Who I amHello everyone. As you can see, my name is Joe. I live in Toronto, Canada. I am not new to real estate investing but I am far from feeling confident in my ability to become a large property owner.
My family owns a collision facility that caters to pridominantly higher end vehicles, so we`re not the cheapest on the block. I`m used to dealing with owners of high end cars like Mercedes, Jaguars, Porsche and Ferrari`s and have become somewhat anal in what I expect from my staff. It`s all about the quality of product and service.
My family also was smart enough to purchase the property we run our business on back in the early 60`s, and have continued to buy other sections of property that came up through the years. Of that, we have 4 houses, fully tenanted.
Over time, I began taking over managing the properties. I have never really had any formal tranning, but my family has "taught" me a thing or 2. It was when I first started collecting the monthly rent from all these apartments when I started to see the potential.
When things started
My wife and I bought our first Tri-plex back in Oct 2004. It`s been a good experience for me. I was very nervous as I`m sure many people are when they first start. I read many books and even took a course related to the whole tenancy act to educate myself as much as possible. I have also added alot of new friends, people with similar interests.
I recently purchased Robert Kiyosaki`s book Rich Dad Poor Dad. Once I finished reading that, I went back to the book store to purchase a few more books and this is when I first picked up "Real Estate Investing in Canada". I picked it up on tuesday and I`m already about 50 pages into it hehe.
What am I getting at?
I am a very motivated person. I saw the potential in investing in real estate and went out and bought one. I didn`t have the tools that Don C. provides. I didn`t know anything about ACRE and I`m still in the process of learning. Obviously, my interests have brought me here and I`m glad to see that there is a website and information geared specifically to Canadians. The thing is, I really want to aquire many properties and become financially independent. I`m confident that one way or another, I`ll get there.
The thing is, I was shocked to find out how expensive it is to become a member here. I already know that anyone and everyone who is reading this will comment in the value being a member is. I am sceptical by nature, so please don`t take this as my questioning the quality of the product(s) available here. I suspect that the price is well warranted.
What I need to know is how complete is it? For example...If you took someone who has never bought any kind of Real Estate and knows nothing about the business of property ownership and management, would they learn everything they need to know to become completely self sufficient?
If you had to say one area that you felt that being a member lacks...what would that be?
My family owns a collision facility that caters to pridominantly higher end vehicles, so we`re not the cheapest on the block. I`m used to dealing with owners of high end cars like Mercedes, Jaguars, Porsche and Ferrari`s and have become somewhat anal in what I expect from my staff. It`s all about the quality of product and service.
My family also was smart enough to purchase the property we run our business on back in the early 60`s, and have continued to buy other sections of property that came up through the years. Of that, we have 4 houses, fully tenanted.
Over time, I began taking over managing the properties. I have never really had any formal tranning, but my family has "taught" me a thing or 2. It was when I first started collecting the monthly rent from all these apartments when I started to see the potential.
When things started
My wife and I bought our first Tri-plex back in Oct 2004. It`s been a good experience for me. I was very nervous as I`m sure many people are when they first start. I read many books and even took a course related to the whole tenancy act to educate myself as much as possible. I have also added alot of new friends, people with similar interests.
I recently purchased Robert Kiyosaki`s book Rich Dad Poor Dad. Once I finished reading that, I went back to the book store to purchase a few more books and this is when I first picked up "Real Estate Investing in Canada". I picked it up on tuesday and I`m already about 50 pages into it hehe.
What am I getting at?
I am a very motivated person. I saw the potential in investing in real estate and went out and bought one. I didn`t have the tools that Don C. provides. I didn`t know anything about ACRE and I`m still in the process of learning. Obviously, my interests have brought me here and I`m glad to see that there is a website and information geared specifically to Canadians. The thing is, I really want to aquire many properties and become financially independent. I`m confident that one way or another, I`ll get there.
The thing is, I was shocked to find out how expensive it is to become a member here. I already know that anyone and everyone who is reading this will comment in the value being a member is. I am sceptical by nature, so please don`t take this as my questioning the quality of the product(s) available here. I suspect that the price is well warranted.
What I need to know is how complete is it? For example...If you took someone who has never bought any kind of Real Estate and knows nothing about the business of property ownership and management, would they learn everything they need to know to become completely self sufficient?
If you had to say one area that you felt that being a member lacks...what would that be?
