Since The Real Estate Investment Network began 28 years ago, it has evolved in many ways, but one thing has been constant throughout that time—Deb Butler. Deb has been part of our team for 26 years as of December 1, 2020, when the team consisted of herself and one other employee. She was hired as…

“You don’t need to have a big audience; you need to have the right audience.”Matt Johnson Matt Johnson is a marketer, entrepreneur, podcast expert, and musician. As the founder of Pursuing Results, a podcast PR & production agency based in San Diego, Matt runs a worldwide virtual team helping business coaches and agencies…

“In terms of measuring success, for me, the bar should always be moving. As soon as you get to a certain level and you accomplish that goal, you say: OK, well, what’s next? So, when you have that entrepreneur mindset, it’s about the journey, it’s not about actually getting to a specific spot. You’ve already…

“To me, integrity means acting consistently in accord with your genuine underlying core values. The stoic ideal would be that if you’ve gone through the fire of the Socratic method, the absolute ideal would be to be free from hypocrisy and self-contradiction. That you’ve basically thought through your attitude towards life…

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“At the end of the day, what I’m clear on, right now, is that I’m here, I’m now, this is where I have to make the difference. I want to be present to what I can do today, not a thousand years from now? F*ck, who cares? It doesn’t matter, I’ll be gone. My goal is to…

“Stay in traffic. We are in a very changing world. Solicit other peoples’ opinions; people older than you, younger than you, smarter than you, whatever it is. Stay in traffic and pay attention to what’s going on.” Derek Lobo Derek Lobo, a self-titled “Apartment Schlep,” has worked extensively in the apartment and student…

“Lead the life that you find meaningful.”Florent Thevenin Florent (‘Flo’) Thevenin is the director of TheFutureEconomy.ca, a unique Canadian online media that produces multimedia interviews with Canada’s top leaders from business, government, the Indigenous community, academia, and other key stakeholder groups to define a strong vision for Canada’s future economy.…

On November 13 and 14, 2020, The Real Estate Investment Network is hosting its second annual virtual summit for real estate investors! Join Canada's top in-the-trenches real estate investors, research analysts, and economic experts for 1.5 days of real estate investing education, strategies, and solutions. Learn how to make sound decisions—based on…

By Patrick Francey Experienced and well-intentioned real estate investors may not realize there is a blind spot obstructing their success of achieving the results they desire—but often there is. By definition, a blind spot is an area of space that is not visible or an area of obstructed view. The…