Our meeting will start at 7:00 pm and doors will open at 6:45 pm and end by 10pm.

Next Meeting: March 7th, 2024 at 7:00 pm

Location: Abilities Centre Theatre – 55 Gordon St, Whitby, ON L1N 0J2

Cost:$100 per person at the door for non-members or choose a membership option.

Location Context: Our new meeting location is at the Second Floor Theatre Room overlooking the track at the Abilities Centre.  If you go to the front besk of the Abilities Centre they will walk you there.  Or simply follow the ramp up and you will walk past the Theatre. The parking lot is located on the West Side of the building along Gordon Street.

Before the meeting:
1. Bring business cards andprepare for networking at the end of the meeting.

2. Property deal sheet for 2min for members with a gift to members.

Agenda for the Evening:

* Introductions and Durham Updates

* Real Estate Investor Strategy Spotlight – Anita Bonger-Lewis – Running the Numbers on Student Rentals in Peterborough

* Keynote Speaker – Quentin DSouza – Creating Alternate Streams of US Income: Investing in US Property

* Keynote Speaker – Dalia Barsoum – Private Lending for Those with Smaller Amounts to Lend – Using a Mortgage Administrator – Streetwise

* Wrap-up and Burning Questions

* Networking and Developing Your Power Team

Speaker Showcase:

Dalia Barsoum is the founder of Streetwise Wealth, a boutique real estate wealth advisory firm and Streetwise Mortgages, a multi-award winning brokerage specializing in income property financing. Streetwise Mortgages is known as Canada’s #1 small markets broker (AKA rental markets) as ranked by Canadian Mortgage Professionals.

The team at Streetwise Mortgages has funded over 1.5  billion dollars of mortgage volume and over 2700 of mortgage transactions ranging from residential, multi family, mixed use and other construction projects.

Dalia is a speaker,  best-selling author of Canadian Investor Financing: 7 Secrets to Getting All The Money You Want, a member of the Forbes Finance Council, a columnist for the Canadian Real Estate Wealth magazine and has been recognized as a Global 100 mortgage professional, one of Canada’s top 10 brokers and a woman of influence.

Through strategic real estate financing advice, sophisticated deal structuring solutions and access to understanding of all the money tools and capital structures investors use to grow (private money, traditional mortgages, alternative mortgages, GP/LP structures, corporate capital structures and joint ventures), Dalia and her team have helped thousands of Canadians kick start their real estate investment journey and take their portfolios to the next level while managing risk.

Anita Bongers-Lewis is an active, investor-focused Real Estate Broker who runs the Doors To Wealth Real Estate Group. This is a team of 5 agents servicing Durham, Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland and Quinte West areas. Every member of the team is a real estate investor with varied investment focuses. Anita and her team are highly experienced in investment and residential properties in these regions, with a sole focus on helping people change their financial futures through real estate – from a simple house hack to multi-residential properties, adding garden suites and even infill development.

Quentin D’Souza is a multiple award winning Real Estate Investor, and a trusted authority on investing in the Durham Region.  He is an Ontario Certified Teacher and holds two university degrees, which includes a Master’s in Education.  Quentin has appeared on local and national television and radio, interviewed in national publications, and has been a keynote speaker to large audiences or real estate investors.

Quentin owns a real estate portfolio in excess of $125 million dollars of assets under management across Canada by the end of the year and the US and transacted on 80+ properties since 2004.

Quentin is a proud member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization and been accepted in to Tiger 21.  His company, Appleridge Homes, uses the Buy, Fix, Refinance, and Rent strategy on long term rental properties in Ontario, Canada, as well as with joint venture partnerships to create win/win relationships.  He also invests in rental properties in the USA.

Quentin is the author of “The Property Management Toolbox: A How-To Guide for Ontario Real Estate Investors and Landlords,” “The Filling Vacancies Toolbox: A Step-By-Step Guide for Ontario Real Estate Investors and Landlords for Renting Out Residential Real Estate,” “The Scaling Up Toolbox: A How to Guide for Real Estate Investors Who Don’t Have to Use Their Own Money to Buy Property,” “Finding Properties Toolbox: Buying Real Estate at a Discount” and “The Ultimate Wealth Strategy: Your Complete Guide to Buying, Fixing, Refinancing, and Renting Real Estate.” 

He is also mentors real estate investors through the Durham Real Estate Investors Club.