Seeking Advice on Scaling My Real Estate Portfolio in PEI

Seeking Advice on Scaling My Real Estate Portfolio in PEI

Member since 2024 · 2 posts · 0 votes

Hello everyone,

I'm based in Prince Edward Island, Canada, and my wife and I currently own a duplex apartment where we live in one unit (we've had it for two years). We also own a single-family home with a detached garage and a separate lot that is currently secured with the mortgage of the single-family home (we've owned this for 10 months). We're in the process of releasing the lot from the mortgage, as our plan is to use it as a down payment for a construction loan to build a quadplex on it. Additionally, we're looking to convert the detached garage into a one-bedroom ADU, especially since the bylaws are being amended to allow ADUs on the same lot as a single-family home.

Our goal is to continue building our portfolio with multifamily properties, and I would like to aim for acquiring more than one property per year. I'm seeking advice on how to achieve this goal and would appreciate any guidance on strategies I can implement to make this happen.

Thank you in advance for your insights!

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  • Rental Property Investor · Charlottetown, PEI · Member since 2021 · 26 posts · 4 votes
    2y

    Hey Recko,

    Well done. Excellent plan too. As we build up equity in some of our properties, we have some similar ideas for ADUs. I think my best advice to you would be finding the right team. You will need a great set of contractors, a good realtor who understands investments and a really investment friendly mortgage broker. I'm a realtor in PEI and an investor. I also organized the local real estate investor meet-up. Feel free to send me a message if you'd like some recommendations.


    And feel free to pop into our September meet-up. We meet the second Tuesday of every month to get together and chat real estate. https://www.facebook.com/groups/148544411627754

  • Calgary, AB · Member since 2021 · 327 posts · 176 votes
    2y

    You'll likely have to go the commercial loan route. Conventional mortgages can't happen at that pace without a significant income (or your rental income is significantly higher than the debt repayments). Since the banks in Canada do not count your rental income at full value, your GDS/TDS ratios will be out of wack as you get more conventional mortgages and at some point you'll be topped out.

  • Member since 2024 · 2 posts · 0 votes
    2y
    Quote from @Zach Denny:

    Hey Recko,

    Well done. Excellent plan too. As we build up equity in some of our properties, we have some similar ideas for ADUs. I think my best advice to you would be finding the right team. You will need a great set of contractors, a good realtor who understands investments and a really investment friendly mortgage broker. I'm a realtor in PEI and an investor. I also organized the local real estate investor meet-up. Feel free to send me a message if you'd like some recommendations.


    And feel free to pop into our September meet-up. We meet the second Tuesday of every month to get together and chat real estate. https://www.facebook.com/groups/148544411627754

    Thank you so much for your response! I really appreciate the advice and the encouragement. I completely agree that building the right team is crucial. I'll definitely reach out for some recommendations. Thanks again!

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