Chris Prefontaine is the four-time best-selling author of Real Estate on Your Terms, The New Rules of Real Estate Investing, and Sell With Authority for Real Estate Investors. He’s also founder of the Wicked Smart companies and host of the Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast.
Chris Prefontaine is the four-time best-selling author of Real Estate on Your Terms, The New Rules of Real Estate Investing, and Sell With Authority for Real Estate Investors. He’s also founder of the Wicked Smart companies and host of the Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast.
Chris has been in real estate for over 31 years. His experience ranges from constructing new homes in the 1990s and owning a Realty Executive Franchise to running his own investments (commercial & residential) and coaching clients throughout North America. After the crash of 2008, Chris reengineered his entire business to weather all storms and economic cycles. Understanding these challenges, he helps students navigate the constantly changing real estate waters.
Today, Chris and his family and team run their own creative financing business and are still in the trenches every day. Their main focus is helping students across North America plan their escape from their W-2 jobs by getting in the trenches and doing deals with them. They’ve completed over $100 million in transactions.
Listen to the podcast to learn more about the following...
- What does it mean to buy real estate on your terms, and the relationship between terms and creative financing.
- What different types of creative real estate financing are available to an investor, do you have a specific preference or some you stay away from?
- Explain to us the importance of becoming “Recession Resistant” in your business and investing life.
and much more!
Roger Grubb is the Owner and Principal Broker of Main Street Mortgages, a mortgage brokerage that operates under the Mortgage Alliance banner. Within the vast Mortgage Alliance network, he has been recognized as a member of the President’s Club, which celebrates the top 5% of mortgage brokers Canada-wide, for each of the past 10 years.
Roger Grubb is the Owner and Principal Broker of Main Street Mortgages, a mortgage brokerage that operates under the Mortgage Alliance banner. Within the vast Mortgage Alliance network, he has been recognized as a member of the President’s Club, which celebrates the top 5% of mortgage brokers Canada-wide, for each of the past 10 years.
When clients require mortgage advice, he clearly explains all their options and guide them to making the decision that best suits them. He focuses on working with self-employed borrowers, real estate investors, individuals who have had challenges with procuring funding from financial institutions and first time homebuyers. These are the class of borrowers who routinely experience real obstacles to getting mortgage financing and he prides himself in working with this group to help them achieve success.
He is passionate about sharing my expertise with others so they can achieve the happiness and success we all deserve in life. He wants to help you win at the real life game of Monopoly, no matter what your own personal circumstances are. There is always a way to achieve your goals. He shows his clients alternative options that will help them realize their dreams.
As much as he values his clients and wants to help them be their best, his favourite roles in life are being a great dad to his four children and a fantastic husband to his beautiful wife.
Listen to this episode to learn more about the following...
Deploying private or registered funds into Real Estate.
The rule of 72 - measuring your investment opportunity
Assessment of rental vacancies in our current market
Focusing on controllable actions, like wealth building.
Our guest today is Jas Takhar! Toronto native, Jas Takhar, has been in the sales and service industry for over 26 years. Soon after deciding to try his hand in real estate, he founded REC Canada under Royal LePage, and for over 5 years has successfully kept his team in the top 3 in the country.
Our guest today is Jas Takhar!
Toronto native, Jas Takhar, has been in the sales and service industry for over 26 years. Soon after deciding to try his hand in real estate, he founded REC Canada under Royal LePage, and for over 5 years has successfully kept his team in the top 3 in the country.
With 50 realtors and 11 support staff, the team advises and assists over 625 buyers, sellers and investors, yearly, across the Greater Toronto Area, resulting in a total of over $2.1B in transactions. Jas’ area of expertise is in helping investors build out their real estate portfolios. Wanting to share his knowledge and experience with the masses, he wrote a book titled, Real Estate Intelligence, which teaches anyone how to buy or sell real estate on their own.
Listen to this episode to learn more about the following...
Tell us more about the concept of “Developing a power team”
What systems, processes, fundamentals or tools have helped you build the dream team you have today?
How do investors and business owners start working towards getting out of the scarcity mindset?
How important is mindset to you, and are there any other mindset principles that you see are very important to grow your passions?
and much more!
Our guest today is Sahil Jaggi Sahil is a former Financial Analyst at CIBC World Markets Equity Capital Markets, and worked his way through Wall Street and into Toronto Real Estate. He started his real estate journey in 2010 with $80,000, and in a decade, has built a personal portfolio over $30 million consistently beating the market by 14% on his properties in Toronto & the GTA.
Our guest today is Sahil Jaggi
Sahil is a former Financial Analyst at CIBC World Markets Equity Capital Markets, and worked his way through Wall Street and into Toronto Real Estate. He started his real estate journey in 2010 with $80,000, and in a decade, has built a personal portfolio over $30 million consistently beating the market by 14% on his properties in Toronto & the GTA.
Sahil has been featured in key real estate magazines including the Globe and Mail, Canadian Real Estate Wealth Magazine, Real Estate Magazine (REM), etc. He is a frequent guest lecturer at the Schulich School of Business & Ted Rogers School of Management addressing students on current trends in the Real Estate sector and entrepreneurship. In addition, he volunteers his time teaching and providing mentorship programs to fresh graduates.
Listen to the episode to learn more about the following topics...
How have you been able to grow your portfolio at a higher rate than the industry averages?
What are your favourite strategies to invest in Real Estate?
How do you select your Joint Venture Partners, and are there specific characteristics that you look for before investing with them?
Tell us more about your successes in focusing on your own health in the past year or so?
and much more!
Our guest today is Omar Khan Omar Khan is the Co-Founder of Theta Trading. Their goal is to help people achieve financial freedom by teaching them the foundations of trading stock options. After dabbling with stocks and owning several million dollars worth of real estate, he decided to create a program to help people learn about options trading.
Our guest today is Omar Khan
Omar Khan is the Co-Founder of Theta Trading. Their goal is to help people achieve financial freedom by teaching them the foundations of trading stock options. After dabbling with stocks and owning several million dollars worth of real estate, he decided to create a program to help people learn about options trading.
Building financial literacy is a personal issue for Mr. Khan and is his life's mission. His career spans more than 15 years in financial services. Starting out in the brokerage arm of a Big Five Canadian bank, Mr. Khan quickly rose through the ranks of the industry to AVP in a widely known mutual fund company. He then shifted his focus, becoming a full-time real estate investor, derivatives trader, and entrepreneur, passionate about promoting the core values of Theta Trading with as many people as possible.
Listen to the podcast to learn more about the following...
What is Theta Trading, and what services do you provide through your business?
Why is it important to learn about more than one asset category?
At what point should Real Estate Investors move money into another asset class?
What should be said to those professionals who believe this would be a waste of time, or a distraction from their real estate focuses.
What are the best case and worst case scenarios for those that are willing to dive into this industry?
and much more!
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