Toronto Property Tour: Subsidize Cost of Living & Build Equity!
Attention aspiring investors! Ming takes us on a property tour and shares the details of why it works and what needs to change to make it a strong long-term hold. While it’s not a straight investment property, it is set up well to help subsidize cost of living, or as a first rental property to…Read More→
Making Toronto Work – Legal Luxury Fourplexes
For years, the Volition team has heard from casual investors that “Toronto doesn’t work, it’s too expensive, it doesn’t cashflow”. If you do what everyone else does, then you’ll only get the same results as everyone else. At Volition, we’re not interested in being like everyone else. We want to be better. We want to…Read More→
Climbing Prices and Record Falling Rents, NOW WHAT?
If you’ve opened social media in the past week, you’ve seen the headlines – “Tiny Toronto House – $1 Million!!” and “Record Falling Rents!”. Increasing asset prices and decreasing rents are not exactly the recipe for success. So, as a sophisticated investor, what can you do to position yourself to WIN in this market? This…Read More→
** How to Raise Capital during a Pandemic with Dave Dubeau! **
COVID-19 presents a number of challenges and an air of uncertainty for those of us in the real estate investment sector. During these tense times, it takes a different approach to find investors and source capital for our ventures. Some people say: “just find a good deal and the money will find you.” Does that…Read More→
“Quick Start” Part 2: The Hidden Gems That We Didn’t Have Time To Present
Following on the heels of our wildly popular FULL-DAY Quick Start Seminar on Feb 1 where we taught 100+ investors how, why, and where to invest in Toronto, we are finally having our first Meetup of 2020. We ran out of time on Feb 1 (apparently an 8 hour event just isn’t long enough!). By…Read More→
“Coronavirus – What sophisticated investors are doing!”
As the Coronavirus spreads through our community, the impact to our daily lives here in Toronto is unprecedented. Unsurprisingly, we’re getting asked constantly about what we believe the impact is going to be to the real estate market. To address the urgent need for help with our investor community, we’re changing our agenda to tackle…Read More→
Quick Start Seminar – Toronto Real Estate Investing in 2020
Photos from the event You can access the presentation slides here —– If you only go to *one* event this year – THIS IS THE ONE! If you are new to real estate investing and don’t know how to get started – THIS IS THE EVENT FOR YOU! If you are a seasoned investor and are looking…Read More→
October 23, 2019 – Joint Ventures! The Good, The Bad, The Ugly!
Joint Ventures are the solution to every real estate problem, am I right? Have no money to invest – find a JV partner! Have too many properties and can’t qualify anymore – find a JV partner! Want to invest from your couch, never lift a finger and get great returns? JV, JV, JV!! Well, not…Read More→
Volition REI Coffeehouse Webchat (2019/10/09)
For this coffeehouse chat, we touch on: 1. How to compare a real estate investment to other asset classes (like Mutual Funds, RRSPs, GICS, bonds, etc. 2. Secondary suites. Zoning & fire compliance, etc. 3. Short term rentals. Rental strategy viz a viz wanting to move back in to use as Primary Residence. 4. Going…Read More→
September 18, 2019 – The Secret World of Construction Financing!
The secret world of construction financing! Learn how to get the bank to pay for your next project! You’ve seen our seminars on laneway housing, renovations, flipping and you want to get started. Who wouldn’t be interested in unlocking the potential of a home through construction? Maybe you’re creating a secondary suite, running a BRRR…Read More→