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Daniel St. Jean

Daniel: If you have been following the REITE Club, you will know that Laurel and mine's preferred strategy has been rent to own and we have set up 51 rent to own deals. The last one actually was in July of last year. And at that point, looking at the market, I decided it was my interpretation that this is not the best market for a rent to own. So we stopped doing them and we were looking at another strategy. 

Ming Lim and Gary Hibbert

Daniel: Good evening, Ming and good evening, Gary.

Ming Lim has a dual role at Volition Properties, as both head of advisory and construction. He mentors and guides new and experienced investors who are interested in purchasing and developing in the Toronto market Ming has a background in computer science from the University of Waterloo and construction experience, giving him a unique analytical lens on investing and a practical approach to implementing investing strategies.

Claire Drage and Milena Cardinal

Laurel: We're with two wonderful women, Claire Drage with Windrose Group and Milena of Cardinal Law. Now I've talked to both of these women. I've listened to them speak and they're amazing. They're absolutely amazing. Claire of course is our mortgage broker extraordinary and she has a great team.

Jason Boccinfuso 

Daniel: We are talking today to Jason Boccinfuso who is a development and pre-construction specialist. 

By Daniel St-Jean

As I built our rent-to-own portfolio of over 50 houses and raised over $30 million of other people’s money, it was all through using my approach of Connectworking. 

Most people do networking like they’re on a fishing trip. What they need to do is ‘connectworking,’ which is more like gardening.

As opposed to networking, you build connections. For example at the end of last year, I probably sent 1,700 best wishes for New Year’s. I keep track of people and whenever anything comes around, I reach out to them.