Why you have to check out today’s podcast:
Learn how to use the 'other people’s money strategy' to get your capital
How to establish yourself as a knowledgeable, connected, trustworthy business person to your network
Know why real estate is considered as the people business
 
Resources/Links
Rich Dad Poor Dad Book by Robert Kiyosaki
Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty: The Only Networking Book You'll Ever Need by Harvey Mackay
 
Summary
Daniel St-Jean is a professional real estate investor a full-time investor based in Niagara Falls region of Ontario. He has been in “sales & marketing” in one form all of his adult life. And in the last 25 years, he has bought, started, or sold ten different businesses. He has been a professional photographer, a publisher of educational material, networking member, speaker, trainer, and teacher.
In this conversation, Daniel shares his real estate journey, how he focuses primarily on rent to own deals, how he and his wife Laurel created the ideal real estate lifestyle for themselves. He also dived deep on exactly how he finds people who fund his real estate properties by creating a conversation and keeping the ball rolling to get them onboard as investor partners. Enjoy this conversation and get a lot out of it as well.
 
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Topics Covered:
 
04:03 – How Daniel’s wife Laurel love for wine directed them to the real estate business 
07:16 – Daniel’s shares his real estate strategy 
08:27 – Funding deal number 1 through ‘Other People’s Money’ strategy 
11:20 – His real estate lifestyle goal 
13:07 – Real estate as a people business, how was he able to raise capital without having a real estate track record 
 20:00 – Advice to novice real estate entrepreneur to standout and close deals 
27:54 – How to establish yourself as a knowledgeable, connected, trustworthy business person to your network 
31:12 – The importance of doing your legwork and prep work to establish your business network 
36:35 – Q: If he lost everything how will he raise funding from scratch if the only thing that is left to him is his knowledge? A: Network. 
 
Key Takeaways:
 
“If you are totally knowledgeable with your widgets but you suck at talking to people, you are not going to sell any widgets.” – Daniel St-Jean
“If I start with the idea that I am going to finance any deals with other people’s money, it immediately tells me that I have zero limits on how many deals I could make.” – Daniel St-Jean
“People invest in you and the deal is really just collateral.” – Dave Dubeau
 
Connect with Daniel St-Jean
sasreig.com
thereiteclub.com
LinkedIn
 
Connect with Dave Dubeau:
Property Profits Podcast
daviddubeau.com
investorattractiondemo.com
Facebook
LinkedIn
 
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