It’s funny how quickly things change. Only a few years ago Rock Star was born out of 200 square feet of office space in an executive suites rental unit. Today we’re busting out of our 3,000 square feet and are close to locking up a new, larger home (that won’t be ready for over a…
img: chris betcher (Note: We originally wrote this post a while back but recently we’ve had several people inquiring about what you go through when you quit your job and start your own business so we though it appropriate to share this … enjoy!!) Over the last few weeks Nick and I have fought some…
If you’re thinking of aggressively growing your real estate portfolio, or want to leave your 9-5 gig for the world of entrepreneurship, we’ve got some advice for you… Better grow yourself some thick skin. And quickly. The number of problems you’ll have to face is NOTHING in comparison to the amount of crap you’ll have…
My first job was delivering newspapers. The “Mississauga News.” Back then the Mississauga News had this strange policy. You would deliver the paper to houses that had requested it – every week – and then randomly delivered the paper to some houses on the route one week and others the next week. That way only…
We’re very fortunate. By working with so many Canadian real estate investors we get to carefully observe the characteristics of those who achieve the most, fastest. And there’s a certain characteristic that continues to pop up repeatedly. It’s an investor’s RESOURCEFULNESS. Dictionary.com defines resourceful as: re-source–ful – adjective able to deal skillfully and promptly with…
So many people incorrectly believe that sales is a dirty word. They feel that you have to be pushy, aggressive and “like to talk” to be a good sales person. Many also incorrectly believe that putting in the effort to develop their sales skills are a waste of time because they’re “not in sales.”…
When we first started sending out our weekly email it went to seven people. Of those seven, three were our own email accounts and one was our Mom. So we really only had three people on the list. That week we sat down and wrote an article about how to find good properties. We…
