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All Forum Posts by: Jocelyne Sema

Jocelyne Sema has started 5 posts and replied 26 times.

Post: Quebec forum activity

Jocelyne SemaPosted
  • Posts 28
  • Votes 6
Originally posted by @Miguel Angel:

 Hi Miguel,

May I ask for your broker's contact there?

Originally posted by @David Steinbok:

Your easiest path to buying a rental property would be to refinance your current property with an 80 % loan. Your monthly payment will increase but you will have about a 300k mortgage. then you use the money from that house to put the 20% down on one or 2 rentals and keep about 25k as a reserve fund. Just incase. You then use the rent from the 2 new properties to pay your 3 mortgages. And if there is a short fall, then that's your portion. And now you have 3 houses. Wait a few years, and then refinance the 2 rentals, and do it again. Every house you refinance, you buy 2 more. Until you hit your debt ceiling. Then there is j.v. partnerships and other strategies you can learn. 

 Thanks a lot David!

Originally posted by @Account Closed:

@Jocelyne Sema

Mortgage free on a principle residence is inefficient use of capital. Don’t do that.

Believe me, I know, but I think it's a psychological thing. I need to get rid of those limiting beliefs. Thanks very much for your input.

Thanks to all! Thanks!

Originally posted by @Sunil Garg:

The majority of what they teach you you could easily learn by watching the bigger pockets podcasts and reading a few basic books.

 Thanks, that's what I wanted to besure of.

Originally posted by @Bill B.:

Tell them you’re willing to pay much more than $5k. You’ll give them 10% of all your real estate profits for a year. 

Hahaha nice one.

Hi BP members,

I am a newbie, aspiring investor in RE. Here's my situation:

I own my residential house, located in Laval (Quebec), appraised at 350K, and still 50K left of mortgage to pay. With the current reimbursement schedule, mortgage is expected to be fully paid by the end of 2022. It's my only RE property.

Initially, I wanted to wait to be mortgage free before using  a portion of the equity on my house as down payment for a multiplex or any other multi-family/appartements, but I don't know anymore. I think I have made that decision just for the sake of finishing something before starting another. There's no real other logic behind it.

Can I already jump in the RE investment world now, or should I wait? What would you do? And if you would decide to go ahead and start hunting for income properties now, what precautions should be taken in my specific situation?

Thanks for your input.

Hi all,

I live in Laval, and I am an aspiring investor in Real estate. I understand that education and networking are essential, so I was wondering if any of you have ever tried the 10-month peiod coaching offered by the Club des Investisseurs Immobiliers du Québec. It cost 5K, so I want to make sure it's not a waste of money or time and that I can't get the same level of information elsewhere or by another mean.

The success stories of the participants are encouraging, but is it worth it? What do you think?

Thanks.



@Joneil Fel

How have things been for you since then? 

It's an amazing feeling of being debt free, but you need to be comfortable with debt if you want to grow in Real Estate. It's not a risky debt, your neth worth will drow exponentially if you do it correctly. Use the leverage you and buy as many doors as you can, while being comfortable with it.