In my opinion, if you want to know how to find and keep good tenants: you’ve gotta be on F.I.R.E. F.I.R.E. is my acronym for: Friendly, Interested, Respectful and Economical… And pretty darn easy to remember, am I right? There’s a lot of opinions about tenants and how to treat them… This is...

FYI folks - I wanted to preface this with just a quick thought if you've been following my 'friend' SweetZone's constant negative propaganda of ALL my posts. we'll no doubt have to wait and see what he decides to pick out from this one. Here's what M. Forbes says "If you have no critics...

here's an excerpt from my blog Whenever I'm teaching a group of real estate investors, one of the big questions that comes up is “how to screen tenants.” For the most part - I leave this to my property management team. But I don’t turn a blind eye either… I still like to have a handle on my...

Here's the excerpt from my blog : Have you ever wondered what the “right” real estate investor mindset is? Do you ever feel like you’re not in ‘control’? I’ve felt like I’ve lost complete focus and control over my life AND my business at times and almost slipped into a major depression…...

I recently had my friend Kevin Boughen (REIN mortgage broker) on an exclusive webinar...and we talked solely about Joint Ventures and **gasp** mortgage fraud... Here's some of the takeaways from that: ~ begin transcript from blog~ When you’re part of a real estate jv as either the expert or...

I believe if you follow these successful real estate investing tips, chances are your investment will be a good one. 1. The first tip would be knowing EXACTLY what “successful” means to you. Don’t just pull a number out of your a** because the dude sitting beside you in a real estate seminar...

If you’re buying rental property, you will definitely want to add the “SWOT” method to your analyze process. What is the SWOT Method When It Comes To Buying Rental Property? SWOT stands for Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats. It’s a standard analysis used by businesses all the...

I wanted to share some of the JV Attraction "secrets" I've been training my clients on to help you get more JV partners into your funnel. This post I want to focus on the 'elevator pitch' When you are creating your elevator pitch, you want to Arouse Interest. Have a simple message that is...

Yup, I'm a full-time investor. In a moment I'm going to share how I did it. There's a lot of people out there who want to invest in real estate full time and no shortage of people (me included) who will tell you how to do it. The question is Jimmy, (Superman reference) DO YOU REALLY WANT TO...

I'm wondering what your TOP challenge is when you are doing a presentation to a potential JV. Or maybe something that's STOPPING you from presenting in the first place?

Hey there!!! I thought I would share this short video with you on building a ''presentation framework" for your JV presentations. I've learned directly from some of the best entrepreneurs in the world about business and since we all have real estate 'businesses', it makes sense to apply that...

A few weeks ago, I had an exclusive JV Attraction Webinar and had some great tips on how to get JV partners. So I thought I would share them with you, my fellow REIN community members to help you out. There's 8 in total on my YouTube channel, and here's the link to #1 to get you started -...

Every so often I get notice that someone has unsubscribed from my investment newsletter ` the one specifically sent to people whom have said `I`m interested, can you send me more information?` In my experience, when someone asks for information, most Real Estate investors immediately take this...

I was struck by inspiration today after speaking with someone I am helping transition from their 9-5 work day, 40 hour week to living her passion and ultimately creating income from it. It all relates to Real Estate investing because let the truth be told that it is very challenging to leave...

Would you agree that most people think buying an investment property and putting a tenant in is how Real Estate investing works? If you are like me, then you know there is a heck of a lot more to it than that. Still, in speaking to investors who have been in the game a lot longer, I find they...

A Serial Entrepreneur ` that`s me, someone who just loves working ` all the time. I lived my life focused only business, developing, running, and working. I was the best at everything ` marketing, sales, desktop publishing, accounting, you name it. I was an entrepreneur trapped in my own...

Just wanted to send a shout out to all the team for the fantastic bus tour in Toronto, Durham, Pickering today - I know it takes a LOT of hard work to plan a day like this and all the area experts ,volunteers, and accommodating facilities were fantastic! This is why REIN is at the top of...

In Real Estate investing, there are a lot of `drive bys` but not the ones like in East L.A. or downtown Detroit. The 'no-shows' are the potential tenants that are supposed to show up but never do leaving you waiting for hours. Why didn't they show? 9 times out of 10, these tenants HAVE shown...

Landlords and tenants have been on opposite ends of what is `normal` and `expected` for years, decades in fact. So how as an investor can you tip the odds in your favour to win this war? First off, if you look at your tenants as the enemy, you`ve lost. Secondly, I trust there is no war...

I have to admit something; I finally discovered the reason I began investing in Real Estate & it took me five years to figure it out! I realized it while preparing for what will be my most revealing talk ever at the Property Show Saturday April 30th in Toronto where I am sharing as much as...