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The Ottawa Real Estate Investors Organization is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing ed Staging your property when selling

Attend one of our monthly meetings where our guest speakers will educate you on how to invest in real estate, how to manage your properties, how to attract joint venture partners and much more. Here are just a few of the past presentation topics:

How to find properties
Financing your investment
A detailed look at property management
How appraisals work
The legal aspects of buying investment properties and dealing with tenants
To incorporate or not to incorporate?

09/03/2026

A sustainable business starts with one question:

What real problem are you solving?

When Rent-to-Own Essential Guide for Homebuyers was written, rent-to-own was widely misunderstood — and there wasn't enough education explaining what it was, what it wasn't, and why some programs succeeded while others failed.

But the bigger lesson goes beyond real estate.

If your business isn't solving a legitimate problem or making a meaningful difference for someone, it's difficult to build something that lasts.

Know your why. Solve the problem. The rest follows.

09/01/2026

Everyone starts somewhere. 🏡

When I first stepped into real estate investing, I didn’t have family or friends showing me the way. I was sitting in rooms watching other investors grow their portfolios, wondering how they made it look so easy.

The truth? I was intimidated.

But those rooms taught me something important: you don’t have to know everything to get started. You just have to be willing to learn, find the strategy that works for you, and keep showing up.

For me, that path led to passive cash flow and a completely different way of looking at real estate.

08/30/2026

“Other than that… not much going on.” 😂

Meanwhile:

🏗️ A Louisiana project is moving forward, starting with 144 units
📊 Feasibility completed for a 108-unit expansion in Nevada
💰 $9.4M construction financing commitment secured for a Houston project
🏢 A 183-unit development in Washington is progressing with HUD financing

Some projects move forward. Some need to be resized. And sometimes the right decision is to pause until the numbers make sense again.

A busy month of development, financing, and momentum. 📈

08/29/2026

🎙️ Your Next Investor Could Hear You Before They Ever Meet You. 👀

Ready to turn podcast appearances into clients, investors, and real opportunities?

Join Nicky Billou, a thought leadership expert with 1,000+ podcast guest appearances, at the next OREIO event!

🔥 Discover how to get booked, stand out on-air, build authority, and turn conversations into business opportunities.

📅 Wednesday, September 9, 2026
📍 The Hellenic Event Centre
1315 Prince of Wales Dr., Ottawa, ON K2C 1N2

🎟️ Get in the room. Get heard. Get opportunities.

08/26/2026

🎙️ Get Booked. Get Paid. Grow Your Influence.

Join us at the next OREIO Event with thought leadership expert Nicky Billou, who has appeared on 1,000+ podcasts!

🔥 Learn how to:
🎯 Find the right podcasts
🎙️ Build credibility through guest appearances
💼 Turn listeners into clients & leads
🤝 Attract investors and strategic partnerships

📅 Wednesday, September 9, 2026
📍 The Hellenic Event Centre
1315 Prince of Wales Dr., Ottawa, ON K2C 1N2

Your next client, investor, or opportunity could be listening. 🎧

👉 Save your spot!

08/24/2026

Three tenant turnovers. Three new families. One very busy July 1st. 🏠🔑

For Quebec landlords, Moving Day can already be hectic — but this year brought an extra challenge for Alexana.

Despite dealing with flooding at the same time, her team successfully completed three property turnovers and welcomed three new families into their homes.

A great reminder that some of the biggest real estate wins aren't acquisitions or closings — they're simply getting through the challenges, taking care of your properties, and keeping things moving forward. 👏

Another Action Taker win at OREIO!

08/22/2026

One property. Four lots. Multiple opportunities. 🏗️

Maria Sheppard shares an exciting update on their latest land development project.

They successfully severed a larger property into four separate lots, sold one of the lots with the existing house, and are now working on rezoning two of the remaining lots with plans to build a multi-unit development. 📈

A great example of how looking beyond what a property is today can unlock entirely new opportunities for tomorrow.

Sever. Sell. Rezone. Build. 🔥

08/20/2026

A plan on paper is one thing. Seeing it come together is another. 🏘️📈

After purchasing a fourplex last year, the strategy was to renovate two of the four units.

Now:

🔨 Renovations complete
🔑 One unit has a new tenant
🏠 The second is almost there

Not every real estate win needs to happen overnight. Sometimes it's simply about executing the plan, one step at a time.

Another Action Taker update at OREIO. 👏

08/19/2026

Ottawa landlords — this is one to watch. 👀

The city's proposed renoviction by-law was back in focus at Planning and Housing Committee, with members of the rental housing community raising concerns about how the rules could affect housing providers.

The takeaway from the discussion: the current approach may be less restrictive than versions seen in cities such as Hamilton and Toronto — but the conversation isn't necessarily over.

For landlords, investors, and rental housing providers, staying informed about municipal policy is becoming just as important as watching rents, rates, and property values.

08/15/2026

Sometimes scaling means letting go of smaller assets to make room for bigger opportunities. 📈

The latest update:

🏠 Single-family home sold
🏘️ Duplex sold
🏢 16-unit under contract with CMHC certificate of insurance secured
🏢 30-unit under contract with appraisal and Phase 1 completed

That's 46 units currently in the pipeline.

Real estate growth doesn't always mean adding more of the same. Sometimes it means evolving the portfolio entirely.

Address

2901 Gibford Drive
Ottawa, ON
K1V2L9

Website

http://www.oreio.org/

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