The Burn Your Mortgage Podcast

Women in Real Estate: How to Successfully Flip a House with Meghan Chomut

Meghan Chomut is a fee-only CFP professional that works with families and helps investment property owners make smart financial decisions. From debt repayment strategies, to savings (how much and where), to tax planning and everything in between, Meghan loves helping families get their finances organized, streamlined and set up properly so they can actually see financial freedom (or be ready should an opportunity come up).

In terms of real estate investing, Meghan has a rental property, she’s done a flip and she’s learned a lot of lessons along the way.

In my interview with Meghan, we discuss how she got started in real estate investing, running the numbers on an income property and are income properties an important part of everyone’s investment portfolio.

Making Smarter Money Choices with Better Financial Literacy with Alfred Yang of Proliteracy.ca

Alfred Yang is the creator of Proliteracy.ca , an online service that Canadians use to plan finances for post-secondary education. Alfred wants to spread personal finance awareness starting with an area that impacts at least one in three Canadians - financial planning for post-secondary education. Families often feel overwhelmed when presented with the ever increasing cost of post-secondary education.

Proliteracy.ca brings all aspects of financial planning to one place. It analyzes data from cities and post-secondary institutions across the country to provide forecasts on costs. It consolidates information related to RESP, grants and scholarships to present personalized funding recommendations. Proliteracy.ca is also a social platform that allows students and families performing similar planning to exchange information.

In my interview with Alfred, we discuss the importance of financial literacy, graduating with less student debt and getting a mortgage when you’re self-employed.

Mortgage Fairytale — $270K Condo Fully Paid Off in the GTA with Dan Vizmanos

Dan Vizmanos is a personal finance enthusiast and a blogger on Medium. He’s into books, finance, self-improvement and motivation. He’s mortgage free in the GTA at the age of 27, no easy feat.

Dan’s the founder of Money Curriculum, a YouTube channel dedicated to teaching the concepts that should be taught in high schools. Dan posted an excellent review of my book that you’ll want to check out. (Watch Part 1 and Part 2 of Dan’s videos now.)

In my interview with Dan, we discuss the key steps he took to be mortgage-free, the deeper motivating factors that kept him on track with his goal and Dan’s advice for others who would like to follow in his footsteps.

Straight Talk on Mortgages, Real Estate and Consumer Issues with Ellen Roseman

Ellen Roseman is a journalist who sticks up for ordinary Canadians. She’s been advocating for consumer rights for the past 35 years.

When you hear about consumer issues in Canada, you can’t avoid finding references to Ellen Roseman. She’s become a brand name for activism and a champion at helping consumers fight back against injustices. People praise her direct, down to earth and common sense writing style.

Ellen’s personal finance and consumer columns regularly appear in the Toronto Star. She’s also the host of the MoneySaver Podcast, a podcast that teaches you how to make smart choices at every stage of your life, safeguard your interests and protect yourself from poor advice.

In my interview with Ellen, we discuss how to avoid costly mistakes with the RRSP Home Buyers’ Plan, collateral mortgages and how to protect yourself when signing a buyer representation agreement with a realtor.

How to Burn Your Mortgage Faster with Dividends with Kanwal Sarai

Kanwal Sarai is the founder of Simply Investing and publisher of the Simply Investing Report. Kanwal's straight-forward, no-jargon approach helps everyday people to grow their net worth by investing in dividend value stocks. With a passion for investing and teaching, he demystifies the complex world of investing for those seeking to invest for themselves.

In my interview with Kanwal, we discuss how he was able to pay off the mortgage on his first home in only 5 years, how to use dividends to help pay down your mortgage faster and how quickly someone could burn their mortgage using dividends.

Rent-To-Own: Homeownership in Training with Alfonso Salemi of JAAG Properties

Alfonso Salemi was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario.  He learned the value of family and community while growing up.  He was able to apply these same values when incorporating JAAG Properties as well as use them for the foundation of every Rent-To-Own program.

Alfonso started his first Rent-To-Own in 2014 and incorporated JAAG Properties the same year.  Alfonso has been an essential partner in expanding JAAG Properties through many conferences and meet-up groups.

If you’re interested in learning more about rent-to-own, feel free to reach out to Alfonso directly and let him know you heard about his services from the Burn Your Mortgage Podcast. You can get in touch with Alfonso by email or by phone for a free no obligation consultation.

In my interview with Alfonso, we discuss what is rent-to-own and how does it work, the advantages and disadvantages of rent-to-own and the importance of doing your own due diligence with rent-to-own.

Women in Real Estate: How to Build a 7-Figure, 10 Property Investment Portfolio by Your Early 30’s with Sarah Larbi

Sarah Larbi is a real estate investor, speaker, coach, mentor and podcast host. She specializes in helping take the mystery out of home ownership for Canadian’s who thought real estate investing was going to be out of reach. She has earned their trust and respect by having the drive and focus to embark, build and grow a seven-figure, 10 property investment portfolio by her early 30’s.

Sarah’s goal is to inspire and train other fellow Canadians to realize their own property owning dreams by sharing her 7-step investing process through her online training programs. This has helped her students go from first property, whilst fully employed, to planning retirement in around 10-15 years.

In my interview with Sarah, we discuss screening tenants to make sure you get the very best tenants, what is the BRRR method and why it’s Sarah’s favourite real estate investing strategy and how do you get financing on 10 properties.

How to Buy 10 Homes in Toronto with Sahil Jaggi

Sahil Jaggi is a Toronto-based realtor, homeowner, real estate investor and landlord. Sahil shared his story with Toronto Life magazine and it went viral. At 32 years old he owns 10 homes in Toronto and he did it without any direct help from his parents. When he was younger, Sahil left his home country of India to pursue his dream of being an investment banker, but when he got there he realized it wasn’t for him. That’s when he discovered his true calling in life was real estate.

In my interview with Sahil, we discuss his journey to becoming a homeowner, how to pay off student debt and save up a down payment and how to attract the perfect tenant.

Women in Real Estate: The Ins and Outs of Student Rentals with Michelle Hung

Michelle Hung is the founder of the Sassy Investor and the author of the same-named book available for purchase on Amazon. She empowers women to take control of their finances by providing them the education and support in order to gain the confidence they need to make their own investment decisions.

Michelle is also a real estate investor. She purchased her first investment property, a student rental, during her second year of university, where she learned a great deal of financial responsibility at such a young age.

In my interview with Michelle, we discuss the ins and outs of student rentals, being a landlord and investing in real estate versus the stock market.

How to Become Wealthy Without Making More Money with Kevin Cochran of Enriched Academy

Kevin Cochran is a sought after speaker on the necessity of money management for families, teens and young adults. Having been featured on radio and television programs across the country, he has spoken to well over 100,000 people including professionals, students, schools, communities and corporations on the importance of financial literacy and how to create a foundation for personal wealth. Kevin believes that money management is a lesson that we all learn eventually. Some learn it the easy way and some learn it the hard way.

Kevin is also the Co-Founder of Enriched Academy. Enriched Academy provides a foundation to help people avoid the damage caused from learning it the hard way and to set the stage for people to take control of their financial health.

In my interview with Kevin, we discuss getting a deal on Dragon’s Den, 8 ways to get an A+ beacon score and different ways to invest in real estate, including investment properties and private mortgages.

 

Enriched Academy: Looking After the Financial Wellbeing of Canadians

I’m a big fan and supporter of Enriched Academy. I’ve taken Enriched Academy’s online course and I can honestly say it’s the best financial program in Canada. It should be mandatory in schools across the country as far as I’m concerned.

In case you’re wondering, Enriched Academy isn’t affiliated with the banks. You won’t be sold on anything, but what you will get is the financial tools you need to better manage your money and build wealth.

When you sign up for Enriched Academy, you’ll get instant access to two of its most popular programs, its tools and resources, and its interviews with 32 of Canada's top financial experts, including yours truly.

Enriched Academy’s course has a big focus on real estate investing. It has courses dedicated to investment properties and private lending. It’s worth signing up for these courses alone!

Signing up for Enriched Academy is money well spent. It’s a course that literally pays for itself. Join Enriched Academy now and take your finances to the next level.

To learn more about Enriched Academy and to sign up, visit BurnYourMortgage.ca/Academy.

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