Leadership, Performance & Aliveness – Oliver Manalese

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Hello Everyone investing in real estate!!
I have always wanted to give blood but my fear of needles held me back.
After the van attack in Toronto, I wanted to help outside of donating money, and one very important way to help the victims is to give blood. I’m always looking to push limits and test fears, so Team Titan member Tammy Ditomaso and I did on Friday. Like anything, things gets easier with practice. Whether it’s giving blood or real estate investing, and it wasn’t so bad.
The funny part is the questions they have to ask. I know I’m different, but it’s a different thing to explain how weird you are, talking out loud to strangers. While signing in to give blood, the conversations goes like this:
Nurse: Have you had breakfast?
Me: No, I had a fatty coffee, I fast in the mornings (after speaking, I realize I should have just said “yes”)
Nurse: You really should eat something before giving blood, this is taxing on the body
Me: I train MMA, I can handle it, I fight adult men all the time (I say MMA thinking it is a more widely known term than Brazillian Jiu Jitsu but whatever, I didn’t properly think through this conversation)
Nurse: Please have a juice box, what flavour would you like? (I’m sure they offer juice boxes to all the wannabe tough guys)
Me: I’ll have apple. <I sip my first juice box since high school>
The whole thing was quite painless compared to the other things I do. I still don’t like needles, but like anything, it gets easier with experience.

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Large Multi-Family Investing – Pierre-Paul Turgeon

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Hello Real Estate Investors!!

The weather is finally warming up and spring market has finally come in April, as April has been our busiest month yet, and we still have a week to go!

I finally got on the roof to inspect repairs after the wind and ice storms. What the heck, Mother Nature? And I am finally getting around to taking down the Christmas lights. I was honestly going to turn the lights on during the ice storm and take a picture, Xmas in April!

Here I am on the roof taking down lights with my son, Bruce, watching.  I’ve noticed both our kids repeating more of what we say and copying what we do, so Cherry and I are doing what we can to set a good example, including not disclosing to them my fears.

I’m afraid of spiders and heights. When I see a spider, I pretend I’m not afraid. When I’m on the roof and the kids are watching, I pretend I’m not afraid. I don’t want my kids to learn fears from me, if they are born with phobias, fine, but I don’t want them learning them from me.

Basically, I want to be a parent my kids can be proud of. I don’t know if what I’m doing will help, but it definitely can’t hurt. Same is true with our investing. I brought my daughter with me to a lease signing to meet my new single mom tenant and her five year old son. You don’t know how many people I’ve met who are afraid of tenants, and hopefully my kids will not be.

Large Multi-Family Investing – Pierre-Paul Turgeon

Former CMHC Underwriter for apartment buildings, Pierre-Paul Turgeon, is a veteran apartment building investor and the country’s best teacher in multifamily investing, and he is back on the show! Not only is he a leading expert on investing, he is a philanthropist who offered vacant units in his buildings rent-free to victims of the Fort McMurray Fires, plus food and clothing. He is exactly the type of guest we enjoy having on the show for an update on the Alberta market, lessons on apartment building investing, mindset for success and, if you stay to the end, we get a bit controversial talking politics and pipelines. Interesting and informative stuff. Pierre even keeps it real, revealing he’s had recent cash calls, something most investors do not talk about.
Pierre Paul is back in Ontario later in Sept to give an all-weekend workshopSeptember 28-30, 2018 and you can quickly learn and obtain the tools to be a professional apartment investor.
For more information and to register go to: https://www.multifamilyinvestingcanada.com/a/8483/RDSYz2i5
Note: this is an affiliate link but I am not receiving any sort of personal compensation, I simply want more investors to have good information so they can take care of themselves and their loved ones.
Pierre Paul has kindly offered to support my charity the Hamilton Basket Brigade, so feel free to use my affiliate link or not, just promise me you will grow your wealth and support your own favourite charity or church!
Show Notes:
Pierre Paul’s rental website: https://www.matterhorn.apartments/
and his website: https://www.multifamilyinvestingcanada.com/a/8483/RDSYz2i5, check it out for more information and testimonials from friends of the show Jules Mackenzie, Rene Masse, and Charles Wah

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This episode is brought to you by my networking group, the Halton REI. We meet in Oakville (part of the Halton Region), but mainly invest in the top investment towns west of Halton: Brantford, Hamilton, Niagara Region.
We regularly feature the top speakers from our industry. The vast majority of our attendees are seasoned investors, so you will want to spend more time around these folks, as you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. Your net worth is your network, so choose how you spend your time wisely.
Knowledge is power. Every meeting we share the latest in market rents, prices in the top neighbourhoods, and strategies for investment. We share the best property available as our Best Buy Property of the Month. We share the best tips and tricks for you to implement immediately to your investment businesses to fast track YOU on your journey to financial freedom. It’s up to you if you’d like to be on said journey.
To get on the invite list please register at https://www.truthaboutrealestateinvesting.ca/meeting/ and you will receive an invite to the next Halton REI meeting once announced.
But don’t listen to me, here’s what members of our community are saying about the Halton REI!!
Until next time, Just do it, I believe in you.
Erwin
Hamilton, St. Catharines, Toronto, Land Development and Real Estate Investor

Beating Rental Licensing and Cancer, Investing in Apartment Buildings and Cryptos

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Can the Spring weather start yet? I had tickets to the TFC game for Tuesday night, but gladly gave them up to watch the Toronto Raptors indoors at the Air Canada Centre!
On Saturday, I got my Crossfit report card from my head trainer, which is awesome because he took time out of his busy schedule at no added charge to review my performance, grade my efforts, and provide feedback on areas of weakness and strength.
This is my first report card since graduating university in 2002. High school gym class was one of my worst subjects in school, and I’m still not a good athlete. Also, my worst average in school between high school and university was about 78 in first year, when I was young and dumb and drunk too often, so seeing C’s on my report card is something new to me. :p
Now I’m old, less dumb, and quite sober, and I’m not much better at gym, as you can tell by my report card. It is a great punch in the stomach to the ego and I’m motivated to target my weaknesses in gymnastics. Luckily, I’m at my ideal body fat, so I don’t need to lose any weight but I’m still heavy, making gymnastics a challenge.
No thank you to additional training for longer metabolic conditioning, as that will require a larger time investment, plus recovery time, and gymnastics are way cooler than cardio.
This relates to real estate if you can’t tell. 😛
None of us real estate investors are good at everything. We all have to pick our spots to focus on in order to maximize results.  Some are great at financial analysis, some are great with tools and know everything about house construction, but we all have to move forward without having all the answers and knowing everything, or else you’ll never make progress.  So pick your spots, move forward, and have fun!

Beating Rental Licensing, Cancer, and Investing in Apartment Buildings and Cryptos with Mike Iuliano

My friend, Mike Iuliano, is many things: a backyard gardener, a foodie expert of restaurants in the Niagara Region, and an expert on apartment buildings in the Niagara Region.
Mike lead a coalition of Niagara landlords to fight the city of St. Catharines in Ontario Superior Court and won, thus allowing all us student rental investors to operate our safe, clean rental properties for young adults. Mike’s advice and lessons are now more important than ever, as a couple Niagara Region towns are implementing licensing, including St. Catharines, which is getting started with theirs.
Mike is also a savvy stock investor, who consistently outperforms the market. When folks know how to make money, that always peaks my interest. He also trades Cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, so if that interests you, you will want to have a listen on how he does it.
Finally, he is a Cancer survivor and it has shaped how he now lives his life. You don’t want to miss this episode!!

To get in touch with Mike:

Sponsored by:

This episode is brought to you by my networking group, the Halton REI. We meet in Oakville (part of the Halton Region), but mainly invest in the top investment towns west of Halton: Brantford, Hamilton, Niagara Region.
We regularly feature the top speakers from our industry. The vast majority of our attendees are seasoned investors, so you will want to spend more time around these folks, as you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. Your net worth is your network, so choose how you spend your time wisely.
Knowledge is power. Every meeting we share the latest in market rents, prices in the top neighbourhoods, and strategies for investment. We share the best property available as our Best Buy Property of the Month. We share the best tips and tricks for you to implement immediately to your investment businesses to fast track YOU on your journey to financial freedom. It’s up to you if you’d like to be on said journey.
To get on the invite list please register at https://www.truthaboutrealestateinvesting.ca/meeting/ and you will receive an invite to the next Halton REI meeting once announced.
But don’t listen to me, here’s what members of our community are saying about the Halton REI!!
Until next time, Just do it, I believe in you.
Erwin
Hamilton, St. Catharines, Toronto, Land Development and Real Estate Investor

Podcasting with Breakthrough Investor/Agent Rob Break

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Hello fellow Titans of Real Estate Investing!!
What a week it has been for all of us Toronto sports fans!! The Blue Jays are off to a hot start, the Maple Leafs are gearing up for the playoffs, the Raptors clinched first in their conference, TFC is moving on to the CONCACAF finals. Thank goodness for investing in real estate so I may afford tickets to TFC and Raptors.  Not Leafs though, because $300 per in the upper bowl is a bit steep.
 
Last week was also the April REIN meeting and in front of the 200+ attendees, I was honoured to share the stage with rent-to-own expert, Rachel Oliver, and one of the best human beings, let alone one of the best real estate agents, Shannon Murree, as we shared our advanced tips on presenting and getting our offers accepted.
For me, it’s super cool to have come full circle from being the newbie REIN member in the crowd, furiously writing notes, to having a bit more experience now and having been named the only preferred real estate agent west of Toronto by the Real Estate Investment Network. It’s always an honour to give back to the community, and a great time for me to hang out with these lovely ladies, including host and REIN VP Jennifer Hunt.

Podcasting with Breakthrough Investor/Agent Rob Break

Rob Break is the newest member of the Rock Star family, as a real estate agent and coach, and we are happy to have him!! Rob has invested in countless investment properties and guided investor clients through the same in the Durham region.
As Rob is the host of possibly the top real estate podcast in Canada, we are in for a treat as he shares tips on podcasting, his favourite guests, tips on investing in the Durham region, and wholesaling real estate.
Our mic of choice was AudioTechnica ATR2100. If you like what you hear, you should get one too!
To Listen:
To connect with Rob:
Website and podcast: http://breakthroughreipodcast.ca/
Until next time, Just do it, I believe in you.
Erwin
Hamilton, St. Catharines, Toronto, Land Development and Real Estate Investor

From Homeless in Ottawa to Mr. Ottawa w. Tony Miller

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Hello Real Estate Investors!!
Thank everyone for the birthday wishes!!
It’s been over a week of celebrations: Raptors basketball game, Leafs vs Montreal game, dinner and party at Dave & Busters with my real estate team, the 5th and final workout of the Crossfit Open, and finally, my favourite time of the year, the Hamilton Basket Brigade Easter edition who delivered 350 Easter dinners this past Saturday.

Clockwise: Hand Stand Push Ups, Dave & Busters, Hamilton Basket Brigade, what 39 looks like.

The Hamilton Basket Brigade is a registered charity I co-founded, and serve as the President for, where my role is mainly fundraising, Marketing and Communications.  The charity itself, it’s mandate is to provide poverty relief and, since 2014, we have delivered over 2,000 holiday dinners to families at risk of going hungry. I would like to thank all of our volunteers, our board of governors, our top four donors, Scott Dillingham of CIBC, Empipe Solutions, Matt Green and our very own James T Maggs of Titan Investment Real Estate.
For Thanksgiving’s Basket Brigade, we will be shaking things up to provide more for fewer families. We hope to maintain the same budget if the donations keep coming, but for 50-60 extremely less fortunate families. We at the Basket Brigade hope to go beyond a meal, and fulfill wish lists of whatever the families need. Winter coats, socks, boots, school supplies, light bulbs, etc. Maybe some toys for the kids again. Our volunteers will be meeting the families, but this time to unbox some gifts.
I personally can not wait to see the faces of the kids for what I look forward to as the greatest volunteer experience, as the Basket Brigade has been for me. Just please someone bring the kleenex 😀

From Homeless in Ottawa to Mr. Ottawa w/ Tony Miller

Tony is many things; a father, husband, real estate investor, and real estate agent. Not just any real estate agent, but rather the preferred agent for Ottawa by both Keyspire and the Real Estate Investment Network.
He has also been homeless and lived on the streets of Ottawa when he was a teenager, but turned it around. He had a long stint working for the Government of Canada, with great pay and one of those wonderful defined benefit pensions we all envy. But don’t forget, you have to trade a good portion of your life for that guaranteed money. The wasn’t good enough for Tony, who decided to leave the steady job and pension to purse real estate as a full time endeavor.
Tony and I discuss his recent solo week-long vacation, how the market is fairing in Ottawa, Ontario and his recommended investment strategies. So without further ado, I give you Tony Mr Ottawa Miller.
To Listen:
To connect with Tony:
tony@misterottawa.ca

Tony in the Sun Media: http://ottawasun.com/tag/tony-miller

Until next time, Just do it, I believe in you.
Erwin
Hamilton, St. Catharines, Toronto, Land Development and Real Estate Investor

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/weight-loss/time-restricted-eating

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Hello Real Estate Investors!!
I’m on another health/diet experiment 😛
This month I’m testing out time restricted eating (TRE) thanks to my bleeding edge doctor, Dr Cowan. To improve my digestion I am restricting my eating to when I normally eat breakfast, 7:30am for a 12 hour window ending at 7:30 at night. I’m not trying to lose weight though, just improve my energy and improve my digestion (apparently all high level athletes have elite level digestion, it’s how Michael Phelps could eat McDonalds and still collect Gold Medals).
Women’s Health Magazine has an article on TRE here: https://www.womenshealthmag.com/weight-loss/time-restricted-eating

Supporting Locke St and Donut Monster post ANTIFA Vandalism

I’m also going to intermittent fast. I have a couple friends who had success fasting in the morning by just having a Bullet Proof coffee (organic coffee with grass fed butter and organic coconut oil, that’s how I take it at least) and I’ve been successful testing this out. It’s now one week of this new diet and my digestion has never been better.

Science? Hardly, but I’m all about testing and results. Am I perfect? No, I’ve cheated a couple times. I ate my kids’ half eaten breakfasts and had some late night donuts 😃 Am I hungry? I’m not bad actually, and haven’t changed anything else with how I eat, but I definitely eat a big lunch.

Hacking Your Personality for Success

Understanding your personality is essential to success and will advance your business and career.  That is why we invited Leadership Coach and Consultant with 20 year experience as a Corporate Leader and Executive, Lisa Mitchell, on the show to explain the types of personalities, the preferences for each personality, and the areas to develop for improvement.
If possible, I would suggest you pause this episode and if you’ve never done a personality test before, go to www.TonyRobbins.com/disc and complete the personality test. The results are almost instant, have a read then continue to listen to my discussion with Lisa.
Lisa is also a Real Estate Investor along with her home inspector husband, Rob Chaine, (who happen to have opposite personalities) of Blue Door Home Services.  They own several properties in St. Catharine’s, all with legal basement suites.
To Listen:
To Follow Lisa:
contact info:  lisa@greenappleconsulting.ca   or 647-988-4003
Until next time, Just do it, I believe in you.
Erwin
Hamilton, St. Catharines, Toronto, Land Development and Real Estate Investor

New Standardized Lease w/ Paralegal Diane Digiandomenico

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Hello fellow Titans of real estate investments!
Have you been to Ghost Busters virtual reality game at the Rec Room just south of the CN Tower? It’s a lot of fun!! This was my second go of the game, and this time was with my brother and my very silly childhood friends.
The game is where we, the players, are Ghost Busters! We each choose an avatar (a virtual representation of oneself, by chance we each selected the African-Canadian male avatar so we couldn’t tell each other apart), we are each outfitted with VR helmets with headphones, mic, vest and of course, a gun. Once in the game, we walk around while being attacked by ghosts while having to complete mission objectives.

photo credit: https://www.thevoid.com/locations/toronto Highly recommended for something fun to do.

The silliness and hilarity ensues as we push each other, test the boundaries of the virtual reality, and poke each other with the guns. With the VR goggles on, you’re basically blind to what’s actually going on in the real world, plus the game is sensory overload with ghouls and ghosts and marshmallow men attacking you. I highly recommend!!
Even with all the immature silliness going on, we still fared well, completing 4 of 5 tasks for a grade of A!!!!  An improvement over my previous score of B… practice makes perfect, no different than one’s 2nd investment property being smoother than one’s 1st investment property.

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Best Selling Author of Fix and Flip Ian Szabo

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Hello Real Estate Investors in Toronto, Hamilton, Brantford, Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, St Catharines, Niagara!

Everyone over their ACRE weekend hangover?? I had to take a two hour nap on Monday after the information overload that is ACRE and all the “networking” over food and drink after the meetings.

Thank you for the kind words to everyone who came by to say, “Hello!”  On Friday, I had a discussion with one gentleman about new construction condos in Hamilton. He came back to my booth on Sunday to say thank you for the podcast.  Silly me, I forgot my Tiger Cats jersey at home on Friday.

I hope everyone enjoyed my talk on ACRE Sunday.  Even though I speak in front of groups regularly, 500+ audiences are a different challenge with such a large stage and wide room.

I wasn’t thrilled with my performance, but like any challenge and experience, I will grow from it.

Speaking of challenges, this month’s guest on the podcast has undergone many challenges and over come them all so I hope you enjoy it and come away motivated!!

TWO Part Series: Investing With Other People’s Money (and Credit)!!

Do you know how to invest in real estate with other peoples money (and credit)? Well our March and April speakers do!!

Mandy Branham has completed 35 deals in the last two years, while our own Coach, Erika Spencer, has completed 21 deals in the same time. Both are past guests of this show, so you may want to listen to their interviews.

Mandy is creative in how she structures her deals in order to attract more business, and she will be sharing how at our March meeting.

What happens after you have your joint venture partner? Erika Spencer will be sharing how she manages the process of acquiring properties with the partner, post-sale client management or renos, and ongoing management reporting to keep partners happy and buying more property.

You do not want to miss this two part series!!!

Make sure to register at www.HaltonREI.ca/signup ASAP as seats are limited and we have had to waitlist folks in the past.

Best Selling Author of Fix and Flip Ian Szabo

I’ve known Ian Szabo for a very long time, since about 2008 when I first joined REIN, and there was a lot more of him.  He’s since lost 40-50 pounds and written two best selling books: Reno to Riches and Fix & Flip.  At the time he’d already started his transformation from his renovation business to full time investing for himself. Ian then wanted to give back to the community, by starting his “flip school” and his current focus, Ian’s short bus talks, where he video logs from a refurbished, pimped out short school bus. Ian rode the short bus in school with the other kids with learning disabilities, giving him limited beliefs about himself. Ian has since purchased a short bus, repainted it a deep orange, installed a roof top patio, installed new benches, complete with flat screen TV and Play Station gaming console. Ian just recently interviewed Gary Vayneychuk, the media baron, who LOVED the short bus. I’ll include a link in the show notes. Ian is one of the super successful, yet humble, good guys in the real estate world. Without further ado, I give you, Ian Szabo
To Listen:
Until next time, Just do it, I believe in you.
Erwin
Hamilton, St. Catharines, Toronto, Land Development and Real Estate Investor
Show Notes:
Short Bus Talk featuring Gary Vaynerchuk: https://www.facebook.com/ShortBusTalk/videos/1683274645098908/
Haste and Hustle: http://hasteandhustle.com/

Power Couple Erika & Jay – How to Buy 20 Properties in Two Years

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Hello Everyone Investing in Real Estate!!
I’m on my own this week with the kids for six whole days!!  My wife, Cherry Chan of www.realestatetaxtips.ca, is in San Dieg at Traffic and Conversion. My kids are ages 4 and 2, so they have infinite energy and tend to argue, fight and cry. But they’re sometimes really cute and hugging them makes it all worth it!
Usually, my kids prefer their mom way more than me. The best part of the increased 1-on-2 time is that, with mom gone, I feel like I’ve been promoted to the starting lineup, making my parenting job a lot easier! – LOL
As much as I’d like to be in San Diego, next to the ocean under a warm sun, I’m limiting my conferences this year. I have been to enough in the last few years, and I’m tired of looking at the binders and packages I came home with post-conference, not having touched them since. Instead, I’m putting my head down and implementing what I’ve been taught vs. looking for the next best thing.
Hopefully those of you on the fence for your first investment property or next investment property are feeling the same. Enough with the theory and education. It’s time for action. Knowledge without action is a wasted investment.
FYI – we are starting to see more inventory come available and we are getting interest from our door knocking efforts to find deals without multiple offers, so do reach out to your coach ASAP.  My sources tell me to expect tightening credit come summer, so if you’re concerned about financing I would refinance and acquire property ASAP. I’m doing the same.
Speaking of taking action, coach Erika just bought her 21st property and her and her husband, Jay, are the guests of this week’s episode of the Truth About Real Estate Investing.

How Brand New Investors Acquired 20 Properties in just 2 years w/ Power Couple Erika and Jay

Erika and Jay (and new born baby, Owen, who was on hand for the recording) have been investing since 2014. They invest in Hamilton, St Catharines and Niagara Falls in Rent-To-Owns, buy and holds, basement apartments, joint ventures – they do it all. Currently, their portfolio consists of 20 houses with a focus on generating cashflow. Erika’s success led to her being nominated as Rising Star of the Year by the Canadian Real Estate Wealth Magazine in 2017. Prior to becoming a Realtor, Erika’s corporate world experience involved working as a biologist at an engineering firm, where she worked on project management, environmental assessments, and negotiating permits for various types of commercial development. Her experience has definitely helped Erika in building her portfolio and coaching investors on how to navigate the process that is real estate. She is incredibly passionate about helping investors obtain the same success that she enjoys, which is why she was the perfect fit on my own team of coaches for real estate investors. Jay also recently obtained his real estate license, and will be supporting Erika along with his own pursuits.
So without further ado, I give you power couple Erika Spencer and Jay Shaw.
To reach out to Erika and Jay:
Until next time, Just do it, I believe in you.
Erwin
Hamilton, St. Catharines, Toronto, Land Development and Real Estate Investor

All Time Best Selling Canadian Real Estate Author Don R Campbell Ep.3

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Hello Everyone who shares a love of Investing in Real Estate!!! (At the time of writing, it is Valentines Day 😃)
As with my real estate investing, I prefer to operate differently than the masses. We avoided the crowds of February 14th by enjoying a quiet night over at the local gastro pub while watching Raptors game on TV. 😃 My wife, Cherry, shares my passion for Toronto Raptors Basketball and we don’t have cable television anymore, so our dinner date was a treat on many levels. We even went home at half time to read bed time stories to the kids and put them to bed, as one of my favourite things in the world is have both kids on my lap and reading to them. It really was the perfect evening. The Raptors won via another brilliant performance by the bench, who are very fun to watch. They play at a frenetic pace and execute well.

All Time Best Selling Canadian Real Estate Author Don R Campbell Ep3

Usually the third movie in any trilogy is the worst. I just watched Jurassic World and can’t remember much about Jurassic Park 3… Well that’s not the case here! Hopefully this isn’t the last of my interviews with this week’s guest, who is none other than all time best selling Canadian real estate author, Don R Campbell. Spoiler alert, he’s a fan of the show!!
“I like your podcast, I think it’s real, it’s fresh, you have got good guests that are real life guests, it’s awesome” ~ Don R Campbell; All Time, Best Selling, Canadian Real Estate Author
We cover a lot of subjects: politics, Bitcoin and cryptocurrency investing, stock investing strategy, we throw back to when Don wrote his first book and the major re-write he did, being real, the dangers of the real estate investing industry, who the best economist is (it’s not who you think), the patience to get rich slow and boring, and so much more.
I hope you enjoy hearing my interview with one of the greatest minds in real estate as much as I enjoyed giving the interview.

If you would like to learn from Don and attend ACRE (short for Authentic Canadian Real Estate), just north of Toronto on March 2-4th here is the link:

Discount code: Erwinsguest
The adjacent hotel is already sold out, so make sure to register ASAP with my discount code to avoid disappointment!!
Subscribe on Android
Don’s coordinates:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DonRCampbell
Web: http://www.donrcampbell.com/
Until next time, Just do it, I believe in you.
Erwin
Hamilton, St. Catharines, Toronto, Land Development and Real Estate Investor