From Engineer to Real Estate with Cody Yeh

<p>In today’s episode, Jeff interviews Cody Yeh in Toronto, Canada. One of the freedom engines that Jeff shares with his audience is Real Estate. Cody is in the real estate business and will talk to us about real estate and strategies. Cody starts by sharing his story of coming to Canada on a student Visa. He majored in Engineering but learned that while engineers had a great start they have limitations, so he enrolled in some business courses. After graduation Cody worked for Honda and later he took on learning stocks as a second job. Years later Cody got into Real Estate a little more and the rest is history. Cody shares some real estate strategies with us and also how your mindset is just as important as the moves you make in life. </p> <p> </p> <p>Cody and Jeff discuss:</p> <p> </p> <ol><li style="font-weight:400;">Born in Taiwan, came to Canada on a student Visa at 18.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Engineering major at the University of Toronto. Learned that being an engineer was a good head start but has its limitations.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">2nd year in college enrolled in several business courses.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">After graduation, he started working at Honda (car company) and wanted to become a formula 1 driver at first. </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Worked as the project manager at Honda and was working a lot of overtime (400-800 hours). Saved and bought some Real Estate. </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Met a friend of a friend who was managing a 50 million dollar account as a hedge fund manager from Taiwan.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Hired her as a coach and learned about stocks as a second job.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">2019 Mid-Management, managing 11 engineers and frustrated with his job. At that point he already had enough income with stocks/properties to replace his salary so he resigned. </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">What Cody’s doing now: real estate syndication, launching a real estate fund this year and preparing to invest in real es