If your goal is to make $10,000/month of cashflow off your rental properties, Kory MacKinnon has a Hard Truth you need to hear!

In this episode of the Hard Truth Podcast, Kyle Ford sits down with real estate investor and coach Kory MacKinnon, who shares how growing up in a duplex gave him an early start in real estate and how he went from buying his first off-market six-plex in London, Ontario to building a scalable, diversified portfolio.

Before going full-time into real estate, Kory spent 17 years as VP of Operations at Student Works Painting, where he mastered the systems, hiring, and leadership skills that would later shape his investing strategy. Today, he helps investors treat real estate like a true business with professional standards, strong operations, and fast execution.

We cover:
✅ How Kory bought his first six-plex off-market from his landlord
✅ Why treating rentals like a business separates top investors from average landlords
✅ The real impact of today’s tighter rules, higher prices, and thinner margins
✅ Why “making money on the buy” still matters most
✅ How new investors can adapt with bigger down payments and creative entry strategies
✅ The hard truth about living off rental income and why hybrid income streams are key
✅ Why Kory has shifted from small BRRRRs to purpose-built developments, commercial properties, and storage
✅ How to prune your portfolio and redeploy capital into stronger assets
✅ How Kory is teaching his kids entrepreneurship and financial literacy through real-world lessons

Whether you’re just starting out or scaling your portfolio, this episode reveals what it really takes to build lasting wealth and why the most successful investors think like business owners, not landlords.

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In this episode of the Hard Truth Podcast, I sit down with realtor and investor Abe Thiessen to reveal the unconventional strategies making flips profitable in Ontario.

From from growing up in Mexico to buying his first property at 19 off Kijiji, Abe shares how he scaled into duplex builds, double-lot severances, and deep-discount flips that most investors overlook.

We dive into:
✅ How Abe bought his very first rental property at 19 on Kijiji
✅ Why he avoids long-term rentals in favor of fast, high-velocity deals
✅ The “double-lot severance strategy” that unlocks hidden equity on day one
✅ How wholesalers helped him land deals 20–50% below market value
✅ The real tension between realtors and wholesalers (and how he navigates it)
✅ The hard truths of breaking in as a beginner vs. scaling past five deals

Abe also shares how one networking event stopped him from quitting real estate altogether and set him on a path to building a thriving team that now serves both investors and first-time buyers.

Whether you are just starting out or already scaling a portfolio, this conversation gives you the unfiltered truth about wholesaling, flipping, and building wealth in real estate the unconventional way.

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Website - https://www.royallepage.ca/en/agent/ontario/listowel/abram-thiessen/69980/

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"Politicians say things like, 'We want to build communities.'
These are the guys actually building communities..."

In this episode of the Hard Truth Podcast, I sit down with Kartik Singla and Jimmy La from the Sustainable Development Group, who are real estate developers and entrepreneurs building a village of over 100 units in Barrie, Ontario.

They share their journey from buying a single-family home to creating multi-unit communities, including how they navigate city approvals, scale efficiently, and turn every property into an opportunity for growth. From early wins to building Clapperton Village, this episode reveals the real process behind successful development.

We cover:
✅ How a single downtown lot turned into their first 10-unit building
✅ The buy-box model they use to convert homes into multi-unit communities
✅ Why working with the city is the key to scaling faster
✅ The growing pains of partnerships, capital raising, and sleepless nights
✅ How they are turning 9 projects into Clapperton Village, a full neighborhood with gyms, coworking, and more
✅ And why Canada’s housing crisis needs bold solutions like the Missing Middle

Whether you are starting with a duplex or dreaming of large-scale development, this conversation gives you the unfiltered truth about what it really takes to build neighborhoods and wealth from the ground up.

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LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmy-la-7188b3a9/

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