#184: Sarah Eder - Building A Business During Challenging Times

<p><strong>#184: Sarah Eder - Building A Business During Challenging Times</strong></p> <p>On this episode Gary chats with full time investor Sarah Eder of Sarah Eder Investments. October is dedicated to women in business, so all podcasts in November will be about women in business! A former professional athlete, she ‘retired’ from athletics and decided to move into real estate after seeing many other investors owning multiple properties and knew she could too! She made many mistakes and is here to share them with everyone, and also how to NOT repeat them! Plus, THREE amazing tips from Gary on getting your financial house in order.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:</strong></p> <ul> <li>How she first started with real estate investing</li> <li>How she worked for a property management company and loved showing rentals</li> <li>The good, bad and UGLY of joint ventures (JVs) and what to be aware of</li> <li>How she built her business and the mistakes she made</li> <li>Why she hired a business consultant to evaluate and pick her business apart</li> <li>Her favourite book that helped grow her business</li> <li>Her recent cottage purchase</li> <li>Not always taking the first appraisal at face value</li> <li>And MORE!</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Bio</strong></p> <p>Sarah Eder is a full-time real estate investor, and CEO of Sarah Eder Investments. Originally from the small northern city of Sault Ste. Marie, she’s been an entrepreneur from the age of 19 and has successfully helped many start-ups thrive in their industries. After retiring from a successful professional athletic career at 26, Sarah decided to focus on her second passion; providing affordable, clean rental units in Ontario, and renovating houses to bring them back to their former glory. Since embarking in real estate in 2018, she has become an expert in buying and renovating multi-family properties, student rentals, commercial developments and Airbnb’s; scaling to over 200+ doors in less than 4 years (all without any of her own money!). Now finan