On to this week’s guest! I’m thrilled to introduce Wei Ting, an unstoppable entrepreneur, speaker, and innovator reshaping the rental landscape in Ontario with plans to expand across Canada. After losing over $35K to non-paying tenants and spending countless hours navigating Ontario’s complex rental compliance laws, Wei Ting decided enough was enough. She co-founded Openroom, a bold step toward building a transparent and connected rental ecosystem for landlords and tenants alike.

And if that wasn’t enough, she’s also a 24/7 on-call mom to two little ones under two years old. Wei Ting describes parenthood as her most demanding role yet, with expertise in patience, roadmap planning, and improvisation. Did we mention the co-founder of Openroom is her husband? Mixing personal AND Business 😀

She’s been featured on major platforms like CBC, CTV, BlogTO, BNN, and Yahoo News, and her talks promise not just insights but also laughs and eyebrow-raising moments. If you’re looking for someone who’s obsessed with making life easier for landlords, while balancing humor and grit, you’re in the right place.

Let’s dive into Wei Ting’s incredible journey with Openroom and the lessons she’s learned along the way.

To connect with Weiting

email: weiting@openroom.ca

@openroomhq on Instagram and TikTok

Web: openroom.ca

On to this week’s guest, Kevin Costain is the poster boy for reform being needed in Ontario and he’s doing something about it as the new Chair of SOLO: Small Ownership Landlords of Ontario. He’s fighting for the small everyday investor like I do.

He is the author of the book “Rent To Ruin” where he documents his ordeal with his tormentor: the tenant living in Kevin’s house.

It is an all too common story where an everyday homeowner has a life change, makes what used to be a financially pragmatic decision to rent out his house to Barry instead of selling it. What proceeded to happen is easily among the worst I’ve ever heard and that is not hyperbole.

For a sneak peak, I fed the transcript of this interview to Chatgpt and asked what crimes the tenant could have been charged with. Here’s the list:

• Arson
• Vandalism/theft
• Fraud
• Criminal harassment
• Illegal drug cultivation

Kevin walking through his burnt out house with the CBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UwYXLdfeD4

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sololandlord

Web: https://solo.ca/

Please enjoy the show, do your research, invest where it’s landlord friendly, make real estate investing profitable again.

On to this week’s show! We have my old friend Quentin D’Souza returning to the show at my request as I need a trustworthy real estate expert to share with you the listener about the multi family market who’s not going to sugar coat how tough the last few years have been and what and where the opportunity is going forward.

Quentin is going to share his journey, how he does hard things and involves his family to lead his best, most successful life possible.

Quentin is founder, Chief Education Officer of Durham Real Estate Investors, a private membership group of many excellent real estate investors and professionals. If you’re in the GTA area, make sure to check out a Durham REI event, they meet monthly in Whtiby and you can learn more about them at https://durhamrei.com/

Quentin has authored several books I highly recommend on the BRRRR strategy, finding deals, scaling up, filling vacancies, property management. You can search Quentin D’Souza on Amazon or go to his website quentindsouza.com

Needless to say, please have a pen and paper ready to take notes and enjoy the show.