We're launching a brand new business

Message from Tom and Nick

And so it begins...

A new adventure.

We are launching a new real estate business to live alongside Rock Star.

Yup, what better time than right now to add on a brand-new real estate journey?

Let me explain.

We got into real estate “officially” in 2008 with the creation of Rock Star Real Estate.

And before that, our experience in real estate was...

Our mom renting rooms in our Toronto house by the week and doing laundry for the guests. A classic boarding house, otherwise known as “early Airbnb”...LOL!

Our dad starting a drywall company, with Nick and me working on residential and commercial properties from age 13 onward.

Our family flipping new builds in Mississauga back in 1988, 1989, and 1990.

Having one “flip” almost bankrupt our family...a 4,000+ sq. ft. home that fell from $750K to $450K in four months.

Our father bought it on assignment in the parking lot of the sales office.

Surviving the deep recession of the 1990s, which dragged real estate down with it for 6+ years of pain.

Nick and I reading countless real estate books in the 1990s and spending $$$ on mentors, trainings, boot camps, and seminars.

We began flipping real estate ourselves, buying rental properties, student rentals, etc., all around 2000–2001.

After years in the tech industry (Oracle and NetSuite), we quit our jobs to start Rock Star Real Estate in 2008.

Since then, Rock Star has completed $3B+ in real estate volume with Canadians all over the GTA.

We have worked with investors, members, and clients in almost every city or town in Southern Ontario you can name. From Kingston to Parry Sound to London, Guelph, Hamilton, Toronto, Niagara Falls, and everywhere in between.

And now we’re going to focus geographically a little bit more.

We are now launching Corcoran Horizon Oakville to dial in our efforts right here in the community we have lived and worked in for over two decades.

Ten months ago, Cliff Rego approached us to own and operate the Oakville branch as part of Corcoran’s expansion into Canada.

At first, we were hesitant. But after countless meetings, we realized the timing was perfect and that Corcoran offered some unique advantages to Oakville real estate buyers and sellers.

The top two: great, helpful people and a deep international network for maximum property exposure with the largest real estate organization in the world.

So nothing changes with Rock Star.

We’re doing a grand opening next week.

We’ll have some food and drink, and apparently we hired a fancy magician, and the big Corcoran Horizon-branded bus is rolling into Oakville for it.

We thought we’d open it up wider, but we’re already at capacity...there’s a great group of people coming out to help us mark the moment.

So again, nothing changes with Rock Star.

We’re still doing all the things we’ve done for almost 18 years now.

And today, a new journey focused on Oakville begins.

There will be much more to share and offer.

Oh yeah, that picture up at the top?

Six of us were in NYC this week visiting Corcoran’s head office and making some new contacts. And we took the opportunity to check out some Manhattan penthouses...who knew the scale of these things!

Beautiful views, multiple floors, private service elevators...two-storey views of the Hudson River, just wow.

That’s it for this week, everyone!!

Tom & Nick

P.S. Just to repeat for clarity, nothing changes with Rock Star. We’re simply adding on a new adventure because we’re ready for some more fun!