I’ve been a full-time real estate investor since my early 20s.
Not a passive investor.
Not someone sitting back collecting cheques.
I’m a developer.
A builder.
A visionary.
There’s a massive difference.
From the beginning, I chose multifamily and commercial real estate. Not because it was trendy. Not because someone sold me on it. But because I understood something very early on:
I didn’t want to be an outsider investor.
I wanted to be an insider.
When you invest in the stock market, you’re buying a piece of someone else’s vision. You might own shares in a company, but you have zero control over how it’s run. You don’t control the management. You don’t control the strategy. You don’t control the direction.
You’re along for the ride.
In real estate, I control the asset.
I choose the building.
I choose the renovations.
I choose the tenant profile.
I choose the long-term vision.
If there’s upside, I create it.
If there’s a problem, I solve it.
That’s the difference.
People ask me, “Is now a good time to invest in real estate?”
There’s never a bad time — if you know what you’re doing.
That part matters.
You don’t learn this from a textbook.
You don’t learn this from a weekend seminar.
And you definitely don’t learn it sitting in a classroom.
You learn it by walking properties.
By making mistakes.
By managing tenants.
By negotiating.
By renovating.
By putting your own capital on the line.
After two decades of doing this, I’ve developed something you can’t really teach — instinct.
I can walk into a building and feel it.
I know where the value is hiding.
I know what needs to be done.
I know what it can become.
That transformation process is what I love most.
Taking something overlooked.
Something rundown.
Something most people pass on…
And turning it into something exceptional.
My most recent project is a duplex — seven bedrooms total — and when I bought it, it was completely rundown. Not cosmetically tired. I mean fully neglected.
Most people saw work.
I saw opportunity.
I’ve travelled extensively — stayed in some of the most beautiful boutique hotels across Europe. I pay attention to detail when I travel. The lighting. The textures. The flow of a space. The way a room makes you feel.
And I bring that into my properties.
Why should rental housing feel sterile?
Why shouldn’t it feel elevated?
Half the project is now complete, and walking through it gives me the same satisfaction as closing a major deal. Because it’s not just about rent rolls and cap rates.
It’s about vision becoming reality.
Real estate, to me, isn’t just an investment vehicle.
It’s creative.
It’s strategic.
It’s psychological.
It’s operational.
It’s hands-on.
It’s entrepreneurship in its purest form.
You’re not betting on someone else’s decisions.
You’re building your own outcome.
And that’s why, after all these years, I still choose real estate.
Not because it’s easy.
Not because it’s passive.
But because I’m not interested in sitting on the sidelines.
I’d rather be in control of the game.
