Here’s What You’ll Learn in our Interview with Matt and Laura Hawkins

• Getting started in real estate investing at just 19 years old.
• When it’s worth it to build a Garden Suite?
• What Freedoms can 20 years as a real estate investor offers?
• and much much more…

About our Guests

Matt and Laura are serial entrepreneurs who started investing in real estate in 2004 at the age of 19. They own a thriving construction company in Stouffville called Hawkins Contracting and are addicted to real estate. Their real estate portfolio currently contains a mix of student rentals in Guelph and Peterborough and duplexes and triplexes in Lindsay, Peterborough and Hamilton. They love digging into the numbers, are skilled in managing large renovations and like most busy investors, are constantly searching for the highest and best use of their time. Recently, they have settled into a pattern of purchasing tired bungalows for duplex/triplex conversions, sometimes with garage conversions to garden suites and larger student rentals. They are about to get started on two newly built garden suites in Peterborough and have multiple projects on the go and are always on the look for their next deal. Matt and Laura self-manage almost all of their properties (with the help of some key contacts!) and love to connect with other investors and talk all things real estate. Matt and Laura have 3 young kids, who love to stay active and be outdoors and mountain bike at any chance they can get!

Social Media

Instagram: Sidney_investments

Instagram: Hawkinscontracting

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Here’s What You’ll Learn in our Interview with Ehren Laycock

• How to understand and use different types of capital
• How underwriting for commercial loans differs from residential
• Overcoming the challenges we are seeing in the multifamily financing space
• Trends we are seeing for the mid-sized investors
• and much much more!

About our Guest

Ehren is co-founder of the Findlay Mortgage Team and CMHC correspondent. Since 2020, Ehren and Co. have pushed the boundaries of the multifamily space, allowing for institutional-level products to be more accessible for the average investor. Ehren’s understanding of debt structuring provides investors with an ease of moving between capital stacks with ease. Having worked with independent investors to REITs, he fully understands the complexity of different structures and nuances that come with real estate investing.

Social Media

Instagram: The Findlay Mortgage Team - @FMTmortgages

Ehren Work - @multifamily.mortgages

Ehren personal – @Laycock22

Youtube: The Findlay Mortgage Team

Website: www.findlaymortgage.com

Here’s What You’ll Learn in our Interview with Diana Lizarazo

• Adapting your house-flipping strategies to make the most out of any market
• The in’s and out’s of private lending
• New tools to help connect you to the right Power Team
• and much more…

About our Guest

Diana is a Knowledgeable and experienced Real Estate Investor in Southern Ontario, with several BRRR's, flips, and private lends under her belt, resources, and events.

As an avid networker, Diana has leveraged her extensive network to position herself as a valuable resource for aspiring investors by providing her community with a broad scope of valuable information from experts in the field.

Diana's vision is to support real estate investors on their journey to success by continuing to deliver valuable content, tools, resources, and events.

Social Media

Facebook: diana.lizarazorocha

Facebook Group: groups/canadarei

Instagram: @investorgirldiana

LinkedIn: investorgirldiana