Maximizing Rents With Basement & Garden Suites With Andy Tran - Part 4

The Truth About Real Estate Investing... for Canadians

On to this week’s show! We have one of my oldest real estate investor friends Andy Tran who was among my first clients and home inspectors.

I’ll always remember the first deal we did together, a detached house in Hamilton for $216,000. The house had been sitting for nearly two months before we came along and during our appointment to see the property, I noticed there was something not right. The owners listed a man and woman’s name but while inspecting in the fridge and closets, I could tell only the father and kids lived in the house.

In speaking with the listing agent to gather information for our offer, the agent informed me the sellers were divorcing and hated each other. Knowing we had a motivated seller, our offer was a low one and was promptly accepted to our surprise. Note that we also included our closing costs to be paid for by the sellers. This was back in 2010 and we’ve both come a long way.

Fast forward to the present, Andy is the market leader in secondary and tertiary suite additions. In plain language, that’s basement apartments, additions for self contained apartments and garage or garden suites which are also apartments.

Andy is a master of maximising the rental income that can be generated from one property. Andy has consulted and designed over 100 apartment conversions between my clients and I including land severances.

If you’d like to learn more about Andy’s services available at Suite additions, simply go to www.suiteadditions.com where he has checklists and beginner guides to secondary suiting plus his in person training program Andy mentions on the show which sold out in April but expect another this fall.

Andy’s a good guy and that’s the truth about real estate investing. Please enjoy the show!