Keeping Real Estate Real

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March 18, 2024

Coach Roel Sarmago of Snowbird Investor Discusses His Seven Rules for…

My guest today, Coach Roel Sarmago of Snowbird Investor, discusses his seven rules for successful real estate investing. Coach Roel has spoken around the world so let's hear what he has to say... Snowbird Investor Website Sup...

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Feb. 28, 2024

2024 Alberta Mortgage Finance Market Update

Once again, Nadeem Keshavjee from Greenbirch Capital, Jared Danbrook from BMO, and Len Lane with Dominion Lending, Brokers for Life join me to discuss the commercial and residential mortgage lending situation last year (2023)...

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Feb. 18, 2024

Commercial Markets Across Canada with Damon Conrad from Royal LePage …

Today's guest, Damon Conrad with Royal LePage Commercial gives us an overview of the office, industrial, retail and multifamily markets across Canada as well as an economic update. Interesting things happening across the vari...

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Feb. 12, 2024

Jen and Stacy Conkey on Remote Multifamily Investing

Today our guests discuss investing in multifamily real estate remotely. What are the differences between joint ventures and syndicating? How best to transition into multifamily? Why remote investing? This and so much more tod...

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Feb. 4, 2024

Gordon Hume on Planning Dynamic, Vibrant Cities

As part of my series on Urban Planning, noted past London, Ontario city councillor Gordon Hume joins me for a discussion on what makes cities dynamic and vibrant. Gord is recognized as one of Canada’s leading voices on munic...

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Jan. 15, 2024

Edmonton Commercial Real Estate Market Update 2024

In our third annual market update, we start off with a look at what happened in 2023 in the various commercial real estate sectors, then we gaze into the crystal ball and prognosticate profusely on what we expect in 2024 …

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Dec. 18, 2023

Special Investment Opportunities Episode

Thinking of investing in real estate? You're in luck today! In this episode we talk to six different people about their investment models including what they invest in, where, who the ideal client is, how you get in and how …

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Dec. 11, 2023

Martin Saenz of Bequest Funds on Business and Passive Investing

Martin Saenz, the managing partner of Bequest Funds joins us to discuss successfully running a business, cash flow investing and financial freedom. We delve into some of his toughest lessons learned and some of his best accom...

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Nov. 29, 2023

Strategic Partnerships with Myron Welik of MSW Business Development C…

Today we stray outside the strict confines of real estate to discuss strategic partnerships with expert Myron Welik and see if there aren't some concepts we can apply to our real estate business relationships. Mr. Welik has b...

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Nov. 1, 2023

Charles Jaque of RDS discusses Condo Project Development in Toronto

Condominium project marketing expert Charles Jaque of RDS joins us to discuss strategies, techniques and market forces affecting major condo project development in the Toronto marketplace. Support the show

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Oct. 30, 2023

Edmonton's Brave New Zoning World

I haven't been too productive lately so I'm making up for it today with a controversial discussion that delves into a little bit of politics and goes down a couple rabbit holes. What is Edmonton's radically different proposed...

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Oct. 6, 2023

Edmonton Q2/Q3 Commercial Market Update

Today's episode starts with a brief overview of Canadian economic conditions before taking a sector by sector deep dive into the first half of 2023 in the Edmonton commercial marketplace, with some leasing statistics from Q3....

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Sept. 27, 2023

Joel Fox with Doormat Online Legal Services

Joel Fox with Doormat Legal talks about where the rapidly developing world of PropTech is at these days, then we get into detail about LegalTech, or online legal services for real estate. Support the show

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Sept. 11, 2023

Interview with Top Producing Agent Elisha Lopez

Elisha Lopez is not only the leader of a top producing real estate team and a real estate industry instructor, she is also a wonderful, down to earth, nice person. She shares some of the concepts she uses to perform …

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Aug. 24, 2023

Interview with Top Producing Real Estate Agent Mani Bagga

Today we hear the captivating story of top producing real estate agent Mani Bagga including his early life, how he got into real estate, his first years in the business, and his success tips for all agents, whether you are …

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July 20, 2023

Felicia Mutheardy with the City of Edmonton Discusses Their Latest Ec…

Felicia Mutheary, Chief Corporate Economist with the City of Edmonton, and I have a great in-depth discussion around their latest forecast report on employment and unemployment, population growth and housing starts for the Ci...

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July 3, 2023

Kathy Helbig Strick on Team Building, Futureproofing, Backup Offers a…

My guest today, Kathy Helbig Strick is the team leader of a top producing team and she shares many of her team building tips as well as ideas to achieve work/life balance, future proofing your business, putting in attractive ...

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June 16, 2023

2023 Midyear Alberta Economic, Housing and Multifamily Rental Market …

Today we have a look at the Alberta economy and housing market, as well as a breakdown of the rental market in Alberta and across Canada. Data provided courtesy of the Alberta Real Estate Association and the Rentals.ca Networ...

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May 26, 2023

Julie Chu of Edmonton's City Commercial on Edmonton Industrial Market…

Julie Chu of independent commercial brokerage City Commercial discusses the small to mid size Industrial marketplace in the Edmonton area. We also take an intriguing diversion into ethics, business success, AI and the future ...

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May 4, 2023

Alexandra Hryciw of Edmonton's Downtown Recovery Coalition on Revital…

Alex Hryciw, Chair of the Downtown Recovery Coalition discusses the coalition's work revitalizing Edmonton's downtown and making it back into a vibrant, dynamic and exciting place to be. Support the show

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April 28, 2023

Global Marketer Kurt Uhlir Discusses Marketing Excellence and Servant…

Today, globally recognized marketer, operator and speaker Kurt Uhlir shares his thoughts on marketing excellence and servant leadership. Kurt has built and run businesses from start-up to over $500M in revenue, assembled team...

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April 20, 2023

Entire Agreement Clauses with Daniel Waldman of Dickinson-Wright LLP

Today we take a deep dive into Entire Agreement clauses; what they are, why they are important, and what you need to know to protect yourself. Commercial litigation attorney Daniel Waldman walks us through all the important a...

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March 29, 2023

Joshua Jackson - Legal Considerations For Residential Real Estate

Lawyer Josh Jackson of Litco Law discusses the many things to be aware of when buying or selling residential real estate, including Real Property Reports (Survey), Title Insurance, selling property of deceased persons and mor...

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March 27, 2023

Building Inspections with Trent Thompson of Bolson Engineering

Professional engineer Trent Thompson of Bolson Engineering and Environmental is back to discuss everything you ever wanted to know about building inspections. Again we have the same BONUS as the last episode; at the end we di...

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