Investing from far far away with Francois Lanthier

Francois Lanthier is a real estate investor, passive income advocate, and experienced marketing and communications expert. He invests in various Canadian provinces, the USA, and he's now exploring other countries, all with his beautiful wife and kids.

In this episode, Francois talks about his journey in real estate investing, from starting to owning properties outside of Canada in the US. He shares about his ways of financing deals and finding properties that greatly cash flows.

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What you'll learn in just 17 minutes from today's episode:

Find out investment properties that give a steady and massive cash flow
Find out capital-raising strategies that grow your portfolio and finance your deals
Learn how to manage and plan investment properties that are both in the US and Canada

Resources/Links:

Website: https://flhomescorp.wixsite.com/flhomes

Topics Covered:

01:01 - What made him pursue real estate investing
02:18 - Why he buys properties far from his place
03:41 - What made him invest remotely and buy properties from far away places
04:53 - The kind of properties he owns
05:33 - His capital-raising strategies use
06:27 - What for him is a joint venture
07:12 - How he financed his US deals
07:59 - The kind of properties he invests in the US
08:26 - Is the moneylender he got, American or Canadian
08:34 - How are his properties secured
10:28 - How he handles taxes in both the US and Canada
12:04 - What role does his JV partner play in the business structure

Key Takeaways:

"Some of my American deals, I think, it's wild. What I did is I got a partner to finance the deal. I'm the partner, the working partner, my partner has no money either, but he's got a high income. Every month, every week, he gets a big paycheck. And so I found a private lender to lend us the money. And my JV partner pays the interest on that money and for a share in the deal." - Francois Lanthier

"There's so much going on for Monckton, and I bought several properties there and they have cash flow tremendously, and you can do some really great stuff." - Francois Lanthier

"We just learned about using OPM and how you get investors and how to raise capital. So that's one strategy we used. And it's been excellent. And it continues to this day with podcasts and social media, email marketing. I would like to do more in the future, and also joint ventures." - Francois Lanthier

"It's all proper strategy, and again, planning. So that's a big thing. If you plan on moving to the States, which I don't. But some people do, then the planning needs to be very different because of taxation. There are some advantages if you're American, or like on a visa of some kind, but you need to plan accordingly as well." - Francois Lanthier

"Just so before we forget here, I did retire at age 40. So that's another reason why I did all this, and my wife is joining me. She's going to be 40 when she retires as well." - Francois Lanthier

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