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  • Financial Freedom After Family Crisis | Arminda Simao’s Holistic Wealth Planning in Action
    Sep 18 2025

    From family crisis to financial freedom — this is the inspiring journey of Arminda Simao, a single mom who built stability through student rental investing.

    She opens up about balancing kids’ expensive tuition, losing her husband, and how smart real estate choices created cash flow, resilience, and generational wealth.

    👉 Tune in to learn how student rentals, planning, and persistence can help you build financial freedom too.

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    1 h et 25 min
  • Canada’s Housing Crisis & The Missing Middle Conference 2025
    Sep 9 2025

    In this episode, Erwin Szeto talks with Jimmy La & Kartik Singla (SDG Canada) about their Clapperton Village project in Barrie and how they’re reshaping rental housing with modular builds, multi-generational units, and CMHC’s MLI Select financing.


    Plus, a preview of the Missing Middle Conference in Toronto.

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    📸 IG: @sdg.canada | @healthykarts_

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    1 h et 8 min
  • From Bodybuilding to Real Estate Investing | Michael’s 24-Year Investor Journey & Lessons Learned
    Sep 4 2025

    🎧In this episode of The Truth About Real Estate Investing for Canadians, Erwin sits down with Michael, a 24-year veteran of real estate investing who has seen it all — from health scares that pushed him into bodybuilding discipline, to buying his first $78K townhouse in Edmonton, to scaling into multifamily properties across Canada.

    Michael also shares details about the upcoming Savvy Investor Summit, a free two-day virtual conference happening September 13–14, 2025

    👉 Register now at https://thesavvyinvestor.ca


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    1 h et 12 min
  • Ontario Landlord Crisis | Tenant Fraud, Evictions & SOLO.ca Solutions
    Aug 29 2025

    Ontario’s small landlords are struggling with LTB delays, tenant fraud, and rising risks. Host Erwin Szeto talks with Boubah, co-founder of SOLO.ca, about how a grassroots movement of nearly 9,000 members is supporting landlords, pushing for fair reforms, and fighting back against a broken system.

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    1 h et 16 min
  • Painting for Profit: Maximizing Renovation ROI with Brian Young
    Aug 19 2025

    🎧 Brian from Home Painters Toronto shares how he scaled a painting business to $4M+, leveraged real estate, and mastered marketing. Learn high-ROI renovation tips, business systems, and investor insights to boost property value & cash flow.


    Learn more about Home Painters Toronto: www.homepainterstoronto.com


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    58 min
  • How I Went from Failures to 5 Duplexes, a Ski Chalet & Ground-Up Development
    Aug 18 2025

    From early investing mistakes to building 5 duplexes, a luxury ski chalet, and breaking ground on a commercial development, Brad shares his journey through real estate’s ups and downs. Learn how he scaled fast, mastered short-term rental math, and shifted to complex strategies in today’s market. Packed with tips on location, scarcity, and building wealth with hard, scarce assets.

    You can follow Brad’s weekly writing at - biggerthings.substack.com



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    59 min
  • Legal Landmines in Real Estate JVs – with Shawn Quigg
    Aug 5 2025

    Real estate lawyer and Cardinal Law co-founder Shawn Quigg joins Erwin Szeto to expose the biggest legal risks investors face in 2025—from joint venture breakups to disastrous private lending structures. They cover real-world deal failures, the importance of contracts, how to avoid losing your property to the province, and how to properly structure deals using CMHC MLI Select, limited partnerships, and more.

    Whether you're a new investor or a seasoned developer, this episode is packed with essential legal insights to help you protect your capital and partnerships in today’s market.

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    1 h et 6 min
  • Is Private Lending Safe? The Real Risks & Infinite Banking Exposed
    Jul 29 2025

    Financial advisor Adam Niman joins Erwin Szeto to share how he turned private lending into a real estate portfolio—and the hard lessons learned along the way. Adam breaks down how he evaluates deals, handles failed loans, and why many Canadians are being misled about participating life insurance and the Infinite Banking concept.

    🎯 Topics include:

    • Private lending wins & losses

    • Real estate investing strategies

    • Whole life insurance myths

    • Infinite Banking explained

    • Using AI in financial services


    📘 Grab Adam’s ebook at NimanFinancial.ca



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    1 h et 18 min