multitude of events. We offer free training, free tours, networking events.

If you’re a licensed Realtor on the west side of the GTA, we are hiring full-time agents to work with our real estate investor clients investing in KWC, Hamilton, Niagara Region, etc. 

Go to www.infinitywealth.ca and reach out. If you already receive our email newsletter, reach out if you’re interested.

FYI, our clients are crushing it. 

If you follow the real estate market at all, you’ll know what I’m talking about.

With the federal government committing over a billion dollars to fund the light rail transit system in Hamilton, prices will find another level. 

Hopefully, you’ll let us help you in your journey to a successful side hustle.

The Path To $1M Per Year with Corrie George

This week, we have my controversial friend Corrie George Elieff.

Just a heads up, Corrie has invested in real estate, done a flip and plans to invest in apartment buildings, but that’s not why he’s here today, so we barely talk about real estate.

Why Corrie is here is because the truth about real estate is… The majority of real estate investors have great paying day jobs and that’s how they can convince the bank to lend them hundreds of thousands of dollars. 

But first, having a six-figure income helps, and Corrie has a track record of developing those who are young at heart into successful sales professionals.

Corrie is here and to share his crazy ass story of building his $8 million businesses by the time he was 30 years old. How he met his idol at 26, completely blew it and was laughed at Grant Cardone’s staff meeting of 50 people, heavy drug use as a teenager, quitting cold turkey to move out west and live in a warehouse for eight months…

Almost dying from organ failure, getting stem cells from Columbia, losing $1 million last year, how he’s bouncing back in 2021 and most importantly, how his company competes with post-secondary schools for higher education, giving young people quality sales training.

My apologies in advance if you’re offended by anything Corrie says; if you offend easily, please don’t listen. 

Corrie and I don’t agree on everything, and we don’t have to because, in the end, it’s the results that matter and I’d like to say we both help people.

Please enjoy the show!

 

HELP US OUT!

UPCOMING EVENTS

BEFORE YOU GO…

If you’re interested in being a successful real estate investor like those who have been featured on this podcast and our hundreds of successful clients please let us know.

It is our honour to give back and educate others on how we build cash flowing real estate portfolios using all the best practices shared on this podcast, from the lessons of our hundreds of clients and of course our own experience in owning investment real estate.

If you didn’t know already, we pride ourselves on being the best of the best real estate coaches, having the best property managers, contractors, handy people, cleaners, lawyers, accountants, everyone you need on your power team and we’re happy to share them with our clients to ensure your success. 

New investor or seasoned veteran investor, we can help anyone by providing our award winning coaching services and this isn’t all talk.

We have been awarded Realtor of the Year to Investors in 2015 by the Real Estate Investment Network, 2016 by the Canadian Real Estate Wealth Magazine and again in 2017 because no one told the judges no one is supposed to win the award twice but on merit, our peers deemed us as the best.  In 2018, we again won the same award by the Real Estate Investment Network.

Hopefully being the most decorated team of Realtors in Ontario will make you consider us for your first or next real estate investment.  Even if you don’t invest in our areas, there’s a good chance I know who would be ideal for you. 

I’ve been around for a while, some Realtors are talented at servicing investors there are many with great ethics.  The intersection of the two, talent and ethics is limited to a handful in each city or town.

Only work with the best is what my father always taught me.  If you’re interested, drop us an email at iwin@infinitywealth.ca.

I hope to meet you at one of our meetups soon.

Again that’s iwin@infinitywealth.ca

 

NO MORE Confusion

After all the Youtube videos, books, and forum posts, you’re probably still left with questions. Starting in real estate is a tricky thing.

Frustrated beginners often ask how a legal basement suite conversion actually works. Most of the time we can only give general answers. But now, we get to dive in.

At this in-depth, free class you’ll learn how to take your first steps as a real estate investor.

Nothing is held back. Everything from analyzing basement suite conversion deals, to renting out your first property at a profit, and even how to refinance and do it all again!

More secrets you’ll uncover are:

Profiting in a HOT market…

Municipal bylaws to watch out for…

Mortgage terms that favour refinancing…

AND one barely used tactic for higher appraisals…

If you’re frustrated, unsure of how to get started, this is for you.

 Sign up now for the Invitation List and be one of the first to get an invite to the next class.

Sponsored by:

Infinity Wealth Investment Network – would you like to know how our investors returned 341.8% on positive cash flowing real estate over the last five years? On average, that was 68.4% per year.

Just imagine what winning in real estate could do for you.

If you would like to know how we did it, ask us how by calling 289-288-5019 or email us at meaghan@infinitywealth.ca.

Don’t delay, the top markets we focus in are trending upward in price, so you can pay today’s price or tomorrow’s price.

Till next time, just do it because I believe in you.

Erwin

Hamilton, St. Catharines and Toronto Land Development, Real Estate Investor, and soon to be builder.

W: erwinszeto.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/erwin.szeto
IG: https://www.instagram.com/erwinszeto/

Does anyone else feel oversensitive these days?

I’m not sure what it is, but my temper and patience have grown shorter over the past years. Even the littlest things make me feel emotional.

Yesterday, I received a late birthday present from my brother and sister-in-law via Amazon – a simple comic book.

No big deal, right? Well, it’s a comic book of Shang Chi, the newest in the Marvel’s Avenger series of movies, and he’s Chinese like me 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

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I’ve watched every single Marvel movie since the first Iron Man at least three times!

I used to borrow my brother’s Netflix, but now I have Disney Plus+, so it doesn’t cost me anything to keep watching them, lol.

Anyways, I felt a rush of emotions come over me as I opened this simple comic book. As I read the first few pages and my eyes started to well up.

I’ve loved superheroes all my life and kung fu movies; my favourites were anything with Jackie Chan. Now I get to see two of my favourite things coming together.

From a business perspective, I don’t know why Disney didn’t do this sooner – feature a superhero of Asian descent who looks like a few billion people in the world.

As this is a real estate show, Spring is here or has been for some time.

The weather isn’t warm enough yet, so we burned some wood to keep warm while the kids used the pre-heated pool. Thankfully, Oakville allows open fires. 😊

For Spring maintenance, I’m sending my handy person Rob to inspect all my Hamilton properties. He’ll document, quote all the inefficiencies. He’ll also prepare a game plan to address any maintenance and renovations needed.

Rob is a smart guy, so I’ll even have him coordinate any specialty trades needed. eg. HVAC if my air conditioner or furnace needs maintenance. I want to stay not involved as much as possible. LOL.

Real estate like property maintenance doesn’t need my regular attention. So, I outsource jobs to spend more time with the family, working on my businesses and working out. Those activities are more enjoyable to me than painting or cleaning out eavestroughs.

Speaking of real estate, we continue to offer free training classes on the #1 investment strategy in real estate.

FYI the #1 strategy has changed three times in the ten years I’ve been a real estate professional, and it will change again. So, I recommend you learn from the experts on my iWIN Real Estate Team who practice daily.

I’ve even recorded a video explaining how I invest for my kids. You can view it at www.investortraining.ca.

It’s a recording so you can watch it at your leisure. Once you register for it, we’ll let you know when our next free training on real estate is.

The Land Banking Real Estate Lawyer w Hussein Kudrati

On to this weeks’ show.

One of my real estate lawyers Hussein Kudrati is here to share his own experience in the family business. They invest in real estate with the long term in mind, including what’s called “land banking”.

Hussein and his family have benefitted from generations of entrepreneurship. He’s here to share what it’s like and, even though he was born into privilege, his parents raised him to be humble and hustle.

Hussein has a ton of experience working in real estate. He also works with folks who have assets they want to pass onto their kids, paying as little tax as possible.

He was kind enough to share some of those stories today… Including why his family chose to live and invest in Canada though they could have immigrated anywhere. He talks about the “abuse” his parents put him through to ground and humble him and how one can start land banking today.

Please enjoy the show!

 

HELP US OUT!

To contact Hussein at HSK Law Firm:

https://hsklawfirm.ca/

289-266-0553

HSK Law Firm Professional Corporation

107- 1001 Champlain Ave 

Burlington, ON L7L 5Z4

UPCOMING EVENTS

BEFORE YOU GO…

If you’re interested in being a successful real estate investor like those who have been featured on this podcast and our hundreds of successful clients please let us know.

It is our honour to give back and educate others on how we build cash flowing real estate portfolios using all the best practices shared on this podcast, from the lessons of our hundreds of clients and of course our own experience in owning investment real estate.

If you didn’t know already, we pride ourselves on being the best of the best real estate coaches, having the best property managers, contractors, handy people, cleaners, lawyers, accountants, everyone you need on your power team and we’re happy to share them with our clients to ensure your success. 

New investor or seasoned veteran investor, we can help anyone by providing our award winning coaching services and this isn’t all talk.

We have been awarded Realtor of the Year to Investors in 2015 by the Real Estate Investment Network, 2016 by the Canadian Real Estate Wealth Magazine and again in 2017 because no one told the judges no one is supposed to win the award twice but on merit, our peers deemed us as the best.  In 2018, we again won the same award by the Real Estate Investment Network.

Hopefully being the most decorated team of Realtors in Ontario will make you consider us for your first or next real estate investment.  Even if you don’t invest in our areas, there’s a good chance I know who would be ideal for you. 

I’ve been around for a while, some Realtors are talented at servicing investors there are many with great ethics.  The intersection of the two, talent and ethics is limited to a handful in each city or town.

Only work with the best is what my father always taught me.  If you’re interested, drop us an email at iwin@infinitywealth.ca.

I hope to meet you at one of our meetups soon.

Again that’s iwin@infinitywealth.ca

 

NO MORE Confusion

After all the Youtube videos, books, and forum posts, you’re probably still left with questions. Starting in real estate is a tricky thing.

Frustrated beginners often ask how a legal basement suite conversion actually works. Most of the time we can only give general answers. But now, we get to dive in.

At this in-depth, free class you’ll learn how to take your first steps as a real estate investor.

Nothing is held back. Everything from analyzing basement suite conversion deals, to renting out your first property at a profit, and even how to refinance and do it all again!

More secrets you’ll uncover are:

Profiting in a HOT market…

Municipal bylaws to watch out for…

Mortgage terms that favour refinancing…

AND one barely used tactic for higher appraisals…

If you’re frustrated, unsure of how to get started, this is for you.

 Sign up now for the Invitation List and be one of the first to get an invite to the next class.

Sponsored by:

Infinity Wealth Investment Network – would you like to know how our investors returned 341.8% on positive cash flowing real estate over the last five years? On average, that was 68.4% per year.

Just imagine what winning in real estate could do for you.

If you would like to know how we did it, ask us how by calling 289-288-5019 or email us at meaghan@infinitywealth.ca.

Don’t delay, the top markets we focus in are trending upward in price, so you can pay today’s price or tomorrow’s price.

Till next time, just do it because I believe in you.

Erwin

Hamilton, St. Catharines and Toronto Land Development, Real Estate Investor, and soon to be builder.

W: erwinszeto.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/erwin.szeto
IG: https://www.instagram.com/erwinszeto/

Have you gotten your shot yet?

I just did at a Costco Pharmacy! I was a bit early for my appointment, so they took me in early, and the pharmacist read me the side effects to expect. 

I’m well informed on the subject as my dad is a doctor, and I follow several local ER, ICU, and Infectious Disease doctors on Twitter who share, unfiltered, what they see in their battle against this virus. 

One of them is an old friend of mine, Sumon Charkrabati. We went to University and lived in residence together, so I know firsthand how smart he is. Now he’s on the local news all the time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Here are their Twitter handles in case anyone is interested:

• Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti: https://twitter.com/TorontoIDDoc
• Dr. Jennifer Kwan, a wizard with excel who posts stat graphs almost every day: @jkwan_md
• Microscope Samantha Yammine, Ph.D. (aka Science Sam): @heysciencesam

Anyways, I showed up about ten minutes early at the Costco Pharmacy and got my Astra Zeneca shot. I barely felt it, unlike the nose swabs for covid tests I’ve taken. I waited 15 minutes till they said I could go. 

As soon as I got my shot, I got emotional and immediately started crying.

I don’t know what came over me, but I think it’s that the end is in sight. I know just a single shot is highly effective, and we’re one step closer to seeing our friends, family, clients, and staff again in person.

I cried even more, when the Costco cashier asked for payment for my $300 grocery bill. LOL.

I went a little overboard buying fresh salmon and ribeyes to smoke, three dozen chocolate croissants, a 5 litres of ketchup since I know I’m going to be living longer, there’s a chance of finishing the bottle ;).

It’s been almost 24 hours since my shot.

The only side effect to report is the injection site is mildly sore, and it’s so mild I don’t even notice it.  I even rode my Peloton bike this morning without any problem.

If anyone is feeling hesitant about vaccines or Astra Zeneca’s vaccine, you’re not alone; I had questions too.

Here are some of the online resources I read.  That and my father is a medical doctor, and my brother is a biologist on the far end of geeking out on the Coronavirus.

Resources:

• This is not the time to comparison shop for COVID-19 vaccines: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-this-is-not-the-time-to-comparison-shop-for-covid-19-vaccines/.
• AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine proves safe and effective in Phase III trial: https://www.clinicaltrialsarena.com/news/astrazeneca-vaccine-proves-safe/.
• Why comparing Covid-19 vaccine efficacy numbers can be misleading: https://www.vox.com/22311625/covid-19-vaccine-efficacy-johnson-moderna-pfizer.

So far, my mom, dad, stepmom, brother, sister and sister-in-law have all had at least one shot.

My mom is fully vaccinated, she lives in Hong Kong, China, and she legally hosted a birthday party with friends who’ve all been fully vaccinated, without masks, in her condo last weekend. 

It goes to show what is possible with the proper response to covid.

Anyways, back to the subject of real estate, on Saturday morning, May 15th, is our monthly iWIN meeting.

This month we have James “Money Baggs” Maggs sharing how to purchase a foreign vacation property as he owns a condo near the beach in Costa Rica.  I’m sure many Canadians are feeling the need to escape Canada these days.

Also, Real Estate Accountant Cherry Chan CPA. CA. will share how to deduct the interest expense from the mortgage on your home, aka the Smith Maneuver. It is a must-know money saving strategy for all investors of real estate, stocks, cryptocurrency, stock hacking, etc.

You don’t want to miss it.

If you’re on my email list, you’ll receive invites once registration opens. To receive my totally free newsletter that tens of thousands of Canadian investors already receive, go to www.truthaboutrealestateinvesting.ca.

How The Armchair Investor Achieved Financial Freedom By Age 55 With Michael Dominguez

This week we have my old friend Michael Dominguez as our guest.

He’s here to share his journey and lessons in his accumulation of 11 duplexes and a couple of apartment buildings. 

I know we’ve had some past guests share aggressive, full-time, active investing strategies, so it’s a nice change to hear from someone who relied on investing smart and letting time invested in the market do all the heavy lifting for him.

Michael is here to share how he obtained financial freedom and not so fun experiences with tenants, explaining how he shaped his portfolio.

He’s also a serial investor with multiple streams of income beyond real estate, which has enabled Michael to pursue his dream of road tripping in his convertible and taking in a baseball game at all 30 major league baseball stadiums.

Michael also spent the pandemic, after recovering from the Coronavirus, writing a book called “Armchair Real Estate Millionaire” meant for the beginner investor.  

Enjoy the show!

 

HELP US OUT!

To Follow Michael: 

IG: https://www.instagram.com/armchair_wealth/

Web: https://armchairrealestatemillionaire.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authormichaeldominguez

Twitter: https://twitter.com/armchair_wealth

UPCOMING EVENTS

BEFORE YOU GO…

If you’re interested in being a successful real estate investor like those who have been featured on this podcast and our hundreds of successful clients please let us know.

It is our honour to give back and educate others on how we build cash flowing real estate portfolios using all the best practices shared on this podcast, from the lessons of our hundreds of clients and of course our own experience in owning investment real estate.

If you didn’t know already, we pride ourselves on being the best of the best real estate coaches, having the best property managers, contractors, handy people, cleaners, lawyers, accountants, everyone you need on your power team and we’re happy to share them with our clients to ensure your success. 

New investor or seasoned veteran investor, we can help anyone by providing our award winning coaching services and this isn’t all talk.

We have been awarded Realtor of the Year to Investors in 2015 by the Real Estate Investment Network, 2016 by the Canadian Real Estate Wealth Magazine and again in 2017 because no one told the judges no one is supposed to win the award twice but on merit, our peers deemed us as the best.  In 2018, we again won the same award by the Real Estate Investment Network.

Hopefully being the most decorated team of Realtors in Ontario will make you consider us for your first or next real estate investment.  Even if you don’t invest in our areas, there’s a good chance I know who would be ideal for you. 

I’ve been around for a while, some Realtors are talented at servicing investors there are many with great ethics.  The intersection of the two, talent and ethics is limited to a handful in each city or town.

Only work with the best is what my father always taught me.  If you’re interested, drop us an email at iwin@infinitywealth.ca.

I hope to meet you at one of our meetups soon.

Again that’s iwin@infinitywealth.ca

 

NO MORE Confusion

After all the Youtube videos, books, and forum posts, you’re probably still left with questions. Starting in real estate is a tricky thing.

Frustrated beginners often ask how a legal basement suite conversion actually works. Most of the time we can only give general answers. But now, we get to dive in.

At this in-depth, free class you’ll learn how to take your first steps as a real estate investor.

Nothing is held back. Everything from analyzing basement suite conversion deals, to renting out your first property at a profit, and even how to refinance and do it all again!

More secrets you’ll uncover are:

Profiting in a HOT market…

Municipal bylaws to watch out for…

Mortgage terms that favour refinancing…

AND one barely used tactic for higher appraisals…

If you’re frustrated, unsure of how to get started, this is for you.

 Sign up now for the Invitation List and be one of the first to get an invite to the next class.

Sponsored by:

Infinity Wealth Investment Network – would you like to know how our investors returned 341.8% on positive cash flowing real estate over the last five years? On average, that was 68.4% per year.

Just imagine what winning in real estate could do for you.

If you would like to know how we did it, ask us how by calling 289-288-5019 or email us at meaghan@infinitywealth.ca.

Don’t delay, the top markets we focus in are trending upward in price, so you can pay today’s price or tomorrow’s price.

Till next time, just do it because I believe in you.

Erwin

Hamilton, St. Catharines and Toronto Land Development, Real Estate Investor, and soon to be builder.

W: erwinszeto.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/erwin.szeto
IG: https://www.instagram.com/erwinszeto/

Greetings, my fellow wealth hackers!! Does anyone actually like moving? I mean selling their house, buying another and moving.   I’ve had guests on this show who’ve moved 10 or more times which has proven a great way for them to make money but not for me. I enjoy stability.

 

 

 

 

 

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We moved into our new house on Monday, and it’s been awesome.  Our master bedroom faces east, so we wake up to the sun shining into our window and our newly renovated master ensuite bathroom. Cherry and I are often in a hurry, so we tore out the single sink vanity and corner tub and replaced them with a wider vanity with two sinks and expanded the shower to about 5 feet by 3.5 feet. FYI 3.5 feet is the minimum width of a hallway.  The original shower was enclosed with a shower curtain; we replaced it with glass, so the sun shines on us while in the shower – A great way to shower and get vitamin D! What about privacy, you say? Do we just leave the bathroom window shades open? We can as we don’t have a back neighbour and the house backs onto a pond which we are really enjoying.  The view is great, and I enjoy just standing there, feeling like I’m in nature and watching the ducks. I like having my bedroom face east, so I also stuck both kids in the other bedroom that faces east 🙂 Unfortunately, that happens to be the smallest bedroom in the house, about 10×10, so they’re in bunk beds which they think is great – Damn IKEA bunk beds that took me half a day to assemble, lol.  Since we can’t travel for March Break in April, we’re opening the pool this weekend, so the kids have something to do over the break.  No idea how this will work out, but I figure we’ll just crank the heater, and hopefully, in two days, the water will be warm enough, so my body doesn’t go into shock.   Definitely interesting times we live in, and I’m grateful to be a wealth hacker: a small business owner, real estate investor, stock hacker, and registered charity operator so I can stay busy, make money, and help people.  I hope you’re all staying healthy and if you need help to stay or become a wealth hacker, simply join our email list so you can take advantage of our free training and free virtual tours or join our Truth About Real Estate Forum, which we are in the middle of creating.  It doesn’t exist yet, but it will soon, and when it does, our email list will know so they can interact, bounce ideas off of like-minded wealth hackers. If you are not on my email list, go to www.truthaboutrealestateinvesting.ca. Speaking of events, Saturday, April 17th, is our next iWIN meeting, all virtual so you can tune in while wearing your pyjamas!! The topics include, “What is the best side hustle?” as my friend Chris Hook who has tried them all, real estate, essential oils multi-level marketing, ecomm / selling stuff made in China on Amazon, and of course, Stock Hacking.  He’s going to share the realities of each. Also, we have the co-founder of Life at Key, Daniel Dubois, our guest from the previous podcast, ex Airbnb executive and how his new real estate business allows folks to buy real estate for as little as 2.5% down, about $15,000 on average. I know I’m super excited to learn more about how he’s made this possible for so many people struggling to get into real estate in this crazy market!

How to Smith Maneuver, Tax Advantages of Owning a Tesla, Personal Real Estate Corporations with Cherry Chan

Now on to this week’s guest, my wife, Real Estate Accountant Cherry Chan, CPA, CA. We covered a wide range of topics, e.g. what investments work based on the tax returns her team is preparing, how to maximize tax savings on mortgage interest on your home, why buying an electric vehicle like a Tesla makes financial sense from a tax standpoint, what it’s like being a crazy entrepreneur married to a crazy entrepreneur and so much more. FYI, Cherry will be our May iWIN Meeting keynote speaker presenting in detail how to maximize your returns using the Smith Maneuver as requested, and I hope to see you there! Enjoy the show!

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UPCOMING EVENTS

BEFORE YOU GO…

If you’re interested in being a successful real estate investor like those who have been featured on this podcast and our hundreds of successful clients please let us know. It is our honour to give back and educate others on how we build cash flowing real estate portfolios using all the best practices shared on this podcast, from the lessons of our hundreds of clients and of course our own experience in owning investment real estate. If you didn’t know already, we pride ourselves on being the best of the best real estate coaches, having the best property managers, contractors, handy people, cleaners, lawyers, accountants, everyone you need on your power team and we’re happy to share them with our clients to ensure your success.  New investor or seasoned veteran investor, we can help anyone by providing our award winning coaching services and this isn’t all talk. We have been awarded Realtor of the Year to Investors in 2015 by the Real Estate Investment Network, 2016 by the Canadian Real Estate Wealth Magazine and again in 2017 because no one told the judges no one is supposed to win the award twice but on merit, our peers deemed us as the best.  In 2018, we again won the same award by the Real Estate Investment Network. Hopefully being the most decorated team of Realtors in Ontario will make you consider us for your first or next real estate investment.  Even if you don’t invest in our areas, there’s a good chance I know who would be ideal for you.  I’ve been around for a while, some Realtors are talented at servicing investors there are many with great ethics.  The intersection of the two, talent and ethics is limited to a handful in each city or town. Only work with the best is what my father always taught me.  If you’re interested, drop us an email at iwin@infinitywealth.ca. I hope to meet you at one of our meetups soon. Again that’s iwin@infinitywealth.ca

 

NO MORE Confusion

After all the Youtube videos, books, and forum posts, you’re probably still left with questions. Starting in real estate is a tricky thing. Frustrated beginners often ask how a legal basement suite conversion actually works. Most of the time we can only give general answers. But now, we get to dive in. At this in-depth, free class you’ll learn how to take your first steps as a real estate investor. Nothing is held back. Everything from analyzing basement suite conversion deals, to renting out your first property at a profit, and even how to refinance and do it all again! More secrets you’ll uncover are: Profiting in a HOT market… Municipal bylaws to watch out for… Mortgage terms that favour refinancing… AND one barely used tactic for higher appraisals… If you’re frustrated, unsure of how to get started, this is for you.  Sign up now for the Invitation List and be one of the first to get an invite to the next class. Sponsored by: Infinity Wealth Investment Network – would you like to know how our investors returned 341.8% on positive cash flowing real estate over the last five years? On average, that was 68.4% per year. Just imagine what winning in real estate could do for you. If you would like to know how we did it, ask us how by calling 289-288-5019 or email us at meaghan@infinitywealth.ca. Don’t delay, the top markets we focus in are trending upward in price, so you can pay today’s price or tomorrow’s price. Till next time, just do it because I believe in you. Erwin Hamilton, St. Catharines and Toronto Land Development, Real Estate Investor, and soon to be builder. W: erwinszeto.com FB: https://www.facebook.com/erwin.szeto IG: https://www.instagram.com/erwinszeto/