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Episode Title
40 - Zorya & Patrick Belanger: Navigating the Transition to Full Time Real Estate Investors
Episode Notes
In this episode of the Life by Design podcast, hosts Jessilyn and Brian Persson interview Zorya and Patrick Belanger, a power couple who transitioned from engineering careers to successful real estate investors. They discuss their journey, the challenges they faced, and the mindset shifts that helped them grow their portfolio to 177 doors. The conversation emphasizes the importance of values, mentorship, and taking meaningful action in the pursuit of real estate success.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Real Estate Investing Journey
03:07 Transition from Engineering to Real Estate
05:59 Challenges and Growth in Real Estate
12:07 Navigating the Entrepreneurial Shift
17:58 Values and Decision Making in Business
24:10 Advice for Aspiring Real Estate Investors
Resources discussed in this episode:
- Zorya & Patrick’s website: https://brei.ca/
- WE Invest: https://www.meetup.com/we-invest-edmonton/
- Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoryabelanger/ & https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-belanger/
- Instagram: @zoryabelanger
- Books: Who Not How
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Transcript
Jessilyn & Brian Persson (00:02)
Welcome to the life by design podcast with your host, Jessilyn and Brian Persson, where we help you build your wealth through real estate. Today. We're so excited to have a power couple on with us today. Zorya and Patrick, who are real estate investors also have two young boys, but have a background in engineering where they first met. I'm going to let them tell us a little bit more about themselves.
Welcome Zorya and Patrick!
Zorya & Patrick Belanger (00:34)
Thanks for having us. Thanks a lot for having us. Yeah, we can get talk about ourselves quite a bit. where would you like to start? Yeah, we'll start with.
Jessilyn & Brian Persson (00:40)
Tell us, we know you're a real estate investor, so tell us what do you invest in and how do you help others when it comes to real estate?
Zorya & Patrick Belanger (00:53)
So yeah, we've been investing since 2013. We've invested in single-family homes, half-duplexes, garage suites, small multi-family, and more recently, larger multi-family that Zorya has been participating in and working on in the US. And we help others through a coaching program called Multi-Family Makeover. It's a program where we help basically investors make the transition from essentially single-family into multi-family.
and all the steps that are necessary along the way.
Jessilyn & Brian Persson (01:25)
That's awesome. Now, we've known you for quite a few years now and you were both engineers, I think, when we first met you. And if I believe I'm correct, you've both stepped out of those careers and you're f