RE Investor from the GTA, Canada
I am a business owner with over 10 years experience in Real Estate. My business, however is preparing homes for the market, a.k.a. Home Staging. I have been hugely successful at it over the last 10 years, and continue to grow as a business professional.
It has always been my goal to someday invest in the real estate market, as an investor. I have bought and sold many homes myself, but always as a homeowner. I was 21 when I purchased my first "home".
Now that my full time business is successful and I am at a good place in my personal life, I'm ready for real estate investing.
I joined this site, and other RE Investing Networking groups on LinkedIN in hopes of learning common do's and don'ts of this business.
I also paid a fee to receive training in RE investing with "Success in Real Estate". This company encourages investing in the USA. I am Canadian and would prefer to invest locally, where I can physically walk through properties when needed. I am open to investing in the U.S. and welcome any advice for new investors planning on investing out of Country.
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Welcome to BP!
Your a flipper's best friend. Additionally, an acquaintance of mine used a "home stager" when setting-up his furnished executive rentals.
There are quite a few Canadians floating around the site and a handful of those from the Big Smoke who can answer questions and provide Canada specific experience ... as you undoubtedly know as a business owner in the industry things are a little different here with respect to financing, regulation and {everyone's favourite} taxation.
You are undoubtedly well connected in the investment community already, but try reaching out to some of the local meet-ups (@Gary McGowan runs a monthly meeting out Newmarket way).