Today’s podcast guest, Mina G, is a serial entrepreneur with multiple pharmacies and a massive real estate empire that he’s been scaling up quite quickly. At the time of recording, he had over 80 units in the Southwestern Ontario region. There are a lot of life lessons in this episode as Mina shares his intense feelings concerning money, time management, and juggling priorities and opportunities in his evolution as a business owner. His great question to listeners is “what do you want?”.
Best friends, roommates, and business partners Josh and Ehren, from the Findlay Mortgage team, are mortgage brokers with FIRE goals. A huge part of their solutions based brokerage customer base is people focused on financial independence through real estate investing. They have created a great work life blend for themselves; levelling each other up by living together, working together, and being friends together. As well as diving into their back story, Josh and Ehren share knowledge on subjects such as private lending options, trying to structure a first deal, and tapping into equity to build your portfolio.
Mitch Pater is doing it all. He’s flipping houses, airbnbs, wholesaling, long-term rentals, and recently started scaling up multi family properties. Mitch has a particular focus on building a business and has some great words of wisdom to impart, that contribute to his success. Some of the highlights include holding yourself accountable with goals, paying for knowledge and the idea of being grateful but never satisfied.
Austin Yeh recently made the front of Toronto Life with the headline: “I’m 25, live with my parents and own 20 rental properties, here’s how I did it”. Austin is a young, motivated individual who has stood out as an investor. He has documented his journey on Instagram and has very quickly scaled a portfolio while working a full time job. He shows us the power of joint venture partners, investing in yourself and gives insight into hiring a virtual assistant.
Mike Van Houdt has seen huge success in many different types of ventures. After quitting his day job, he is focusing on real estate investing, reviewing cars on his youtube channel, and countless other entrepreneurial ventures. Find out his latest business plan in the secret reveal at the end of this episode!
On today’s episode, Matt and Kellan catch up with Andrew Hines. Andrew hosts his own podcast, invests in real estate, and has a deep understanding of macroeconomics. He has some interesting things to share about politics, the current economic environment and what might be in store for us in 2021.
Michal is a husband, father, accountant, auditor, and real estate investor. Using the BRRRR method, he has acquired 5 properties and 10 units all while working a full-time job. Michal thrives on coaching and sharing information he has gained, through networking and his own journey, to teach others about investing, renovation, and mindset.
At 22 and 23, Jeremy and Taylor took the real estate investing plunge and in less than a year and a half have scaled up faster than 90% of their peers. At the time of recording they already had 12 properties and 32 rental units. This passionate duo loves buying undervalued small multi family buildings, renovating, managing them, and attracting high end clientele exclusively in Chatham, Ontario.
Matt and Kellan have been absent from the On FIRE Podcast for around 18 months – here is what they’ve been up to, and what’s in store for the upcoming episodes!
Chandler is a regional sales manager for a nationally recognized pest control company. He has recruited and mentored over than 1,000 sales reps and sold 40,000+ pest control accounts bringing in more than $20 million in gross sales. Chandler takes the capital from these earnings, and funnels it directly into cash flowing real estate. A the time of recording, Chandler had 63 doors, and is growing rapidly, all while documenting it on his YouTube channel.
