In my interview with Doug, we discuss the pros and cons of filing for bankruptcy and a consumer proposal, what happens to mortgage debt when you file for bankruptcy or a consumer proposal and how to use a home equity line of credit (HELOC) in a responsible way.
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The Burn Your Mortgage Podcast – Women in Real Estate: Acquiring 20 Rental Units While Working Full-Time and Being a Mom of 3 with Anna Belov
In my interview with Anna, we discuss how she went from being broke to owning 20 rental units, investing mistakes she made and how she got past them and strategies for someone who’s starting to invest in real estate today.
The Burn Your Mortgage Podcast: Helping Keep the Homeownership Dream Alive with Tim Hudak of OREA
In my interview with Tim, we discuss measures the government could take to help keep homeownership affordable for younger folks, new real estate rules OREA is proposing for homebuyers and home sellers and whether the mortgage stress test should be tweaked.
The Burn Your Mortgage Podcast: 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.
The Burn Your Mortgage Podcast: 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.
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.
The Burn Your Mortgage Podcast: 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.
The Burn Your Mortgage Podcast: How to Burn Your Mortgage Faster with Dividends with Kanwal Sarai
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.
The Burn Your Mortgage Podcast – Rent-To-Own: Homeownership in Training with Alfonso Salemi of JAAG Properties
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.
The Burn Your Mortgage Podcast – Women in Real Estate: How to Build a 7-Figure, 10 Property Investment Portfolio by Your Early 30’s with Sarah Larbi
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.
The Burn Your Mortgage Podcast: 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.