The Two Stewards Show

How are you going to FUND YOUR RETIREMENT?If you own a house, chances are, you are planning to use part (or all) of your home equity to fund all (or part) of your retirement. What a disaster it would be if the housing market collapsed right before you retired! Well, do not fear. Justin Trudeau is here! He will ensure that real estate prices do not fall! With sky-high home prices you can retire in style! And for those of you who are nowhere close to retirement and don't own a house, Justin will

Over at Good Stewards, we have some exciting news:We just finished our first detached Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU)! In this episode Brent and Mark do a deep dive into this project. They talk about why we decided to build an ADU, how much it cost, what challenges we faced, and what we would do differently. VIEW THE ADU PHOTOS View our FREE ADU Case Study Report (+Financial Breakdown) We are hosting an ADU Property Tour starting at 9:30am on June 15, 2024 - - - Get in touch with

Budgets are SERIOUS. So Serious in fact, that the government hires incredibly smart people to make them. Of course, they have to pay these smart people a ton of money (which comes out of the budget).Once all the money is gone, they hire more smart people to find ways to make more of it, so that they can use the money to pay all the smart people. This episode was recorded before the budget was released, so thankfully you don't have to hear Mark and Brent talk about budget too much. Instead they

Canada relies on immigration in a big way. But with 1.2 million newcomers, have we gone too far??The government is now talking about new limits on temporary residents in Canada. And also new limits for mortgage lending in Canada! Welcome to Canada, the land of new limits! These announcements have huge implications for Canada's housing market! Brent and Mark sit down to talk with Ben Rabidoux. Ben runs a service called Edge Realty Analytics, providing high-quality reports on Canada's housing

Get ready for a some interviews in the coming episodes! Mark and Brent have been so diligent in preparing for their upcoming episodes that they completely forgot about preparing for this one. So strap in.Is there a transition happening from homeowners to tenants? How do we value a single-family home? There seems to be fewer homes being built and more investors buying them up. Are we going back to feudalism?? In other (completely unrelated, but still in this episode) news: Why are young people so

What if I told you that you use too much energy? So, for the rest of the year, you aren't allowed to use your laptop, phone, dishwasher, laundry machines, furnace, air conditioner, or your fridge. You can't turn on the lights. You have to take cold showers. You aren't allowed to put gas in your car. And also, you can't eat food. Is energy consumption bad?? Is energy itself scarce? If so, who should get to use the energy? For what reasons? Who gets to control the energy consumption? We all use

What is the MOST TEMPTING THING about Real Estate Investing?Today Mark and Brent are talking about a recent news story: "Private Jets, Yachts, and Parties: Ontario Landlords Flaunted Lavish Lifestyle as Business Began to Crumble." Most people are tempted by the lifestyle that real estate can afford. We all have a desire to gather wealth quickly, but real estate is not the vehicle for short-term gains. It only works for slow, long-term growth. As always, if you would like to reach out to the show,