Hello everyone investing in Hamilton real estate!!
There is no feeling like carrying half your body weight over head while doing lunges. It’s actually an awful feeling at the beginning, however, I’ve been practicing for a bit and it has become more natural. Now I look forward to holding weights overhead because I know most people hate it so I can beat them in competition. 🙂
My Ranking in Eastern Canada. Right where I want to be as that was hopefully my weakest event.
As part of my pursuit of living an active lifestyle, I’m signed up for the Crossfit Open, an open competition to anyone, where a workout is announced each week for five weeks. Because we all do the same workout, I’m able to compete with my friends in Nanaimo, BC and juggernauts of real estate: Tim Collins of studentrentalinvesting.com and best selling author, Julie Broad.Â
Funny thing happened, I asked Julie what her score was before I competed and it just so happened that I beat her by 1 :). Julie is in town this week as the keynote speaker for the Toronto Investor Forum so we are “throwing down†this Friday to compete together, in person.
Here’s the workout we both completed last Friday in case you’re interested:
Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 20 minutes of:
25-ft. overhead walking lunge (holding the barbell overhead)
8 burpees
25-ft. overhead walking lunge
8 chest-to-bar pull-ups (a pull up where you touch the bar with your chest)
Men lunge 95 lb.
Women lunge 65 lb.Â
In other news, we had a packed room for the February Mr. Hamilton Inner Circle Meeting and we expect the same for this coming Inner Circle Meeting on
Ev and husband Mike on their boat
Saturday March 12th so register ASAP and save your seat!!! This month we have our super star client Evelyn sharing her story and lessons on how she started as a single woman at the age of 26 to accumulate eight properties in less than five years!!! She’s not even 31 yet. Learn her investment strategies and target neighbourhoods so you too may replicate her success.
Also, announcing special guest speaker, our associate at Rock Star, Tim Hong who will be sharing about his investment experiences owning a six unit apartment building next to Gage Park in Hamilton!! Tim is even going to compare the apartment investment vs several other real estate investments he’s made to help any and all investors to decide what they should invest in next.
Food is the new steel at Hamilton’s Lake Ontario ports
Anyone else notice how much national coverage Hamilton is receiving these days? This past month there have been three pieces, two by the Globe and one by the Toronto Star we wrote about last week.
“Amid a rout in global steel markets, the port that serves Canada’s steel town has found a new focus: food.â€
For the full article, go here: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/food-is-the-new-steel-at-hamiltons-lake-ontario-ports/article28755887/
“He (Ian Hamilton, VP Hamilton Port Authority) knows grain terminals and large crops will never replace the thousands of steel-industry jobs Hamilton has lost.
But there’s a new optimism at the port, driven by the construction of a third grain terminal, a new flour mill and the recent arrival of a handful of agri-food companies, including a sugar refinery and two craft breweries.â€
Since 2009, the amount of grain and fertilizer moving through the Port of Hamilton has more than doubled to 1.7 million tonnes in 2015, making up the volume lost to the steel industry, the port says. Agriculture now accounts for about 18 per cent of the port’s volume.
To make room for more tenants, the port is eyeing the 800 acres owned by U.S. Steel Canada. The land would require a major cleanup after more than a century of steel making, but the port is accustomed to making contaminated land suitable for other uses, said Bruce Wood, the port’s chief executive officer.
The steel and manufacturing industry in Hamilton has already bottomed so, hopefully, employment, incomes and investment only rise from here on out.
The tenants of Hamilton’s port chose Hamilton because of its location and “rail access [that] will allow the company to buy and ship farmers’ crops year round.â€
Final thought: kudos to the Hamilton Port Authority for taking action when the steel market shifted downwards and sought alternative tenants. We real estate investors must do the same when markets change to keep our properties tenanted.
Thanks for reading and happy Hamilton real estate investing everyone!
Erwin Szeto |Â MrHamilton.ca
Sales Representative
Rock Star Real Estate Inc., Brokerage
Ph: 905-361-9098
