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Raunaq Singh is the founder & CEO of Roam, the platform for purchasing a home with an assumable, low-rate mortgage included. Prior to founding Roam, Raunaq spent a decade in various product and operations roles across Uber, Opendoor and Culdesac. He received a Bachelor's degree in Political Economy from NYU and currently resides in New York City.

(2:26) - Lessons from Opendoor & Uber
(5:01) - Roam origin story
(7:36) - Feature: Housing Trust Silicon Valley
(8:48) - Assumable mortgage mechanics
(14:55) - Roam's Business Model
(16:38) - Benefits for mortgage lenders
(18:58) - Roam's homebuyers & sellers
(21:10) - Impact of interest rates on the business
(22:10) - Roam's New Closing Guarantee
(27:54) - Housing market in 2024
(31:59) - Collaboration Superpower: FHA, VA, Zillow, Redfin

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➡️ Housing Trust Silicon Valley's site - Housing finance & public-private partnerships to create more equitable & affordable communities.

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Jim Dunn is the Director of the Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative. Cynthia Belaskie is a managing director at McMaster University.

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Howard speaks with Andrew Fogliato about his career in the real estate industry, from starting out as an agent, becoming a trainer, and starting his own online marketing business for Realtors to his acquisition of Real Estate Magazine (REM) Canada’s premier monthly magazine for real estate professionals.

Andrew Fogliato has been in the real estate industry since you still had to physically print out 6 copies of an offer plus a clean one for the lawyer when the deal was done.

He’s worked as an agent, a trainer for one of the big brands, as a proptech consultant, a marketer, a speaker, and more.

Now he owns Just Sell Homes, a real estate marketing agency that specializes in helping Realtors grow their business, and RealEstateMagazine.ca, the premier source of news for Canadian Realtors. 

https://realestatemagazine.ca/

https://justsellhomes.com/

It’s the 50th episode of our podcast and we’re celebrating by bringing you an outstanding conversation with one of the foremost agents in luxury real estate. Join Howard and his guest Nicole Plaxen as they discuss her career and her experiences working in the highly competitive world of ultra-luxury real estate.

Nicole developed her real estate skills with one of the world’s most legendary luxury real estate figures: her mentor, Sally Forster Jones. Since 2007, Nicole, alongside Sally, has played a significant role in taking the SFJ Group to $9 billion+ in sales. She has participated in over 2,500 transactions including stratospheric sales such as the Spelling Manor for $85,000,000 and Minecraft creator Markus Persson’s Trousdale estate for $70,000,000.

Working in this high-profile environment, Nicole has gained priceless experience and exceptional leadership skills, perfected the art of negotiation, and has personally acquired a roster of clients packed with professional athletes and other high-net-worth individuals from around the globe.

Her confident skill in navigating the most complex transactions, along with her extensive knowledge of real estate contracts, has earned the admiration and trust of her prestigious clientele. Because her highest priority is protecting her buyers and sellers, she treats the full escrow process as a continuous negotiation in which she never stops working for her clients.

Nicole draws on a rare combination of intuition, creativity, and sharp business skills to consistently close deals. Her involvement in thousands of inspections has given her a keen understanding of property conditions, a critical advantage in guiding her clients through the escrow process.

Her love of real estate was born long before she joined the SFJ Group. As a child, she watched in fascination as her mother successfully bought and flipped homes throughout Los Angeles. Ten years later, she began her career as a title rep and later a mortgage account executive. In 2007, she left the mortgage industry to pursue her passion for real estate sales.

A long-time resident of Beverly Hills, Nicole is passionately dedicated to an array of charitable causes. She’s also a supporter of Worldvision.org.

Welcome back to Episode 1 of the second season of the Harlem Stories Podcast. Today’s episode is I Accidently Sold My Clients a Former Brothel + Neighborhood Updates. You can listen to the episode at www.Harlem-Stories.com 

In Season 2 we are going to dig into some of the real interesting history- including selling a client a townhouse built in 1899 to be a brothel, a famous real estate developer that openly sold Opium, Columbia University’s role in The Manhattan Project and as a Nuclear Testing Lab, and so much more.  

In case you missed any of Season’s 1 episodes you can also listen at the same link above or subscribe via Apple Podcasts and Spotify under the name Harlem Stories.

Thank you for listening to Harlem Stories.

Howard speaks with Jacob Cohen, COO of the Daniels Corporation, about his career, the Daniels commitment to community building, answering the challenges of an uncertain market through diversification, and his advice for people interested in real estate development as a career.

Jacob Cohen is the Chief Operating Officer at The Daniels Corporation, one of Canada’s largest and preeminent builders/developers.  Jacob oversees the company’s daily operations, with a special focus on ensuring all business strategies align with the company’s purpose-driven values. He is also responsible for People and Culture at Daniels, ensuring an inclusive, positive working environment exists and where all people feel seen, valued, and heard. Jacob prioritizes his relationships with people first and foremost, earning him great respect from his colleagues and industry peers. For the last 16 years, Jacob has worked in many roles, demonstrating effective leadership and utilizing his passion for his work to propel the company in a forward direction. He has a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University.

CEO of OREA Tim Hudak joins Howard to speak about the Reality + conference and the incredible lineup of speakers featured at this year’s event, including President Bill Clinton and Action Star Simu Liu. Tim also weighs in on housing supply, affordability, what is being done to address those issues, and more.

Visit realityconference.ca to learn more about this incredible event taking place November 23 to 23 in Toronto.

Tim Hudak is the CEO of the Ontario Real Estate Association, Canada’s largest provincial real estate industry association representing 78,000 REALTORS®.

 Tim joined OREA after a distinguished 21 years of public service in the Ontario Legislature – including five years as Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.

Since becoming CEO in December 2016, he and his OREA team have focused on transforming OREA into Ontario’s most effective professional association that delivers high-impact advocacy on behalf of REALTORS® and consumers and provides quality services to members. During his first year as OREA CEO, he was named one of the most powerful people in residential real estate by Swanepoel Power 200 2017/18.

This episode is jam-packed with techie goodness. Join Howard and his guest Eric Bryant Director of North American Operations at Oppen, about the Openn offer management platform, the future of making offers on Realtor.ca, the blockchain, tokenization, fractional home ownership, and investment.

Eric Bryant leads Openn North America as Director of Operations. With over 25 years of experience in real estate services, strategy and technology, Eric has deep experience with real estate business development and extensive networks in the sector across North America.
 
Prior to joining Openn, Eric was the National Accounts Director with First American Data & Analytics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF). Previous to that, he led his own national real estate technology consultancy, a role that included several years as host of the radio talk show, “Keeping it Real Estate.” 
 
Eric is also the Southern CA Regional Chair for FIBREE.org (The Foundation for International Blockchain in Real Estate Expertise), an organization dedicated to empowering the real estate industry through the education of distributed ledger technology.

Careers in Real Estate  -  Your Five Minute Monday explores the many areas in the real estate industry to participate in and if it is the right career for you.  I delve deep into the dozens of niche’s and specialty areas that many people never new existed.  I also bring listeners up to date with the most relevant real estate market news and trends to be sure that new real estate professionals clearly understand how and why we work in our industry.  Each episode is time sensitive to the market at that moment.

I hope you enjoy this episode and don't forget to share it with friends.  Thank You

We are also airing every Monday morning at 7 am on WWPR Talk Radio, Tampa Bay's 1490 AM 

Jeff Hauswirth Vice Chairman at Ferguson Partners Corporate Talent Management Canada, speaks with Howard about the traits of great leaders, the importance of truly connecting with people, and his passion for working with Second Harvest food rescue.

Jeff has gained over 25 years of experience advising clients in boardrooms around the world and developing lasting relationships with leaders in many sectors. He is driven by purpose, naturally cultivates followership, and has demonstrated the ability to turn around and grow professional services businesses globally. Clients describe him as a creative, trusted advisor and his colleagues and teams are inspired by his ability to convey the upside in any given situation. 

Jeff joined Ferguson Partners, a boutique Chicago-headquartered global real estate and infrastructure firm in 2018. He serves as Vice Chairman and head of the North American business, based in the firm’s Toronto office. Jeff was recruited to work closely with the founder and leadership team to build the Canadian platform and to expand the firm’s global brand and footprint through refining and implementing new business strategies and service offerings and recruiting and mentoring consultants globally. He also leads the firm’s CEO Succession Practice and participates in both the Board Recruitment & Advisory Practice and the PE/REIM Practice. 

Prior, Jeff spent 25 years with Spencer Stuart, conducting over 100 CEO searches globally, over 50 board director searches and developing specialized expertise in the telecommunications and real estate sectors. He also held progressively more complex leadership roles alongside his client work. He joined SSI as a consultant in the Toronto office and was soon appointed Toronto Office Manager, then Country Manager Canada with P&L and national strategy for 10 years, including openingaCalgaryofficeandrebuildingMontreal. Revenuesgrewfromthetimehejoined,from$5M to $25M. Concurrent to this leadership role, he helped establish offices in Mumbai and Delhi where he spent 6 months, all the while still carrying a full search load with Canadian clients. Jeff was elected to the Spencer Stuart Board of Directors twice: in 2005 and 2008, and chaired its Compensation Committee. Jeff stepped off the Board at the start of his third term when asked by the CEO to relocate to Asia (Australia) to co-lead, along with a partner based in Hong Kong, the firm’s Asia Pacific 

Region. Different from his prior leadership experience establishing and growing the business across Canada and India, this mandate involved significant turnaround efforts and a deep understanding of the diverse business cultures in India, Japan, and Australia. Jeffbeganhiscareerbylaunchingseveral businesses in the retail and distribution sectors, gaining a firsthand understanding of the demands facing CEOs, boards, and senior executives. 

Careers in Real Estate  -  Your Five Minute Monday explores the many areas in the real estate industry to participate in and if it is the right career for you.  I delve deep into the dozens of niche’s and specialty areas that many people never new existed.  I also bring listeners up to date with the most relevant real estate market news and trends to be sure that new real estate professionals clearly understand how and why we work in our industry.  Each episode is time sensitive to the market at that moment.

I hope you enjoy this episode and don't forget to share it with friends.  Thank You

We are also airing every Monday morning at 7 am on WWPR Talk Radio, Tampa Bay's 1490 AM 

Careers in Real Estate  -  Your Five Minute Monday explores the many areas in the real estate industry to participate in and if it is the right career for you.  I delve deep into the dozens of niche’s and specialty areas that many people never new existed.  I also bring listeners up to date with the most relevant real estate market news and trends to be sure that new real estate professionals clearly understand how and why we work in our industry.  Each episode is time sensitive to the market at that moment.

I hope you enjoy this episode and don't forget to share it with friends.  Thank You

We are also airing every Monday morning at 7 am on WWPR Talk Radio, Tampa Bay's 1490 AM

Careers in Real Estate  -  Your Five Minute Monday explores the many areas in the real estate industry to participate in and if it is the right career for you.  I delve deep into the dozens of niche’s and specialty areas that many people never new existed.  I also bring listeners up to date with the most relevant real estate market news and trends to be sure that new real estate professionals clearly understand how and why we work in our industry.  Each episode is time sensitive to the market at that moment in time.

I hope you enjoy this episode and don't forget to share it with friends.  Thank You

Renowned Canadian financial guru and CTV News’ former Chief Financial Commentator, Pattie Lovett-Reid chats to Howard about her start in broadcasting, embracing new opportunities, and the importance of being your genuine self.

Pattie Lovett-Reid is a highly respected Canadian financial guru. As CTV News’ former Chief Financial Commentator, Lovett-Reid is well experienced in coaching her audience on how to save money, stretch their income, and get the biggest bang for their hard-earned bucks. Her unique and skillful ability to translate complicated and detailed personal finance strategies into frank, savvy financial advice has transformed the lives of many Canadians. Lovett-Reid provided weekday financial updates for CTV News Channel, CP24, and regional CTV MORNING LIVE broadcasts across the country and remains a regular guest commentator on BNN Bloomberg, CTV’s YOUR MORNING, THE SOCIAL, NEWSTALK 1010, and other media platforms. Lovett-Reid's career journey is one filled with admiration, inspiration, and a strong sense of determination. Her career began right out of high school as a bank teller, and with no formal post-secondary education and a low glass ceiling for women in finance, her career was unlikely to blossom beyond branch management. However, Lovett-Reid climbed the ranks in the investment world, and after a very successful 30+ year career with TD Waterhouse Canada Inc., where she served as Senior Vice-President, she then took on the role of Chief Financial Commentator with CTV News in early 2012. Lovett-Reid is a Certified Financial Planner, co-author of several national bestselling books, and was awarded with an honorary degree in Applied Studies from Humber College in June 2010. The Financial Planners Standards Council (FPSC) recognized Lovett-Reid with the 2009 Donald J. Johnston Award for her outstanding contribution to the profession of financial planning in Canada. In 2011, Lovett-Reid was awarded the Financial Planning Canada Fellow of Distinction, and in 2007 and received Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100™ Award in the Trailblazers and Trendsetters Category. Today, Pattie splits her time between Toronto and Muskoka, Canada, with her husband Jim Reid, their children, and a growing group of grandchildren. 

This episodes covers the different types of commission splits you might have with your broker.  It varies for many reasons and with different companies.

Careers in Real Estate  -  Your Five Minute Monday explores the many areas in the real estate industry to participate in and if it is the right career for you.  I delve deep into the dozens of niche’s and specialty areas that many people never new existed.  I also bring listeners up to date with the most relevant real estate market news and trends to be sure that new real estate professionals clearly understand how and why we work in our industry.  Each episode is time sensitive to the market at that moment in time.

I hope you enjoy this episode and don't forget to share it with friends.  Thank You

Realtor and content creator Jas Takhar speaks with Howard about their mutual love of podcasting, helping buyers and sellers, and inspiring real estate agents to try creating their own video and audio content.  

Toronto native, Jas Takhar, has been in the sales and service industry for over 26 years. Soon after deciding to try his hand in real estate, he founded REC Canada under Royal LePage, and for over 5 years has successfully kept his team top 3 in the country.  

With 54 realtors and 11 support staff, the team advises and assists over 625 buyers, sellers and investors, yearly, across the Greater Toronto Area, resulting in a total of over $2.1B in transactions. Jas’ area of expertise is in helping investors build out their real estate portfolios. Wanting to share his knowledge and experience with the masses, he wrote a book titled, Real Estate Intelligence, which teaches anyone how to buy or sell real estate on their own.

Furthering his pursuit to educate and motivate, he developed a love for content creation, and now not only hosts one of the top business podcasts in North America – The Jas Takhar Podcast – but also founded his own media company, From The Ground Up Media where he helps other real estate agents produce quality content. His hope is to provide inspiring education through his guides, seminars, and content to aid others in removing the friction from their own life in order to help them get from where they are, to where they want to be. 

Find Jas on...

https://www.instagram.com/jastakhar13/
https://www.youtube.com/jastakhar
https://www.facebook.com/jastakhar13
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/jas-takhar-podcast/id1383371381?mt=2
https://open.spotify.com/show/4G8zDAoCNX9BP35tbt4N6V

In Episode 20 of the podcast, Phil gives you a lay of the land of the new real estate market we are seeing in the London, Ontario area.  Are we in a buyers' market now?  What should you be thinking about when buying or selling?

If you are thinking about buying or selling a home or condo in London, Ontario and area, please feel free to reach out to Phil with any questions at any time via email or by text (226-977-2348).

Learn more about London real estate from Phil and search local listings here - www.philbailey.ca

Phil Bailey is a Sales Representative with HouseSigma Brokerage Inc. in London, Ontario, Canada.

Disclaimer - This podcast should not be taken for any legal or professional advice and is just my opinion based on working as a real estate agent in London, Ontario, and area.  I always recommend speaking to professionals about your specific situation before making any big decisions.

In Episode 19 of the podcast, Phil chats with Alfonso Salemi from JAAG Properties in London, Ontario about their Rent to Home program for buyers and investors.  If you are looking for an alternative option for financing or want to learn what a rent-to-own program can offer, this episode is for you!

You can learn more about JAAG Properties and get in touch with them here: https://jaagproperties.com/

If you are thinking about buying or selling a home or condo in London, Ontario and area, please feel free to reach out to Phil with any questions at any time via email or by text (226-977-2348).

Learn more about London real estate from Phil and search local listings here - www.philbailey.ca

Phil Bailey is a Sales Representative with HouseSigma Inc. Brokerage in London, Ontario, Canada.

Disclaimer - This podcast should not be taken for any legal or professional advice and is just my opinion based on working as a real estate agent in London, Ontario, and area.  I always recommend speaking to professionals about your specific situation before making any big decisions.

An interesting (and often debated) topic of discussion in condo corporations is who is responsible for what?

This episode discusses the roles of the board of directors, the condominium managers, and the service providers. Who is responsible for what? Can a sports analogy help to understand these roles? And what about owners? Who do they call when they have a problem? 

Joining Michelle this week is Carla Guthrie, Chief Executive Officer of MFP Property Management, and Gwen Story, long-term board of director and also works for RLB LLP.

Listen in to learn from their experience and perspective to create better communication and involvement with condo owners, managers, board of directors, and service providers so that everyone is on the same page and understands their roles and expectations. 

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