The Simple Real Estate Strategy That Has Worked for Us for 30 Years

Message from Tom and Nick

It’s officially a snow day!

We got dumped on pretty good here in Oakville. Biggest snow fall of the winter so far.

That’s a picture of Nick in action this morning.

Apparently, he doesn’t feel the cold. I’m not sure if he was hot from a morning workout or what??

That picture was shared on the family group chat and I’m sharing it here without telling him, LOL!!

Fun times in the snow.

And speaking of fun times…

We had a packed room last night for our introductory real estate investing class.

This is the first time we have done that class live and in-person in 6 years!!

Can you believe it? 6 years!

We stopped doing it during the pandemic and switched to Zoom but we’re all a little Zoom’d out and the quality of the interactions we get in-person are always great.

So welcome to all the new Rock Star Inner Circle Members! You’ll be getting your welcome emails and next-steps today.

The biggest question we get right now is “Where do I start in real estate at this moment in time?”

The answer is going to be different for everyone but here’s what has served us well over the years…

We always go for cash flow. Never just appreciation.

Focusing on cash flow has worked well because in good economic times or in rough economic times its easy to hold properties that produce positive cash flow.

Assets that pay for themselves are beautiful.

Next, we focus on homes not condos. They can be single family, town homes or semis, etc…but they’re always homes.

Single family starter homes, as rental properties, are the best in our opinion because:

1. They are the most liquid piece of real estate in Canada. This is important, because if you need to sell in a pinch, single family starter homes always have the most demand.
2. The banks have the most financing options for them.
3. You can turn them into a duplex (if zoning permits, of course).
4. You can run them as student rentals (high cash flow).
5. You can rent-to-own them to a good family.
6. You can add a garden suite in the backyard to increase cash flow.
7. You may be able to convert a single family home on a decent lot into a legal triplex…we are scoping this out for one of ours right now.

The list goes on and on and on.

Some people love condos. That’s fine.

Others love multi-units. That’s also fine.

Single family starter homes are just our personal preference.

After owning them for some time, your needs may change, requiring you to sell, swap, renovate, or expand. That’s also fine.

There’s no single best real estate investing strategy.

The best strategy is the one that meets both your short term needs and your long term goals.

This is what we do our very best to work on with Rock Star members.

Not “get rich quick”, not “speculation”…just slow and steady, long-term strategies.

Doesn’t sound exciting at all, does it? LOL!

After owning properties for almost 30 years, we can tell you that the rewards grow significantly over time.

And the lifestyle options that open up to you once you have owned assets for a few years is fantastic.

But you don’t have to believe us, of course. This isn’t for everyone.

You can buy equities. You can buy bonds. You can buy art. You can buy gold…we’re long-time gold bugs. You can buy Bitcoin…the apex asset of them all in our opinion.

We love the combo of real estate to maximize how you can play in the existing banking world.

Real estate investing turns a typical Canadian into a banker…opening up a ton of financial tools that otherwise wouldn’t be available to them.

And some Bitcoin allows you to maximize your exposure to the emerging digital economy.

(Quick Aside: AI is not gonna use a nation state’s dollars to transact…those are too slow to have final settlement. Native digital money demand is going to grow exponentially shortly, in our opinion and we believe Bitcoin is the purest play. VIP Members are getting access to our new monthly “AI Workshop” class starting this month).

So welcome again to the new Rock Star Inner Circle members!

And we have a ton of live and in-person events coming up…

The first Platinum Mastermind for entrepreneurs event is next week.

The first VIP Class with dinner is just a few weeks away.

We have live and in-person Rock Star member classes available in our Oakville offices.

So if it’s time to get away from the screen and back out into the real world, we have you covered!

Good luck out there in the snow today!

Be safe and have a fun snow day!! Maybe wear more than shorts if you’re shovelling though, LOL!

Tom & Nick