New Mayor and Changes to Our Business

Hello Real Estate Investors in Hamilton, Ontario!!

Thanks to everyone who tuned into our monthly webinar last night!!  For those that missed it, we covered “How to Inspect an Investment Property” where we touched on the more popular, money-making strategies and landmines in Hamilton investing.  If you missed it, don’t worry, we’ll be hosting another webinar Nov 25th.  Simply email Meaghan(at)mrhamilton.ca for your invitation.

Are you happy with the election results? I certainly am!!

Welcome back Mayor Fred Eisenberger who in his previous term was a heavy proponent of light rail transit which will continue the transformation the old Hamilton to the new Hamilton where both young and old flock to a thriving downtown for employment, entertainment, dining and shopping.  This is happening already but we all know how much more can be gained by increased property values and related taxes should we get our LRT.  Make no mistake, LRT was a major election issue that divides this city between Hamilton and the surrounding communities that make up the amalgamated Hamilton as LRT would likely increase taxes for all amalgamated Hamiltonians whereas the most immediate impact will felt in the lower city.

I’m really excited to see Mayor Fred back as the leader of this wonderful city.  A leader who is both a visionary and someone council will support.

Read more about the Mayor Fred’s win by clicking here.

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Change is the Only Constant…

and changes to our lives and business has necessitated further changes…

2014 has been our most challenging year in many wonderful WONDERFUL ways:

1. The birth of our daughter Robin which has rocked our lives for the better 🙂

Don’t let that cute face fool you, she is a handful (I have no idea how you parents with more than one or you single parents do this. Parenting is way more challenging than real estate investing!! Subject for a future blog post :))

As new parents do, we reduced our work commitments (more so Cherry than I) to raise Robin, leaving me mostly on my own for the Mr Hamilton business and it has been most challenging when the work of two must now be done by the work of ONE (me).

Plus we bought a new investment property in March for Robin. No regrets but it sure does increase the chaos level in our already chaotic lives 😀

 

2. We have more clients and more business than ever plus we have client/investor success standards we’re committed to delivering. With the reduced bandwidth by Cherry and myself, we needed help – and not just any help – but the best talent possible! So off I went searching the four corners of the world for a sophisticated, veteran real estate investor to become an investor Realtor to coach our clients on successful investing.  As many of you already know, we found our man in James Tiberious Maggs who we are proud to announce that as of Friday has quit big corporate in order to fulfill a dream of being full time in real estate as both a Realtor and investor.  Please make James feel welcome and congratulate him on taking a massive step towards living life on his terms.

With James now on board, we welcome more challenges and referrals as James’ role as an investor specialist will primarily be helping clients acquire investment properties and build cash flowing portfolios.  I will continue to work with investors, including an increased focus on listing investment properties and regular real estate in the Burlington and Hamilton areas. So if you know anyone looking to BUY, SELL, or INVEST in real estate in our markets, let us know as we’re committed to award winning service and award winning results.  James can be reached at Direct: 905.516.7827 | Email: james@mrhamilton.ca

3. Cherry being a mom now is shelving the hectic, on the road lifestyle of an investment Realtor to focus on and expand her accounting/bookkeeping business for small business operators including real estate investors and real estate agents.

If you are in the market for an accountant, AKA your part-time CFO for your real estate business, then contact Cherry at 416-826-8881 or Cherry@cccpa.ca and follow her blog here: http://cccpa.ca/

Cherry will be speaking on the subject of limiting taxes through the use of corporations on Dec 10th at the Durham Real Estate Investors club.  You can learn more about the club by clicking here.

4. Cherry and I are entering week three of having our full-time, live-in nanny Sharmein!!!!  I’m now finally getting back to normal so I can do what I normally do such as educating you investors through blogging 🙂

Till next time – Happy Hamilton Investing Everyone!

Erwin | MrHamilton.ca

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