Podcasts about Tarion

In this edition, Rob Golfi of REMAX, The Golfi Team, gives his take of a proposed 'cooling off period' in Ontario. As more and more realtors leave the industry, is that good or bad for homebuyers? More problems with Tarion. Should real estate commissions be made public? And the house from the movie Home Alone is for sale.

We dive into a new report on Condo Investors losing money.  What is a Debt Service Coverage Ratio and why its so important  Condo deposit insurance & Tarion warranty  Condo completion's per person in every major city  Cash flowing investments vs. not cash flowing investments  If you have any questions for the show or want to work with Nick and Dan please reach out to them on social media or send an email to tcreipodcast@gmail.com TCI Meetup Event  Nick  Instagram.com/mybuddynick tiktok.com/@mybuddynick twitter.com/mybuddynick89 Dan twitter.com/daniel_foch  instagram.com/danielfoch tiktok.com/@danielfoch Get a Pre Approval G & H Mortgage Group Analyze a Deal in Seconds & Track your Portfolio: https://www.lendlord.io/crei See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join us in this eye-opening episode of The Construction Life Podcast as we welcome Nina Deep, an expert in government corruption and housing matters. Nina sheds light on critical topics such as Tarion and the abuses within not-for-profit organizations. She discusses the implications of interest rate fines, the lack of accountability, conflicts of interest, and actions that hinder our access to rights. Through her insights, Nina emphasizes the importance of raising our voices against injustice.To connect with Nina Deep and learn more about her work, visit NinaDeeb.com or reach out to her directly at Nina@ninadeeb.com. Together, let's continue to speak out and advocate for a fair and just society. Stay connected with The Construction Life Podcast by texting Manny at 416-433-5737 or emailing him at manny@theconstructionlife.com. If you have something valuable to contribute to the podcast, email info@theconstructionlife.com to schedule a time to join us in the studio.Are you passionate about the latest trends in building, renovation, home improvement, real estate, architecture, design, engineering, contracting, trades, and DIY? Look no further! The Construction Life Podcast and our social media content cover a wide range of topics. From project management and safety to best practices and business development, we provide insights and tips to help you thrive in the construction industry. Our expert interviews, success stories, and valuable advice empower your personal development and career growth. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out, our informative and inspiring content is designed to keep you updated. Stay tuned to our construction podcast and follow us on social media for the latest industry news and updates!

THE STATE OF REAL ESTATE - Tarion Builds JUN 5 2022 by Hunters Bay Radio

In this 1025th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike is joined by Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner as they discuss what brought him to Canada, his dual citizenship, his move to politics, being elected MPP for Guelph, Highway 413, his mental health platform, ending Tarion, decriminalizing drug use, passing Ontario's first ever green law, the jams he loves and more. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Canna Cabana, StickerYou, Ridley Funeral Home and RYOBI Tools.

Community Support and Building In this episode, I speak with Mike Porter, my comic book store guy about how community impacts artists and the need to build a community around yourself. Although Mike didn't think of himself as an artist, I thought it was important to have him speak about the impact of community on his business and practice as a shop owner and burgeoning writer. Hello friend, this is Timothy Kimo Brien your head instigator at Create Art Podcast where I bring my 20 years in art and education to help you tame your inner critic and create more than you consume. In 2022 I am rebroadcasting my former podcast KDOI Podcast here so you can catch up on what we have been doing for the past 4 years. KDOI Podcast was my first serious attempt at podcasting after spending many years just creating content without regard to the final product. KDOI started in 2016 and had 3 seasons until I closed it down in 2019. I wanted to make sure that these gems didn't get relegated to my external hard drives, so here you go, there will be interviews, commentary, and projects that you can do for yourself. Enjoy these rebroadcasts and Create More Than You Consume. This episode is about the novel, so enjoy. Topics Discussed   Definition of Community : a unified body of individuals, the people with common interests living in a particular area. A group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society, a body of persons of common and especially professional interests scattered throughout a larger society, a body of persons or nations having a common history or a common social economic and political interests. A group linked by a common policy, joint ownership, or participation social activity, Quote from Gothe on Community : The world is so empty. If one thinks only of mountains, rivers, and cities, but to know someone who thinks feels with us and who through distance and who though distance is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us and in the inhabited. Quote From Fred Rogers on community : Reaching Out To reach out to me, email timothy@createartpodcast.com I would love to hear about your journey and what you are working on. If you would like to be on the show or have me discuss a topic that is giving you trouble write in and let's start that conversation. Email: timothy@createartpodcast.com YouTube Channel: Create Art Podcast YT Channel IG: @createartpodcast Twitter: @createartpod   Transcripts of the show KDOI Rebroadcast Conversations On Community with Mike Porter Tim: Create art podcast. KDOI rebroadcast conversations on community with like Porter. Hello friends. This is Timothy Kimo. Brian, your head instigator for create art podcast where I use my twenty years. Plus. From my experiences in the arts and education world to help you tame your inner critic and create more than you consume. Now, a few years ago, I used to run a podcast called K D O I podcasts, which stood for Kimo's den of iniquity. I closed down that podcast and started up create art podcast because I felt. That is a better way to communicate to you what this podcast is about. So in 2022, I'll be rebroadcasting season three of Katie or podcasting. Now for this episode, I'll be talking with Mike Porter and we're going to be discussing community. And in each of these episodes, I start off with the definition of community and then two quotes. And then I talked to my guest to see what their opinion is on that topic. So I hope you enjoy. Welcome back friends. Welcome to KDOI podcasting Kimo's den of iniquity, where we create more than we consume. I am your head instigator, Timothy Kimo, Brian, many times creating art is done in an imposed isolation or away from our audience. When we do that, we can often feel like we're the only person doing the art we are doing. And we may never find our intended audience. It's important to find our community, to learn, to challenge and to inspire our creativity. I never went to conferences while in college, but since I left academia, I've gone to three conferences in two years about podcasting. Now, each time. The other weirdos that do what I do. I have a sense of family that I'm not the only crazy one out there doing this. It makes me want to push through blockages and create more. Now let's listen to what Merriam Webster says, a unified body of individuals, the people with common interests living in a particular area. A group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society, a body of persons of common and especially professional interests scattered throughout a larger society, a body of persons or nations having a common history or a common social economic and political interests. A group linked by a common policy, joint ownership, or participation social activity, our quotes come from Goethe or girthy. However, you'd like to pronounce his name. The world is so empty. If one thinks only of mountains, rivers, and cities, but to know someone who thinks feels with us and who through distance and who though distance is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us and in the inhabited. We also have Fred Rogers, Mr. Rogers, to the most of us, we live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It is easy to say it's not my child at my community, not my world, not my problem. Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people. My heroes Guthy was a German writer in state. Is works, include four novels, epic and lyric poetry, prose, verse dramas, memoirs, autobiography, literary, and aesthetic criticism, and true to seize on botany and anatomy and color. Fred Rogers, otherwise known as Mr. Rogers was an American television personality, musician, puppeteer writer, producer, and I didn't know this Presbyterian minister. Dictionary definition was very long-winded. But what really spoke to me was body of persons of common and a specifically professional interests scattered throughout through a larger society. You know, we have shared interest in our exploration in inter interpretation of art. Yes, we are all over the world and we can always find a kindred soul that. For me, you can't go wrong with Fred Rogers. We do have a shared responsibility and isn't it great to know that we can help each other out. In fact, many artists I know are only too happy to help other artists out with supplies or a space to express themselves. Just like I'm doing here today. So let's get this conversation started. Mike Porter: making off of your art. Do you consider yourself a professional artist? Tim: All right, so it's $400. $400 a year. Is it 400 American or 400 Canadian or 400 Australian? It's $400 American Mike Porter: wise, unless you're a dual citizen and you're living in Australia, in which case it's whatever their tax codes is. Tim: Well, why does it have to be 400 Mike Porter: American? Because that is the amount Tim: that, but who determines that it has to be American, who is the determining factor who was saying that it has to be 400. Who says that the government they get, what, which government, the American government, why is Mike Porter: there an American government? There is definitely an off and on occasionally, Tim: every four years might be an American government. We get an extra day. If we want to be open. I like being open. I'm all about giving and being open Mike Porter: and honest. Tim: Oh no, I don't know. I didn't say that. No, Mike Porter: no, no, no. So open and dishonest, ask me anything. I'll tell you anything. Not necessarily the truth openly Tim: dishonest is a beautiful thing. Openly dishonest. That's that's the way I like to be. That's that's what I'm going to run my platform on that you are going to be the head Mike Porter: off, right? Except that can't be because I'm a Canadian citizen. Tim: That's. That's okay. We're going to run you for president. I'll be your vice president. And when you are elected, then you can just kind of go. I Mike Porter: don't, I don't even think I Tim: can run. Sure. You care. Anybody can run. No, Mike Porter: I think you have to be with the 35 years old and an American citizen Tim: technicalities, or you can run, you just can't win. Mike Porter: I don't think that's true. I think this is one of those openly dishonest. It sounds good. Tim: And folks, you have tuned into another episode of K D O I podcast, where we create more than we consume. And as you know, I'm Timothy Kimo. Brian and I have with me here are wonderful merchants of mercy, our purveyor of books of glean and happiness. Mr. Mike Porter with now is little fish, still an official thing, or is it not Mike Porter: a little fish? Comics died? Sasha's dead. I do have a secret nerd Panda, which is up and running. It is doing okay. But you can find me in person at Sage manages game evening, Tim: which we just came from this very afternoon before we recorded this podcast. And it was a very mirthful place. It, it, there's a lot of happiness in that place Mike Porter: For the people coming in. Yes. For the employees, not so much. Tim: See folks. That's why, when you go into these places, you need to provide either mirth or leave the employees. Don't feed the employees, help Mike Porter: feed Tim: what kind of food. Provide you with a sustainable amount of happiness for about two hours. Mike Porter: We do have a one customer who is a professional chef and he brings me pastries, apple pastries all the time. And I appreciate him very much. Tim: You know, so folks pastries, if you go into Sage manners, pastries is the way to go. Mike Porter: Now I am Canadian. So a. Donuts. They're an official food group in Canada. Oh, I did Tim: not know that I'm shocked being parked Canadian myself. I was not aware of that. Now. It doesn't have to be a certain type of donut. Mike Porter: Now us personally, I personally prefer jelly donuts, but jellies are great. Tim: What type of deal they needs to be in that donut? It Mike Porter: doesn't matter. It can be, it can be a custard, it can be a jelly. It can be they're all Tim: jellies. So a filling of some sort that is not cream, or it can even be a cream, like a Boston cream, Mike Porter: like a Boston cream is a jelly Tim: donuts. All right, fantastic. So folks, you know, Some donuts stacked. He needs them. He is not happy. He's happy where he's at and he's happy to serve the public and customers, but in order to get them even more happy, which I believe you could be more happy who couldn't be more happy. One of there's a few people that couldn't be more happy. Name one. One of my daughters, I'm sure couldn't be more happy. She could not be more happy. Cause she's my daughter. Oh, how could you be more happy than being. You would not know that you're not know Mike Porter: the answer to that. Tim: I do not have the answer to that, but you don't even a few years you could interview one of my daughters. It doesn't matter either one, they're both interchangeable and you can see, you know, what it takes to be more happy than what they are. Teenagers. Yeah, that's not loud then we'll get it out now. We're not missing. No, no, no, no, no. Don't curse me like that. That's just that's mean that's growing for Canadian kind of shocked and in awe that, I'm sorry. Thank you. Thank you. That's what we're looking for here today, folks. So how Mike Porter: many apologies will you get out of me? Tim: In this episode? Okay. And we already got one 11 to go 11 to go. Let's see if we can do it. All right. So today's topic that we're going to be discussing today. Here is a community, right? So in the pre-show I've already read the definition of community and given the the two quotes that we're using today, one from Fred Rogers and one from Guthy or Gerta. So SuperNet people pronounce it, correct though. Healthy. My first question, he likes, how do you pronounce his narrative? Mike Porter: It's definitely Gurtis anyone who pronounces it go theme. You get to punch. Tim: Really? It's true. You get the punch that in my philosophy class. Okay. So the reason why he pronounced it, go for it. He is because some people do pronounce it that way before you go ahead and strike me down. Right. But I just, you know, for some of the folks out there, they, they want to pronounce it that way you prefer Gerta and that's. And that's okay. I Mike Porter: appreciate you allowing me to be right. Well, I Tim: like it when you're right, because then that means that I'm right. And you know, couldn't you be more happier if you were more right? I don't think you could be Mike Porter: many things would make me happier pronunciation of people's names. Probably not high on that list. Not high on the Tim: list. Okay. What do you think about the quotes that we had from from Gerta and from Fred Rogers? Okay. So Fred Rogers quote is and I have it right here. If you'd like to take a look at it again. Oh no, no. It is tattooed on your chest. I did see a tattooed on your chest. I don't know why you showing me his chest areas, but he is doing that right now. As we're sitting in this coffee shop for the Mike Porter: folks at home, the, just for the Tim: quote. Mike Porter: Him and talking about how the people that actually are involved in the community or the people that he sees as being heroes, that there are people that walk by or somebody is in trouble. They don't feel invested in that person, right. As, as part of a community and the people that stop and help that person or the people that fed Rogers consider as a hero, Tim: remembering the program. You want to remember this correctly. So you enjoy that E that really spoke to you. Right? My, Mike Porter: my rebuilt, I think that there's a lot of. Sidelines people and more now, I mean, it's weird to give an example when we moved into the neighborhood that we're currently in I went with home-baked goods to the neighbors and introduced myself and he was like, Hey, we're neighbors. We're just moving in. And they looked at me like I was insane. Because he was a stranger coming over and knocking on the door and, and introducing themselves, you only go to people's houses if there's an emergency, not a Tim: fear. Now let me ask you a question on this, because I've known you now for about five years. What color was your hair when you did that? Like the color of my hair was probably brown. It was brown. Okay. So it was a natural color, right. Okay. That's fine. Nevermind. Nevermind. Go ahead. The reason why that's, because I've had purple Mohawks and I can understand if somebody was a little. For clubs, shall we say a little bit alarmed. If I came up with baked goods to their house and said, hi, I'm your neighbor. Right. Mike Porter: But the point I, well, I don't know if this is a 409, but what, I'm, what I'm trying to move, maneuver myself towards. Is that the idea of what is a community it's changed in that? The face-to-face. Sort of interactions with people that, that community I think has drifted apart, but it's sort of been replaced with a digital community now, like the online people, you have the GoFund me's and the. Hey, help me out two pages and people will give money to the people in need and that's fantastic. But if they saw them on the street, wouldn't, wouldn't stop in and help. Wouldn't, you know, they look at the person who's homeless is an inconvenience when they're walking, but that same person will give money to somebody they don't know to have their window fixed or to help them get into college or to. So the idea of community, the what, what is the community has changed in that re in some ways it's a lot broader because we live in this digital world, but at the same time, the interpersonal in-person community is, has suffered, Tim: I think. And I can't Verify the information that I'm going to share with you. So I'm gonna share it with you anyways, right? Because just making this up because that's what we do know. I actually heard it someplace. I, I heard it on NPR and like they're very reliable, more reliable than my shell. I don't know. Okay. But certainly more viewers. Well, just three more viewers, three, just three more, you know, and that's, that's on statistics that I have created, right. And I don't have any viewers. I have listeners, but that's okay. I've got, you know, they've got three more than I do. So, but they were saying with the go fund me accounts that well, over half are dedicated to people's medical bills. So they're like one of the largest insurers in the country. Right. That doesn't surprise me at all. You know? So, you know, w we, we have a tendency to develop the community around us to better ourselves, well, to, you know, for an emerging. If we need it, but in order to enrich and enliven ourselves, we need to have the community around us. Right. Mike Porter: When, when I had little fish comics, at one point, there was. Vandalism incident with involving a what do you call them? Slingshots. And somebody broke the window in Tim: the front. It wasn't me. I know. I'm not saying it was just because I'm from Chicago. The way we don't use slingshots in Chicago, by the way, Mike Porter: that would be an amazing town. If it was a city, if it was Tim: just all slingshots, there would be, Hey, you know what? It'd be a lot nicer place to leave. Zack a lot nicer, fewer rocks, fewer rocks would be new. That's true. But somebody, one of our customers set up a GoFundMe for a little fish comics. Didn't didn't talk to me about it. Just set it up that, that day. And the community of people that were coming to the store donated enough to have the window repaired within 24 hours. Mike Porter: So that was crazy. And that's like, that's a cool way that the digital world can interact with. The actual sort of meat Tim: world, the meat world, as in like cow ham, Limburger cheese. Yep. Physical world, the physical world. Okay. I got you. As opposed to digital well understood digital meat I hear is making a breakthrough. Mike Porter: It's not as filling Tim: it really. Isn't looking at Mike Porter: pictures of cows. Tim: It's just not the same. And it's, you know, it's, it's satisfying yet. Not fulfilling. And I'll give you that, but in a satisfying to look at pictures of cows, I often look at videos of cows myself, but that's what I do, Mike Porter: nothing to say to that, Tim: nor am I looking for you to say anything to that? You know, what more can you say after that? So now Gerta is a thing is the world is empty. If one things only of mountains, rivers, and cities, but to know someone who thinks and feels with us and who through though distant is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth. And inhabited garden. How does that make you feel? Do you have a community now? You know, there's an arts program. We would talk a lot about arts here, obviously. And, and we had our I don't really want to call it a disagreement. We had our miscommunication we define words different. In our last conversation. Okay. Mike Porter: I have to refresh me in, what Tim: were your artists, the term artist, right. You were referring to a professional artist. I was referring to ameture artistry as, as being an artist. So for this, your community, do they provide you an inhabited. Artistically Mike Porter: artistic. Well, here's the thing that I think is kind of interesting about artistic community. I think that up to a certain point, they're incredibly helpful that they, they can inspire you to continue. They can push you to, to create when a community is made up of the same sort of. I'm going to use, let's say podcasting as an example, my impression of having listened to several people, talking about making podcasts and how to make podcasts. Up to the inception point of creating the podcast incredibly helpful and wonderful to each other. Once you actually have that podcast up and running, and it becomes a competitive competition, the community sort of doesn't help as much right now. That they're up and running. Now that you've gotten them creatively going now, you don't want them to have viewers because, or listeners, because you want those listeners for yourself. If they're talking about the same sorts of things, there's a a measure of where the pendulum is going to go and you want it to go towards you rather than towards them. Kind Tim: of like a territorial kind of thing, what you're saying. Right. Mike Porter: I've I've experienced it with writing in the sense of once as when you're a struggling writer. Professional writers will give you a lot of advice. Well, I'll give you a lot of helpful advice. As soon as you are a published author and you're interacting with another published author, it becomes weird because they, they're not talking to you like Like a mentor mentee. Not even at a, as peers, like getting equals you're, you're more guarded because if I have a story idea and I'm trying to flush it out or flesh it out I might not talk to somebody that I know has published a book because I'm worried that they will take that idea and publish it, because I know that they have the ability to do that because they've published before. Whereas somebody who is struggling as a writer, I might be, feel more free to talk about an idea in front of it and workshop an idea because I'm not as concerned that it's going to be stolen. So there's, there's a. Among communities of the same sort of art, art history. There's a guardedness. I think that happens at after a certain point at a certain level that doesn't help. Yeah. And I don't know if there's any way to get past that beyond. Proprietary thinking of that idea as being yours and getting to where I think is a more evolved state of, Hey, here's an idea. And even if they do something with that idea, it doesn't diminish what you're doing with the idea at all. So I think that's the sort of the next level of community is where, where you can get to that point. Openly discussing things without the fear, but generally speaking in, in sort of a consumer capitalist kind of, kind of base where you're chasing that the monetary value of things there's always going to be a guardedness that we're getting in the way of producing a creative idea in a community, in a group because who owns that idea? Tim: Exactly exactly who does own that idea. If a bunch of people developing it, if you workshop an idea, if you bring a short story to. And they toss him, their critiques windows become theirs when he does come. When does it become the communities and see speaking to yours. Right. You know and that, that can be a, a downfall of communities as well. Folks that are in the same disciplines, you know, a group of writers or group of podcasters. Absolutely. I've witnessed that too. You know, you get. You, you, you know what you're saying? That, that certain level of force no longer your amateur doing it for fun, doing it for a hobby it's Ooh. I just, you know with podcasting it's I scored my first advertiser. And then that was that next phase. How do I get my next advertiser on here? How do I get, you know, a beeline beeline B-level celebrities on my show, right. And there's really no way of going about doing it. Three conferences and it's all be pushed on monetization, monetization, monetization, and then they're going to show you how to do that, but you gotta pay a little, you gotta pay, you know, 40 bucks a month, 50 bucks a month for that. Right. And so it's no longer mentor mentee. The business, providing Mike Porter: a service at that point. It's not a, it's not that mentoring you they're, they're offering their expertise as a service to be mine and the fear and the, the, at least for me, like my still discomfort, when we go back to that idea of workshopping an idea. If I put, put forward a short story in a group and they add things in and I, I make use of that. There comes a point where you're. You have to give credit, right. And it's never clear at what that level is at what point you, you say, thank you for lying to the group for helping me workshop this, versus giving somebody an author credit versus, you know, the different levels of, of contribution. And then at the expectation of Reimbursement. If, if you say, well, this person did a lot of editing on, on my, my story. I'm going to give them a, a writing credit on it and being nice about it. Nice being, just being honest in saying, Hey X person helped the lawn experts and given, then go look at my, my name is on this too. I should be getting 50% of whatever. Exactly. So it becomes how much credit can you give and still make money with what you're doing. Tim: You kind of lose the the, the, the giving aspect of a community. Versus the what's in it for me. Right. Mike Porter: And that's, that goes to the Fred Rogers quote, actually, if you're, I think that that's sort of the fear of giving a credit or helping out. You're not going to get any, anything out of it. That's the person that Mr. Rogers is saying, isn't that isn't their hero. The person that's, that's volunteering, their, their expertise and help to solve. Is the person that he's looking at as Tim: being easier. Fantastic, fantastic thoughts there. Do you think and I'm going to play a little devil's advocate here and that's not just because that, you know, the drink that I have has a is an ex gold cup in the most of my tattoos have skulls on them. You get to keep that. No, I do not. As far as well, I don't know. I might, I could fit my bag nicely and I would assume, no, I wouldn't want to do that. I like these people here at this coffee shop that were fantastic, Mike Porter: but I'm Tim: going to play the devil's advocate here with that. And could it be that that what you, you know, published that first book once you get that first sponsor once you get that first a thousand dollars on Patrion. Sure. The other people that have. Guided you, mentored you at that point, then they kind of go, okay, well you've made it over that hurdle. You've made it over that goal. Fly be free. Now, now it's up to you to do that. Now it's up to you to repeat Mike Porter: that. Absolutely. Absolutely. There's a, there comes a point when mentors become peers. And that that fits into community somewhere. I mean, you can have a community of peers, you can never I'm not sure. I'm not sure what your, your, your point is to it. Other than, other than just say that. Yes. I think that at some point you know, the student has become the master grasshopper that you've learned as much. Ken from somebody in a practical sense, but at least artistically since it's a creative endeavor, there's no limit on creativity. So you can keep learning from the same person and seeing how they create things and learn something new from them. As long as they're willing to let you observe or interact In terms of a community it, it becomes more difficult for peers in a competitive industry to help each other out Tim: their world is a very competitive thing. And there's Mike Porter: only so much wall space for your, for who gets to hang their P their paintings. Right. So that's true. If, if you get that, that showing, that means somebody else is, and I don't, I get, I think that goes to that, that idea that The more involved, artistic ideal would be congratulations. You've gotten this space and I will get my space. And it's, it's not a competition. But as long as we're looking at trying to make a living at it, we're going to be the professional versus the amateur. I mean, that's it, that's when it, when you can. You can't be as altruistic as you might want to be because you're going for a limited Tim: resource. So it basically, once you hit that point of you no longer to have that, your, your professional, then you don't necessarily. Cutthroat about it, but you have to you you've taken on a new master per se, instead of the the inspiration ferry that, you know, flies around that, you know, it's everybody, you have to think of it as a business. You have to go on that left side of the brain. Right? Mike Porter: I think, I think that the community is a lot more willing to help you out on the creative end of things, and a lot less willing to help you out on the business. End of things, because creative. We helping you develop an idea that you've come up with and right. That you, or tell your, your own or whatever that doesn't cost me anything. Right. Getting you to the, so once you have that idea and develop, once you have that painting done, once you have that story. And you're trying to get it published. That's where we start getting into competition. And that's where the community, I think, breaks down in the sense that we can work very well together on workshopping an idea. But as soon as you're trying to get it published, and if you're wearing the same art form, I'm writing a science fiction stories and you're writing science fiction stories. There's only so many places that are accepting science fiction stories. And I might not want to tell you that about an idea where you could actually sell that idea if I'm intending to submit something to that place, to And that doesn't make you a bad person, as I'm thinking about it. I'm thinking that it's also misguided in the sense that while you and I are both submitting something to the same people, we're not in competition with each other, we're in competition for their attention. My, you, you putting in. A great story. Isn't stopping me from putting in a great story and both of us feel accepted, but it's hard to get past that idea that it is a competition that even. I guess a more involved. I think you, you don't look at it as being in competition with each other. When you're living paycheck to paycheck to paycheck, it, I'm going to stop hitting the table because of you get Tim: the typical questions you want me to focus? He's about ready to flip over the table because he knows that if we were to go ahead in the science fiction, writing contest, he would beat the crap out of me. He's a better writer than. Mike Porter: It is very kind of you to Tim: say, well, I try to be kind like that because you know, I, I do fear you. I just, I thought I should let everyone know. I do. I do fear Mr. Porter here light mighty brain hit his mommy brain and is something that I have been eating all of ever since I lived in Chicago and he actually reviewed some of my work a long time ago in a galaxy. And provided some good criticism for me. And this was a long time ago. You may or may not remember it. Mike Porter: I think that you gave it to me at one of these spoken word. Open mics. Tim: I'm remembering correctly. I saw, and I give it to you when I lived in Chicago and we in tele my wife passed about two and that he can help me. I don't. Am I a minute spoken when I could be, you know, there's been many, you know, it serves so much time has passed. We've known each other for so long. Excellent. So with this community idea here do you think you would be better to have a community of different disciplines? W would you be more willing to do it? I think we need different disciplines. So let's say you wanted to do some writing and then you were in a group of painters, podcasters dancers. No, that congestion Mike Porter: first, first we have to overcome the idea that one discipline is better than another. No, I'm not. I'm not just, just trying to think of, of how that community would work because you would tend to. Collaboration. Because as a writer, I can sit in this coffee shop that we're in right now, and I can look at the paintings on the wall. Tim: It'd be inspired to write something because of that painting. I've my, one of my books of poetry wisdom from the it was 60 pounds, 30 poems in 30 days. I did it twice, you know, so I had 60 poems in 60 days. And I give it to my good friend, Heather, and I said, I need some illustrations paintings. What have you, anything grabbed me? And she did all the illustrations for it. And she did the editing on that poetry book. So I think. Our forms can influence and inspire each other. She's also a writer. She's also a poet and musician and all that kind of jazz. You know, she's got a lot like me, which is scary. She's the female version of me. Mike Porter: Well, do you think that makes it easier when you're a Jack of all trades like that? You can put a master of none you can look at at how other disciplines can interact in, you know, when you, when you're painting. And that inspires you to write a poem about that piece. Well, and good. You're you you've worked those two disciplines together. But if you're only. Tim: Oh, you're just a writer, just a lowly writer. Cause you know, we all know that the writers are the lowest ones on the totem pole. There are, what do they got a piece of paper and something to put it on. You don't even need a pen. You, you know, you can take a mark who decides example and be in the insane asylum and write a whole book with poop. I don't, I don't think that's true. That is true. I saw it on a movie once. Mike Porter: I don't think he wrote a book in feces. I think that's a great story. Tim: That's true. We will put it in the show notes. We will find out we'll do some investigative journalism here with all the money that you guys are putting in my patriotic. Oh, what, Mike Porter: what I think with a community of a diverse community of different art artists, artists, and artistic types. First you'd have to overcome the, the tendency for groups to come together. And that's where people who are like yourself that are able to bring together a diverse set of skills and different forms of artistry to bridge that gap because. Wow most, well, not most, but a lot. A lot of artists tend to be insular creatures. They live inside their own heads. And so when you get a group of artists together, it's usually a very quiet sort of, or it's incredibly Rawkus and has nothing to do with art. So in order to facilitate a productive community, you would have to have people that are able to bring up, bring people into the conversation. Okay. If you leave things to their own devices, I think that the painters would clump with Peters, right? As you'd pump with writers, and then they would maybe wave at each other across the room and say, your thing really inspired me. Thank you. And you're welcome sort of thing. But in order to actually get collaborations, you would need somebody to say, Hey, Hey, come in, Kevin, come into this conversation. What do you think. About X and, and make that that person share. And once you get those, those boundaries down, I think you would have an amazing group that that would fire off of each other. But until you have those, those facilitators in inside of a community of artists, I think it's, it's just going to be a lot of so quiet introspection and every so often, very hesitantly showing something to somebody else. Tim: So what's stopping you from creating this. Me, you might stopping you from this. Yes. It's Mike Porter: all your fault. Usually it's my fault for myself. Tim: Why would you want to partaking up the cup? You're picking up the cup now. He is, you know, deep in thought and he's being very contemplated here, folks. But my question to him is going to be, you know, would, do you feel yourself or would thrive if that community was presented to you? No. No. You don't think you would thrive that. Mike Porter: I, I think I can see how other people would thrive in that and how beneficial it would be. But I am, you're very handsome. I'm crazy shy. And I don't like groups of people and I would much rather, you know, My wife has said in the past, we'll go have fun and going into, into groups and we have very different, different definitions for fun in those things. I, I sort of at any gathering and up against a wall. Sort of watching and then every so often I'll make the effort to dive back in like one of those Valiant sea turtles, just sort of pushing, it's trying to get given the tide of the party will push me back up against the wall and get my breath back. Kind of get that energy back up being by myself and then I'll dive back into the party, but I'm Tim: telling you, it's not for you. Yeah. I'm not, Mike Porter: I'm not a big sharing kind of kind of person. Tim: Do you think that that would it's not for you, but do you, would you get benefit from it? Do you feel you would get benefit from it? Mike Porter: The. Brutal honesty of, of self-reflection reflection. I would probably benefit very much from it. I'm not sure anybody would benefit from me being there because I would not be sharing as much as I wouldn't be sort of quietly in the corner, listening and taking notes and bettering myself because I just, I don't deal with groups very well. Just not extroverted enough. Tim: Okay. We're not, we're not, we don't have the couch here today, so we're not going to psychoanalyze. I hope you're okay with that. Sure. Okay. Good. I mean, I, if you want to, we can go to my house in the man cave in the studio. I have a couch there with a vibrating chair. It doesn't have heat, but I do have a little, a little, a little firebox there that we can turn on and have some heat pour on us. And we can say, I call the sideline long as you, if you like. Mike Porter: Well, I'm just saying that right now. There's two of us. Tim: Yeah. Well, there's, there's three. There's you and me and the listener. Right. Mike Porter: But they're not Tim: interacting. Sure. They are. They're judging us as we're talking over Mike Porter: there quietly, what is he talking to him? He does not know what we're up. He speaks, but I don't know what they're thinking. So their judgment of me has no impact on me talking to you. I feel no. Wait. I have people around me judging what I'm saying. I feel a little bit because I'm in a coffee shop and I'm sure that other people can hear me and then feeling a little nervous, more nervous now that I'm thinking about that, Tim: but you're here with me. Right. And I'm a very, yeah, you can take, you can take them a very extroverts. I've been known to be that way on occasion. Okay. So I'll take them on for you. If anyone, everyone harasses you, Chicago Tims. But, but the point being that Mike Porter: There was a point something oh, that I, that I don't mind the, the, the idea of the listener, because I, it's not going to effect what I'm saying right now. On the other hand, if I was in a, in a room. With the expressed purpose of us as a group, doing something together, I would feel a great deal of weight in expressing my, my opinion to a bunch of people that would be judging that opinion in real time. In front of me, which again goes back to that idea of digital community. I'm a lot more comfortable sharing stuff on a, on a forum than I am in in person. Tim: So maybe what we need to do is to set up a community where you can be cloistered in a room where you can view what's going on, and then you provide your feedback without having. Actually be in the physical presence of the people that would be in the room and then they could get a read out of it, you know, that you could write your paragraph or whatever it is and say what you liked and what you didn't like about it. And then, and just leave it at that. And then that way you don't have to interact with these. Yeah, that's weird. Okay. We won't do that for you kind of prompt. So this idea of community things that the artists communities are not necessarily your cup of tea and it's understandable. It's understandable. You've explained yourself. Mike Porter: I love the idea of You know, that the artists, community of painters that are off and they all have the same thing that they're painting and PG moves around and looks at their stuff and it gives them pointers in that you're there to develop your skill at painting. And I'm sure the same thing can work for, for almost any artistic endeavor. But when it's more. Interactive when it's more on the level of peers, that's where I get really nervous. So that's comfortable. And I don't think I would be the hero that Mr. Rogers would want me to be. Tim: And you need to be the hero, Mr. Rogers, much. Mike Porter: Everybody should be the hero that Mr. Rogers minds, Tim: folks, you heard it here for student Mr. Rogers. She's going to move you coming out here Mike Porter: on Netflix and Tim: it's fantastic. It is on Netflix. Did I miss it in the theater? Yeah. I Mike Porter: don't know if it was released in theaters. I'm not sure Tim: Tom Hanks, right. It was a play Mr. Mike Porter: Rogers. Oh. And we're thinking of something else. There's a movie coming out with Tom Hanks. I wasn't aware of, but there is a biography of Mr. Rogers there on Netflix currently. And it was really good. Tim: I know. I was actually talking there is. From what I understand now, again, you know, NPR has better information than I do because they have three more listeners than I do through our viewers than not listeners, but viewers. But yeah, there's a movie that's supposed to come out with Tom Hanks being, playing a part of. Mike Porter: But you're listening to a higher caliber. Tim: They're they're they're they're very good looking folks. More discerning. They are more discerning they're way more intelligent. That's what I heard. That's Mike Porter: that's what I know. I heard that recently, Tim: I, I know that they are way more intelligent, way more. They're nicer people. There are people that you want to, you know, bring over to your house. And have a wonderful conversation with, well, bring over to your house. I'll bring over to my house. Absolutely. I'd love to bring all the people that listen to this podcast over to my house. Right. And you know, I, I would cook some poutine for some of them, man, that would be enjoyable. And for the other people, I would you know, bust out my grill in a grilled from steaks. Some asparagus grilled asparagus is very tasty and the the the little dish that I made last night for my wife, with the Alfredo sauce, the pasta shells asparagus, and we had not scaling. Scallops scallops. Thank you. You're welcome. Oh my gosh. The scalps animated that my wife and I had three bowls off in less than 24 hours and she thoroughly enjoyed. She's probably going to have some more tonight. Mike Porter: We'll see. Before this is a community. You can define the community by what foods you do. Okay. Tim: And you really can't, you really can't, you know, there's, there's people that like the. The farm farm to table stuff. There's people that are you know, raw they like nothing cooked, vegans, vegetarians, pescatarians, pescatarians, peanut, the buck Tarion's, you know, all that kind of good stuff and the omnivores. And of course the carnivores, which they'd all the carnivores have tiny little arms just saying, all right. Well, Mike, thank you so much for this conversation with us here on community. You provided a lot of great insights, I think. And you know, folks community is out there for you. I think you can create community if you really want to, they might bring up some fantastic points about once it comes from a mentor mentees situation to a appear situation. I think he made some great points with that. Is there anything else that you'd like to leave us with with community? I think that the only other thing that I would say about community is that almost by definition, it's an investment. You have to be willing to invest time and effort in order to build community communities. Mike Porter: Don't just happen if they did, when I brought Cookie's over to the neighbors. They would have just been, Hey neighbor, thank you. Sort of thing. You, you have to continually reinforce the idea that the people that you want to be in a community with are important to you, that they have value and that you have. Insight or value for them. And that's what keeps the community together. I think the idea that you're in something together, or you have something to share with each other in common. Excellent. Tim: Excellent. And yeah, just like we're building this community with you, our listeners. He must end up iniquity where we create more than we consume. Can't wait for y'all to listen to this episode and the rest of our episodes. Go back through our catalog. You can always reach out to us at kdoipodcastingatgmail.com. Let us know if you would like to get involved in this. We have 11 topics for you to choose from Mike here. He chose this topic. I well, you chose two topics. And I we picked this one. We may get him to talk on the other topic at a later time. But that's how easy it is. Mike did was this pretty easy? This was Mike Porter: fantastic. I love doing this. This is a painless way of expressing opinion. It's like, if you don't like, I, everybody likes talking about themselves. And an extension of that. I think it's you asking? I think about X. Well, let me tell you about and why I think that my opinion, why my opinion matters. Tim: So next episode with Mike here, we are going to ask him when he thinks about the letter X. That's right. We'll probably use the capital X versus the lowercase X because you know, Mike has a lot of thoughts about the I believe it's true. He had more thoughts about the upper case versus the lower case. So again, thank you for gratuity. We will see your next episode. Remember you consume All right. Well, thank you for joining me. As I go down memory lane in discussing community with Mike Porter, he was my cartoon, not my comic book guy, not my cartoon guy, but he was my comic book. Way back in the day. Unfortunately he had closed his shop, but it was a fantastic conversation that we had at a local coffee shop here in town. So you got to hear a little bit of the ambiance as it were. I really enjoyed doing these conversations on specific topics with a lot of my artistic friends. And I hope you got something on. Now I would ask you if you did get something out of it, go ahead and subscribe or follow on your podcast app of choice. Or you can go right ahead to the website, create art podcast.com and subscribe right there in 2022, we're going to be doing these KDOI rebroadcasts there'll be 10 episodes. This is the first one and we'll have our regular episodes. And I also want it. Remind you that I run another podcast called find a podcast about, and that's where we help you find your next spring, where the podcast and outsmart the algorithm. And you can find that at find a podcast about dot X, Y, Z. For creating art podcast, you can email me timothy@createartpodcast.com. Twitter and a Instagram account and a YouTube page for you as well. All the links will be in the show notes. So it's been my pleasure to help you team your inner critic and create more than you consume. Now. Go out there and create some art for somebody you love yourself. We'll see you next. This has been a gaggle pod, east studio production gagglepod pod, where we've been helping creatives tell their story through podcasting. Since 2017, you can find all of our network shows at gagglepod.com. You can contact with. We want to help you tell your story to the world through .

As part of the Real Estate Forums series, Aaron and Adam are alongside Rosa Lupo. She is a Partner with Gowling WLG in the Corporate Commercial Group based in their Waterloo Region office, one of seven offices in Canada. Rosa talks about the Waterloo housing market before getting into the Tarion new home warranty program.... The post The Developer's Lawyer with Rosa Lupo of Gowling WLG appeared first on Commercial Real Estate Podcast.

Carlito is back on the mic, it's been over a year since he was last heard on the show, nice to have him back and sharing so much about The Construction Life. Carlito will be on future shows, and he will be part of an event happening in November, stay tuned to learn more.On with the show, Michael from Rose Gold Homes & Design, 29 years old, a custom home builder since he was 22. He set out a plan to make his business a successful brand and it's working. We open the show discussing delays, schedules and covid, Michael still tries to keep everything on schedule and he's booking material months in advance, we must. Michael does have that thought, he thinks some clients might be thinking, what's this kid think he's doing building custom homes at 23 years old? It's never been brought up and it has never discouraged Michael from building and building a brand.Interesting that Michael has an older crew, older than himself, his youngest would be the electrician at 33 years old, while the rest of the trades are 40 and up, he's having a hard time finding younger trades with the skills his clients are asking for. Michael is using a headhunting service to find more trades for his projects. He wants to expand and continue to grow but he needs the trades to do so. Once day he would love to renovate a resort home somewhere very warm.The show format is back along with Carlito, we have Construction Bone To Pick, History with Manny, OBC Talk and Green Book with Carlito.Carlito and Manny get right back into opinions shared about HGTV since Michael brings up the fact that he was asked to be on a show, Manny offers up a few of his thoughts. We discuss the possibility of 4-day weeks and having 3-day weekends and the conversation becomes very interesting. The guys discuss side hustles, helping with employees with side hustles, its important that all employees and employers have the conversations and make it work with both sides, no need to keep it a secret and let the GC have a bad day because the employee called in sick to handle a side hustle.Towards the end of the show, we hammer some great talk over Tarion, home warranties, Houzz, and HGTV makes another visit with a 5-gallon pail of something.Shared and Discussed Linkshttp://www.jenanasser.comhttps://artisticskylight.comhttps://www.everlastproducts.caWhat an amazing show thank you so much Michael and thank you for sharing so much about big your journey and educating our listeners. Find him at www.rosegoldhomes.net michael@rosegoldhomes.net and on IG @rosegoldhomes Thank youFind Manny @hardcorerenos info@hardcorerenos.com info@theconstructionlife.comStay tuned, HUGE ANNOUCEMENT happening in October 2021Want to reach out to Manny, text him on his mobile, 416 433-5737 and or email him at manny@hardcorerenos.com or manny@theconstructionlife.com Please let him know who you are and then ask away.TCL has and always will be about giving back to the construction industry.

Mike speaks with Peter Shurman about his Global News Radio 640 interview with Farrah Khan, why that conversation resulted in his dismissal from the station, his removal from his position on the board of Tarion, his next moves and future podcast.

Before the mics get recording David's brother drops off some amazing food from Ombretta Cucina, amazing pizzas from Pizzeria Rosso…OMG So good. Thank you so much. Check them out and trust me, you will love the food. Open the show with a listener message from Mike Dunn from Washington @m1keandike24 asking how he can start on his own and some of the things to consider when you make that move. We are going to talk about everything, how he got started, who taught him, building a business from scratch, dealing with trades, clients, designers, Tarion, management, the past, present and future of construction, and somehow, we chat about HGTV, I never spark it, guests spark it and David has more than a few interesting stories to share there and still even more. Hold on, fasten your safety harness and prepare for a classic TCL show because we are going to piss a few “individuals” off. It all began with Nono, David's grandfather, an immigrant came to this country like so many others and worked hard in the rail industry, David's Dad followed his steps but then got into construction, eventually David followed his Dad into construction and here we are. Through networking David was able to get his name out there and be given a chance to submit an estimate and eventually get to work with these designers and many others, the word spread and spread fast because of the quality and the positive experience David was offering his clients. David is offering high quality engineered hardwood flooring and high-quality stone and tile, check it out. Manny wants to invent a TCL Fly where we can leave it at the client's house after we didn't get the job, that way we can tune into the live TCL Feed and watch how and why certain jobs go bad. Get your stockings ready, this might be a huge seller on Amazon. LOLDavid wraps up the show by letting everyone know all his friends are in the trades, they all have successful careers, happy fulfilling families, choosing a career in construction should be an option for a lot of kids and we need to get trades back into high schools and we need to educate these stupid parents to let their kids choose a career in trades if that is where their passion is. And remember 4, 5, 6 or in construction dubbed, for, fucks, sakes. Shared and Discussed Linkshttps://ombrettacucina.ecwid.comhttps://www.avenue-design.cahttps://ericagelman.comhttp://evelyneshun.comhttps://drgraniteandmarble.cahttps://smpldesignstudio.comhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm1214605/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1What an amazing show and thank you so much David for sharing so much of your construction love and life, greatly appreciate your time. Thank you. Find David on IG @lucodesignbuild and contact David on his email at david@luco.caand on FaceBook at Luco Design Build and his web site www.luco.ca for your next project or finish flooring materials walk into his design center at 2133 Royal Windsor Drive Unit 16, in Mississauga, right off the street, can't miss it, don't miss it.Stay tuned, HUGE ANNOUCEMENT happening in early October 2021

WHERE'S ANDY? | Sorry Mom with Nikki Howard and Sydney Maler feat. Tarion / Ep. #163 Sydney and Nikki sit down with the incredibly talented musician and long time friend Tarion and talk about music, Jennifer garner, love making music, acting school, Beyoncé, old man Jenkins, thrifting, and other random shit. More Ways To Watch http://www.sorrymompodcast.com Show Some Love! www.patreon.com/sorrymompodcast www.onlyfans.com/sorrymompodcast Tarion https://www.Facebook.com/tariont https://www.instagram.com/tarion___/ Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/122Bq9pivq0wU0TzXu3w6K?si=opa9KJr5SoiylvJtlVdnww&dl_branch=1 Apple https://music.apple.com/us/artist/tarion/1503065914 Nikki Howard @Nikki Howard https://www.instagram.com/nikki_howard https://www.tiktok.com/@nikki_howard https://www.facebook.com/nikkialexishoward https://www.nikkiahoward.com Sydney Maler https://www.instagram.com/sydneyamaler https://www.tiktok.com/@sydneyamaler https://www.facebook.com/sydneyamaler https://www.sydneymaler.com

In today's episode we are talking to Cameil McLennon, an entrepreneur and PDI consultant. Cameil joins us today to share her tips for PDIs and best practices for new homeowners. Originally from Jamaica and a recent immigrant to Canada, Cameil originally worked in the tourism industry which gave her a solid foundation of customer care and admin services. From there, Cameil moved on to the construction industry. Now, at 36, Cameil is a new entrepreneur with two businesses based in Toronto. In this episode: About Cameil and her current businesses. (1:35) What is a PDI and what does it mean for a brand-new build? (2:45) The dangers of sneaking into your new property before it's ready. (4:20) What should you be looking for in a PDI and how should you prepare? (4:56) The importance of being thorough in your inspection without obsessing over the little things. (6:45) What is the difference between requirements of the builder and warrantable issues? (8:42) Reasons why you must be precise when recording issues on your PDI forms. (9:35) How you should research your builder and why it's so important. (11:00) About Andrea's recent experience with her new home. (13:18) Holding builders responsible for delivering a polished product. (15:55) What Cameil's life as an entrepreneur looks like. (16:52) How The Admin Polishers came to be. (17:30) Fine tuning and why it has to be done in this industry. (18:20) Some recommended resources from Cameil. (19:57) How the pandemic drove change in Cameil's life. (22:25)   Resources: Home Construction Regulatory Authority - https://www.hcraontario.ca/ Tarion - https://www.tarion.com/ Tarion's PDI YouTube series - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGI_hEM8F6Sp10prD8dgi9dFQ5kSOykGN   Connect with Cameil: Tings Jamaican - https://tings-jamaican.com/ The Admin Polishers - https://theadminpolishers.ca/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameil-mclennon   Contact the Kean Group: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kean.on.you/?hl=en Website: https://keangroup.ca/ Youtube: https://youtu.be/gzviZeuyLO0

Babies and Booty Calls - The listener behind "The Whale Incident" has sent us another amazing story! This is a tale of heroism, sorrow, and one fateful snap decision.  Please Stop Helping Me - This is the story of Tarion the warforged fighter and his very very short time with a group of adventurers who were only trying to help. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/Sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com

17 years ago, today's guest received a call that his dad had cancer. Two years later, his mom got cancer, too. Yet, inspired by his parents' survival, he had a new determination to focus on what he could control in life. That's when he connected the dots that everything is a puzzle, available to solve; health, business, life. He's now on a mission to help others live their best life by giving each person permission to find what works best for them as an individual. Please welcome Scott Stanfield. Scott Stanfield, thanks for jumping and learning from others. How are you doing? Oh, I'm doing great. How are you? Good. Uh, you and I know each other out, so we, you know, a lot of these times I have these podcasts guests and when we chat, it's the first time, but you and I will get into how, um, you and I started chatting together, but not until I ask two questions. Question number one is what's your background and why should our listeners be caring about what you have to say today? Well, my background is almost 33 years restaurant management and, uh, the right place at the wrong time or the wrong place at the right time. And yeah. Went from dishwasher with no experience to manager in a summer. So 90 days, yeah, it was pretty, pretty wild ride, you know, to go from dishwasher to prep, cook to, um, mind cooked expediter to, Hey, we've got a position for you as a manager and, uh, so bye. And, you know, I've worked as a restaurant manager more than I've done any other part of the restaurant. I know how to do all of those things that I have worked as a server and a bartender, but you know what my background really is, is working in one of the most stressful environments that you can imagine, and really trying to, um, deliver excellence five star reviews with, um, You know, not everybody speaks the same language and you know, not everybody has experience and not everybody's trained. So a lot of entry level people that are just passing through and, and so, um, and then how to manage myself and really live the healthiest life is really what I, what I talk about now. And, um, you know, because I did a lot of things wrong. I had to, I had high blood pressure at 1331. Um, I, I was overweight twice, had to lose 40 pounds twice. So that's really what, what my background is. And I'm sitting here taking notes. I've got a lot of stuff. Uh, I want to touch on, but not until question number two, which is okay. So you told us all these cool things about, ya know, let's learn more about what you suck at. What do you suck at Scott? Well, I think the reason that I figured out how to, you know, live a really healthy life in a stressful environment, because I really sucked at it in the beginning. I didn't know how to do that really. And you know, all things being equal when I was a PE major and athletic training major at university of South Carolina, it was 157 pounds, you know, five foot 10. I was, you know, you know, ripped and, and everything was great. You put me in a restaurant, am I. I gate, I go to 185 pounds, right. And not sleeping and drinking too much. And those types of things and what I sucked at was, was balance. And I think this is what I'm really delivering, is what I've learned through the process of getting balanced in my life. I was going to ask you how you went from, you know, the PE to you saying you've been overweight twice, but that makes sense that you already hit that. So why don't we just kind of start there? So you and I met because we had a, we have a mutual friend, Sean Boucher is actually been on the show and I messaged Shawn and said, Hey, I'm looking for somebody that knows this and this about, uh, certain types of diets. Sean is a chef as well. And he said, uh, I'd be happy to help you, but I think. My friend Scott would be better suited. So that's how you and I got, uh, got connected and we've talked a lot. And what I admire about you is a lot of what you touched on is, um, you know, some of the listeners will know that I, I acquired an auto immune condition a while back, and as I've tried to explore that and figure out how to make the most of, of life with that condition. Now I've talked a lot of doctors and it's just kinda like, well, Here. Here's what you got and here's the options, the end. And there aren't really options. And so when I talk to you about it, I was, I was really appreciative of what you touched on, where you set up. I've had problems with health, and I just figured it out. I just delve into it, trial and error, AB testing. And that really resonated with me because that's what I've been doing. Cause I felt like talking to doctors was just like, Very black and white and you know, all, all, all conditions are the same. All solutions are the same. And if it doesn't work, it doesn't work the end. And so I was really drawn to you and I connecting for that reason. So why don't we kind of start there and is that, that, is that the way that you've kind of always been, or because you started realize you're gaining weight and being unhealthy, he said, shit, I need to do something. And you're just kind of forced to figure it out. Well, it's, it's an operating system that really came from my childhood and that being okay. Race go-karts, uh, really wanted to be a NASCAR driver. I wanted to be Dale Earnhardt and, um, And so what happens is, um, you know, when you're a racer and I would, I did, you know, really well. And my parents really, you know, backed me in, in the best I possibly could. And I was fully sponsored by kart shop that made their own chassies and had engines. And so I had a full ride. I didn't cost me anything to race for like the last six years of my career, one, you know, national championships and state championships, and other awards in there as well. And. Eraser does AB testing all the time Right. And you're also are willing to scrap what was working last week because you got beat this week or adjust it and tweak it and do those types of things. I think that's one reason why I was successful in the restaurant business. So early is because I came in with this operating system that allowed me to see. The whole system as a systemically and you make this one adjustment that affects this thing because you change a left rear tire, even when you're racing ovals, and it could change your track time by two tenths of a second, if it's two solved or you had to run too much air in it or too little air in it, those types of things. And so everything's a puzzle for me. And so I lay these systems over everything that I do, and it happened to be, I did the same thing with my health and. You know, when you, okay. So you're working at a time when you're like, okay, I don't have time to sleep now. I mean, you know, or I don't have, I'm really busy. What do I give up? And a lot of people give up sleep, and that's the worst thing you can give up. And we can talk more about that later, but, um, You know, so I had to like figure out how to make all these pieces work and, and what were the elements in this? Just like, what's the element and being a great entrepreneur and a business, you got to have a good product and a service and solve a problem. And you got to have a marketing plan, got to have good SEO. If you have a website, you know, those types of things. So people can find you, it's the same thing with your health as well. Why? So I already stated, I admire that in you and I find myself to kind of fall under that umbrella of putting everything in life as an algorithm and the puzzle and figuring it out. Why are other people not like that? I don't expect you to have an answer, but I'm going to see if you do well. I started talking about Bruce Lipton and epigenetics and, you know, basically what we are as copies of the first six years of our lives. Right. Because our brains are in theta. Excuse me, our brains and data. When we first are born to the first six or seven years of our life, and we're seeing what other people are doing. It's why there's multiple generations of Irish people in New York that are in the fire department or the police department. And there's, you know, multiple generations that are doctors or attorneys or truck drivers or those types of things. And it's because we see what we see other people and how they solve a problem. And so these, these way we handle problems are handed down to us. Um, generation after generation of generation, just in this first six years. And, you know, I think the only thing that's going to change the way we think is repetition or desire to be really good at something or an impact, right. Uh, you know, there's things like death and divorce. It really changed our personality. You know, that can happen that way, but repetition is a big piece of that. And when you're driven, you know, to succeed at something, and for me, that was racing, I raced for eight years and I never won a race. I raced for 15 years total and won multiple national championships, eight state championships, and with sportsman of the year for the national series. So, um, I was put into an element to where. You know, there were no radios in the, in the helmets racing go-carts it was against the rules and way dads couldn't coach you to block or do this type of thing. So I had to figure those things out at age seven and age 15, I was going a hundred miles an hour, 80 miles an hour, depending on the track size and, you know, age 17, I'm going 110 miles an hour with a, you know, A 20 horsepower, you know, on, you know, sitting beside me, I'm racing on a fifth mile, uh, and going around it. And I'm like 11.7 seconds, right? Turn in 10,000 RPMs. And I'm 17, 18 years old. So you think differently when you're put in that situation, on the high level, not racing as people ended up making in the NASCAR. So it wasn't like, it was just like this. Go-kart that you think of, you know, just at a fun park, right? Or, you know, K speed on an electric car, there's a similar, but it was open tracks and, and, and rules and, and I mean, it was just an intense culture to be part of. So I think it is, has to do with striving to be excellent and trying to, I was trying to solve these complex problems at a very young age and it just carried over into my being an adult. Hmm. So, so you had about a 15 year career span, but the first eight of it, no success. And then it was the latter, the latter half where you started to get some wins. Yeah, exactly. I mean, I. You know, it was all about learning how to do it. Right. And you could only do it. And there was no internet. There was no video games other than pole position in the arcade. No, it was like, it wasn't like I was gaming it, you know, on the weekend or during the week. And they go into the weekend and doing it. It was all like old school visualization. Right. You know, and I mean, I was sitting in my go-kart in the backyard, you know, I get my mom to help me pull it out when my dad was at worst, I could sit in it and do that. And so you're. You know, and so it was like you had to learn it and you can only do it when you went to a race. And so the scene of that is, uh, a couple of them, as I've learned that, you know, life is really more about slow and steady wins the race, right. You know, where you have to really put the time in to learn a skill. And I had to learn the skill cause I wasn't as talented as other people and to learn other aspects of it. I had to make the go-kart. You know, be faster than other people because I wasn't a better driver than everybody else. Another thing is, is my dad understood that how, what he called seat time was so important that we would go to an asphalt race on Saturday morning. And then at night we would drive over and go to the dirt track. And with the same cart, we would race at two different races in the same day to get as much seat time as possible. And also every condition, if it rained, I was out there drying the track off the, what, the track on the dirt track. I was out there doing that. So I learned how to drive in all these different conditions. And, you know, I live in the mountains of park city, Utah, and she'll drive in the snow is fun for me. It reminds me of driving on those slick dirt tracks. And when I was a kid. You know, but, but yeah, it takes time to learn a skill and it took me time to learn how to win. So it was a gradual progression where you would, okay. I finished last right then I would finish next to last and then I would move up and I'd okay. I finished 15 out of 20 and then I, then I go to a national race and I wouldn't even make the main event. And then next thing I'm going to, you know, a couple years later I'm going to a national event and I finished in the top 10 and you'll get trophies back. Then you'd give trophies to everybody. Right. You know, you would, you would go and I would finish six and a national race and I would finish six, six. So I kinda got to that spot now. And then, and the next thing, you know, I'm qualifying first at a national event. And then we go to like a world championship in Daytona and I qualify, you know, third and finished second in the race and, you know, and then next thing you know, it's like, um, you know, winning points, championships, and, and those types of things. And so it just put, progressed up and. And the life lesson in that for me was you have to love something long enough, uh, to, to go through the tough parts to get good at it. So you gotta love it enough to go through the tough parts. Yeah. Do you remember that first win? I remember the first state race win or one of the very first ones. Um, I'm being chilled thinking about it. Yeah. Um, Oh gosh. Um, You know, I was a junior, I was an older, so it was probably 14. 15 years old. Um, when I won this race, it wasn't my home track. And the track conditions of dirt, dirt tracks changed, especially when you had the, it depends on how many people came and the weather and how much they wet it. And if you put calcium in the water and all these types of things. And so yeah, knew the track really well, but it never really got this hard and fast. And so when tracks dirt tracks got hard and fast, a lot of my asphalt road core skills would kick in. And most people specialize. They either race, dirt, or they race asphalt, they re did, did both. Right. And, um, luckily for me, you know, the team that I drove for, uh, Charlie Sox is the owner Sox racing. They made shadow carts for years. He, um, He was one of the very, he was the very first person to ever win a national championship in both surfaces and, and configurations. That example was set in our shop. That is like, this is just what we do. And we can, we can move back and forth between those things. And so versatility was a big part of what we did and what we do. And, uh, the guy that I raced with Dan, he still races some and he's building engines and. You know, he's got his sons involved in doing a lot of stuff there now. And so it's really, and I worked there 30 years ago when I was in high school when Jen just out of high school before college. All right. So I want to jump ahead a little bit. You had mentioned that after racing days, you started in a restaurant, um, or was, was day one in a restaurant still when you were younger and doing a little bit of racing. I kind of blended them together a little bit, but I, I had retired from racing. Really. I had decided that I w you know, cause you back then you couldn't make any money, a go cart racing. It was like, it was just a, a hobby that you did. You know, I got a full ride, but I didn't make money at it. I worked at the go-cart shop making $6 at 50 cents an hour. That's when I started there, I was making a minimum wage at $3 and 5 cents an hour. So it wasn't like breaking the bank in any way, putting in 40 hours working on go-carts and then race working on my personal carts after work and on the racing on the weekends and those things, it wasn't like I was waiting tables or any of those type of stuff. So I broke clean of that. And probably about six months just kind of worked at a land surveying company. They really convinced me that I needed to go to school. I had already gone to technical school to be a machinist. I think that's another piece of me understanding how these pieces fit together, put together. And, uh, just with a couple of classes left and I decided I didn't want to be yeah. A machinist. And so I started going to university of South Carolina and I'm like, what are my interests? My interests are business and athletics. Uh, so that's how I ended up. I flipped a coin when admissions called me, you can't do both. I flipped the coin and decided to be a PE teacher. And they talked me into double major. And when I went to orientation, so I was athletic training major and PE, which serves me, serves me well. And so. There was a break. There was a small break in there. And so then what happened is my love has always been racing. That was my first love. My first passion. And that brought in, you know, working out and exercise and go into the gym because the stronger you were cause there no seatbelts it to hold yourself in the, in the cart. Right. You just pitchers. One side of my neck was bigger than the other holding the helmet. Right. I was like all set, you know, it was like really kind of, I had a mullet too, which I'll never show you this. Right. Uh, but, um, it was, it was. Really nice mullet. And I'm telling you this, is there such a thing back in the eighties? Uh, there was, yeah, I was early blonde hair and, you know, hang it. You had to get your mullet long enough to where it hung out the helmet long enough where the girls liked it. Right. So it was kind of, I'm laughing because I have a brother in law and his girlfriend is just absolutely in love with mullets. She's posting all the time. Anytime she sees like a mullet meme. That's her jam, but, uh, so there was a break for me and then I started going to school and then I had, you know, it was a really cool thing. Um, one of the, the kids that I help, one of the juniors I helped with racing go carts. His dad owned an apartment building was an old mill. That was, um, Down across the street from the engineering building right off the campus of university of South Carolina. And, um, uh, it was mr. Huffman and I helped them at one race and gave them my setup that I had done. And that was one of the biggest races I ever won. It was really quick that that day. And, um, and I gave them my set up because. The people who were helping them were really good friends of mine. We used to be on the same team together and those things. And so mr. Huffman, let me live in this apartment building for free for my first year of school. And then he sold a building and I had to start paying rent and all those things. And I'm like, I need to get a job. And I'd always told me, I told myself that if I didn't make it into a NASCAR, that I wanted to own a restaurant and I don't know why it was just a draw to it. I don't have the energy or any of those things. And. Uh, of it, but we ate in a lot of restaurants that we traveled. So that was something that drew me to it. And I applied it probably 15 different restaurants didn't get hired. And finally, I got a referral from a guy that I was a bartender at this restaurant opening out on Lake Murray and he was friends with the people opening it, and we were in the same training classes together. And he made a referral and I got a job as a dishwasher there. And, uh, haven't looked back, you know, that's crazy. I was going to ask you, um, you know, if you had an interest in, in the restaurant world beforehand, so that's interesting. Now you had made a comment when we first started talking that the restaurant industry is the most stressful environment you can imagine. Why is that, you know what goes on behind the scenes? You touched on a couple about, um, differences in language entry level position, people come in and go on, but us as everyday customers, what do we not see? You? Don't see. People's lack of commitment to the job. You don't see. And so therefore there's probably in bigger restaurants, multiple call outs every day. So you write a schedule that with all things being equal, there's very little padding in it for taking into consideration of somebody calls out because your trial. Uh, most of my calls out sick, right. Or, you know, here in park city call out because was a powder day or, or at the beach, because the surf's really good. Uh, you know, cause I worked in Santa Monica, I've worked in here in park city, Utah, you know, Hilton head Island, uh, you know, all these different places. And so you're, you're hiring people who are, you know, they're in town for different reason. And so. You know, people may just like try to take advantage of it or another term that we use, they call up because they're hung over or have whiskey flu as we would say. Right. Right. And so what you don't see is that, you know, when you see a manager, that's actually standing at the host stand. It may not be because that's where they need to beat us because they have to be because somebody called out of work. Right. And so that's what you really don't see there. And you obviously don't see it for, if it's a closed kitchen, you'll see what's going on behind the kitchen. You know, someone like me as a general manager may be hosting, you know, and helping we call it, follow the bubble. People come in and you have all these people coming in and you're helping seed everybody. Then you're going in your back and you're helping make waters to get every, all the waters out. And then, um, and then about that time, what's happening is your pantry station is they're making cold appetizers. They're making salads and they're also making desserts. They're getting, they're making three courses and they're overwhelmed because it could've been somebody called out. It's just like your staffing is for one person and you're busier than you expected. So the general managers back there in a suit, a lot of times bailing out the kitchen and making desserts Brulay in your dessert and running the food out, doing all those things and, and that type of stuff. So there's a lot of things that go on and it's a very, this business is condensed in a very short period of time. And. Here's another really crucial aspect of this. There are micro deadlines for every single table or guest in the, in the building. You know, you can make a reservation for seven 30 and if I seat you at seven 35 you're okay. But if I push it to seven 47, you're upset because you have, why did I make a reservation? There's a deadline and you get sat down. And then it's like how long we were judging this. On a micro level, this experience, how long does it take to get you my water or greeted? Get my water, get my drink from the bar, get my appetizer, get my entree was my entree cooked the right way. How long? All the way down to, like how long does it take to get the check? Right. All those things where the customer is judging this there's probably. You know, sometimes, you know, 10, depending off as a fast casual walk in, or tend to 40 different micro deadlines that are, that are being happening at all with the same time at different places, even in one server section who has a four or five table section and having to hit all those deadlines. Yeah. You know, and that person could not get sleep that day could have been working. This is their second job. Um, I got a call from their boyfriend, girlfriend, or husband, or wife or kid texts, and they're been in dry storage and they got that and they're emotionally hijacked. It could be hung over. Right. It could be that too. Right? So there's all these things that are going on and people don't really take the job seriously a lot of times, cause it's not a profession for them. And you're trying to deliver five star experiences with all of those things going on with hundreds of people at one time, it's a pretty intense environment. And um, I guess that's why the saying is if you can't handle the, he get out of the kitchen, right. It's a pretty, pretty intense place. I imagine it sounds like the demographic that makes up a kitchen is, you know, part. Of the people like you that are super passionate about it. And then the other side is just people there temporarily. And there's, I imagine there's not a lot of in between the people that are semi committed, um, may want to pursue this as a career, but aren't, they got one foot in the door and one foot out is, is that. A fair assumption. It is you have, you have people who are, you know, you, you may have someone, a chef, the super passionate about food, and they may have gone to CIA, the culinary Institute of America. And, you know, you know, but their job is really more about placing orders and hitting food calls and hitting their numbers and doing those types of things and coaching and training and those things, they may spend some time on the line cooking, but you know, when you get to that level, You know, their, their commitment is not actually making great food. They may make, they may be in a position to make up specials and those things, it depends on how they structure their job. There are some chefs that they really are in the kitchen a lot more, and they have, uh, their sous chef, which is their under chef assistant to them, do a lot of the paperwork and do those things. So just, they structure different ways based off their desires and their, um, and their skill sets and those types of things. Um, but yeah, there, there are, when you think about it, you know, it's like it, you know, it's interesting level, a lot of positions are, and you work your way up and we're training people and, you know, they may be commuting from, you know, uh, have a longer commute and they'll change jobs, jobs for 50 cents more an hour. Right. That may be closer to them or maybe yeah, not. And so it's, you know, build team building is a very tough piece of the puzzle and hiring people that have the right characteristics is really a tough thing. And that's one of the things I really dialed in on. Okay. As I was, um, you know, as I was leading restaurants is how to hire people that. Um, really have the right characteristics, uh, and asking the right questions and understanding of what the answer to the question we're in the, to get the best possible outcomes for that. And so, yeah, having the right people in the cultivating the right ecosystem are the really two top things. Yeah. What is one of the most unique slash amazing slash bizarre slash standout memories that you have from the restaurant career? Uh, I think it's probably, um, uh, one of them comes to mind is, uh, Um, you know, getting, well, gosh, there's so many of them, what comes to mind is like getting chewed out by guests and really turning those things around. Right. One of them came to mind actually was this lady was her birthday. She's 95 years old and really going over and talking to her and her nieces, you know, telling me it's like, yeah, she's. The difference about her. She has a goal. She wants to live to be 105, and really, and really connecting with this lady. Who's 95 years old and saying that she wants to live to be 105, you know, you know, things go wrong. Right. You know, you think I just explained this whole system, these micro deadlines, you know, that are going on. I spent a lot of time working in a prime grade steakhouses like classic American Alcart steakhouses, uh, that are expensive and people really, if they're going to lay down that a level of money for their steak, they want to be cooked the way they want it to be cooked in. And as our job to cook this steak, And it's 1800 degree broiler to the temperature that they desire. And I remember this one particular one, this lady steak was overcooked and. Uh, it is really, really a funny situation. I had just finished reading the book by Chris boss, uh, his FBI hostage negotiation techniques, which is called never split the difference, negotiate like your life depends on it. And on top of that, I was the trainer for our hotel and restaurant on how to turn upset guests around. And there's really a psychological sequencing in this process. And the first thing is to hear. What they have to say, just listen intently. And it was really interesting. This lady, this takes over cooked is a bonus filet is a $65 steak and is overcooked. And the reason it was overcoats is cause the server mistakenly, um, you know, had, had, had done mistake. And so it was overcooked. And so I went out to her. I said, you know what? You know, ma'am, uh, I, I came out to talk to her. She was really upset. And, uh, I did everything I could to do it, but she wouldn't let, let me take the stake and she didn't want me the cook or another steak. Right. So she chewed me out. Tableside I've ruined. We ruined her, her husband's best friends, you know? Um, birthday because her stake was messed up. Right. It was really what she believed. Right. It was really odd thing. So we ended up, we did the best we could with it. And she was so emotional hijack. She went to the restroom and in hotels, restaurants, uh, the restroom is in the lobby of the hotel was not actually in the restaurant. Like it would be in a stand alone. So I'm standing at the host stand checking in with the hostess. She walks back in and she's. Tune me out again. He goes, I got you out twice for the same mistake that she wouldn't let me fix, or she wouldn't let me cook another steak, which when I say she wouldn't let me, it would have made things worse. If I would have delivered her another right. She was bad upset. And uh, so. You know, she threatened to she's in social media marketing, she's threatened to, you know, like, you know, slander us on social media and all these other things, but it was just the frustrating, most memorable thing with that is that I, you know, no matter what I did, she was unhappy. And so then I started using some FBI hostage negotiation techniques quarter to really, and it frustrated her and I was able to turn it around at that point. And so a mirroring technique, and then also a labeling technique, which I don't know if you've heard of that stuff and heard of Chris Voss, but it's super impactful and super, super useful, especially for a leader because you now have these tools when people are really upset and you can help connect them back to reality when they're they're hijacked. I like that. So does she end up chilling out a little bit? She calmed down a little bit. Uh, but I, you know, we obviously comp the entire steak, right? Because she didn't need it. She didn't like it, you know, and those types of things, but the unfortunate piece is, is that someone like me who really cares about their job and the service and the product that we're delivering is I want to get them what they want. I want to give it and the way they want it. And when somebody get that emotional, they won't let you do it as hard to, um, feel good about because you feel like you didn't do something right. Because, and not everything's gonna be perfect, but, um, you didn't, you weren't able to deliver what they wanted. And it did, you know, because of her, the reaction to it or emotional reaction to it. It did mess up the dining experience for that entire, our family and their friends. Yeah. Yeah. So you've taken a lot of what you've learned and kind of doing your own thing. Now, doing a little bit of health consulting and growing that. Um, how, how did you evolve into wanting to pursue that more of a one-on-one environment? Well, Well, I got furloughed from the job I had in Santa Monica back in March. And you know, this is something that has been on the back burner, uh, for me for a long time. I I'm, I'm really spending all this time doing all this research on how to. Nope, optimize my performance day in and day out in a very stressful environment. I was also inspired by the fact that my, both of my parents are cancer survivors with my parents got cancer in their mid fifties. My dad got prostate cancer, my mom, uterine cancer, and had to have chemo and surgery and go through the whole nine yards. And dad's 72. Now mom turned 70 in April. And so, um, they're, they're still kicking up a ruckus and back in South Carolina and, um, And so I was furloughed. I was like, okay, what am I, what am I going to do? I'd been doing a brand around being the restaurant GM coach and. Um, my, my life coach, a really good friend of mine said, Scott, modern longevity. Tara is such a strong brand and it's so needed right now. You know, you should consider it. And it took me like 47 seconds to really say, you know, you're what you're right. And. Because we took me out of the restaurant unless I'm asked specific questions. Like you asked me, I really don't think about it that much. I don't think about leadership that much. You don't think about those things. I'm not trying to solve those problems, but I'll wake up in the morning. I'm like, okay, what's my morning routine. Like I was waiting for you to come on. I did one round of Wim, Hof breathing exercises before that. I, um, you know, I've meditated this morning. Right. And I do transcendental meditation. Right. And so I think about. These elements of, of how I can, um, a optimize my performance today. I'll extend my health span tomorrow. Like my is obviously my genetic, uh, capability or expression of my genetics in a certain way to get cancer in my mid fifties. Cause both my parents got it. My, my dad's dad passed away cancer 62. So he probably had cancer in his mid fifties as well, or at least his late fifties. And then. Um, how can I move that out to 85, 95, 105. Right. So what I think about, so that has expended extending lifespan. So my, my, my dad's dad, um, pass away 62, my dad's 72, I'm shooting for 102. Right. So really moving it that way. So how did I get there? A really good conversation with someone who really knew me from the inside out and what I believed in and who I really am. And I listened to her. Do you think if that person didn't do that, you might not be pursuing this? I think so. I think I would have taken the easier route and continued with the restaurant GM coach and not taking the time to do this. COVID pivot. Like most everybody, a lot of people are doing. I probably would have still would have been like, I would have gone deeper on that. And it would, it goes, it would have been easier for me instead of saying and looking inwardly and going okay. Yeah, you bring up a good point that a lot of people are probably going through, as you said, a COBIT pivot to some people because they have an opportunity to like yourself to pursue something that's that they've had an interest in before other people not really having a choice and. You still hear me? Yeah, I guess you repeat that last one. I didn't hear it. Uh, now you're going to hair hall. Let me make a note to have Kevin cut this out. Okay. You bring up an interesting point about COVID pivot and some people are kind of forced into that circumstance. Other people have been fortunate enough, like yourself to have a little bit of a passion. Already in mind, on the back burner to jump in, as you started this journey, a lot of other people are a step or two behind you. Um, do you think that you've found enough momentum to carry or your way through to success? You know, what have you learned so far? Anything that helps people that are that one or two steps behind you catch up to maintaining that momentum? Well, I, I think that I've built some momentum for sure. And, you know, there's, I think that there's a chance that. I may have to step back into doing something on a smaller scale insight as a job to support my family, because unemployment is going to run out. At some point, I don't expect, you know, governments from the check checks from the government to keep showing up. And those types of things, which we only got one right back, you know, four or five months ago. Um, so I it's, you know, when you're starting something, you know, uh, it does take time sometimes to really. They're really gained attraction and the, and get the momentum. You think that, you know, the name of my brand is a word that hasn't really been use for 150 years. Longevity, Marion people don't really know what that means. They know what vegetarian means, you know, they know, um, you know, that someone's Quito or those types of things, but they don't really. Uh, and so I'm putting a word back into the English language that's very rarely used. So that makes it, that's one of the good things about the brand, but it's also one of the bad things about the brand. So I, you know, I know in the back of my mind that because I have a mortgage and two kids, a wife and eight chickens and, you know, two dogs, uh, two lovebirds and a cat. Um, that I got a lot of, a lot of miles to, depending on me to feed them. Right. And so, um, I may have to, you know, someone is single, right? And I've been, you know, working in a restaurant, you know, for, for five or six years. And they have a passion about, you know, about this and they have a low expenses. They could, you know, during this time they could have gotten, you know, personal training type of thing, and then go work in a gym as a personal trainer and transfer some skills that way. And that may be something that I do, but. I know that there's, there's going to probably need to be a bridge for me to make it to where I go full time and continue to do for this full time. But I'm putting up a hundred percent into whatever. Yeah. Why don't you define longevity Marion for us? Well, as long as you have a tear longevity plus Tarion right. And you know, for me, it really means it means extending your health span or the prime years of your lives out as far as possible. And. You know what it really means actually, when I searched it eight and a half years ago, when I thought of this word, I found it in a book on Google books and it was in this living green volume, one 24, and it was referring to people over a hundred years old. And we use that a word now centered in an area and where it's, you know, these blue zones where people live to be over a hundred years old and in the highest per capita percentages. And so this, it really is just about taking your health and giving it a long view versus like, what am I hacking today to feel good today, but making decisions that are good for the long run, like. Yeah, I've been keto for four and a half years. And you know, this, we've talked about this a lot. You've been on the keto diet too. When we start looking at blue zones, start looking at longevity diet by Victor Longo, dr. Victor Longo, um, they're 90% plant based and being Quito and being plant-based is difficult. I know that, um, you have to we'll call wrote a book called keto Tarion that has a lot of plant based recipes in there. And we even talked about that as well in it, you know? And so I'm migrating, you know, more, you know, more about being plant-based and now, because I'm really focused on the longevity piece of it versus just, you know, optimizing myself to, to live the best life and being able to skip multiple meals by managing restaurants and those things. I mean, I don't know. You obviously got food in the refrigerator, and I know you work from home, but imagine working in a restaurant where you have everything from bacon to cheesecakes and everything in between prepped, and you can eat it for free all day long and you're working 10, 12 hour days, right? It's you there's no garden is amazing. Yeah, it is. That's why I gained 30 pounds in a summer. And that's why I had to lose 40 pounds twice. Right. I was definitely spoiled. Right. When I wanted to have a salad, I was walked over to the salad bar, wash my hands, put on a pair of gloves. Here's the salad makes them want. And here's all these toppings right. Already prepped and cut. And I could just do this and I had six salad dressings freshly made. I could just put on there what I wanted. Oh, and can you cook me a piece of salmon to go on here? It was just like, it was. Like easy. And then I come home, it's like, I gotta make a style. This is going to take some time. Right. It's a different things. And there's just the other day at Costco, I bought these pre made beats. Organic beets are pre, pre cooked. It's been like, it's been like, it's like awesome. Cause I just gotta pull them out of the fridge and cut it up, put it on top of whatever. Yeah. It's convenient. So I'm never been really like, um, A meal prepper or those things, because I could just eat where I go to work.   And so I'm having to transition that way there. Well, as we get closer to wrapping up, I want, so you talk about extending life span, going past a hundred, correct me if I'm wrong, but was your inspiration. To be a 95 year old crappy man that complains about stakes. Is that when this all came to peak? Oh no, no, no.   Um, initially my first goal was just, you know, don't be fat. Right. And then it was like, don't get cancer. Right. That was the first really two things. And I knew I could control I'm going to put in and all my body. So, you know, I'm married. Super smart. Beautiful. I know you talk about your wife being hot, but my wife saw it too.   Right. So we're fine. Yeah.   And you didn't say your wife's hot or you just said she's hot, so we're good. Yeah. Yeah. I haven't seen the pictures yet. I don't know. I can't. I think, I think for me, my wife's hotter for me. Right. And so, yeah, but my wife had been a pescatarian, vegetarian and pescatarian for a number of years when my parents started got cancer and those things were happening.   So I switched my diet and. And then, you know, I was doing a lot of things wrong. You know, I was a fat vegetarian. I mean, when I turned 40, when I turned 40, I'm like, Oh, I'm doing everything right. And what I did is my diet, really, it made some markers better. My blood pressure went down because I had high blood pressure 10 years before that.   And so my blood pressure went from one 20 over 80 to like 100 over 70 by changing my diet as I got older, but I was 40 pounds overweight. And then, you know, then I started like, okay, what, what, what do I need to do? And then as like, I'm working at a hospital, um, salt Lake, regional medical center, you probably heard of it, the old Holy cross hospital and the director of food and beverage there.   And they do bariatric surgeries there. And one of the doctors said, you know, that. Weight loss is, you know, 70% diet. And I'm like, well, gosh, I'm just, all I did was started doing P90X. I didn't really change my diet really. Cause I thought my diet was on point cause I'm a vegetarian. Well, then I read this book called the warrior diet on intermittent fasting.   Okay. And nobody was intermittent fasting eight years ago, other than the guy who wrote the book. Right. It was like me and him that were doing right. You know, but now it's like some people who are like, you know, 20 years old are intermittent fasting and it's like, it's something new. And, and so as I progressed and I started putting all these blocks together of all these different things and doing, using Bruce Lee's.   Philosophy of absorb everything, keep what is useful discard, what is not, and make it uniquely your own. Because what I need for me is different than what you need. There's some similarities because to lose weight, your insulin's gotta be low, right? You gotta be at a calorie deficit at some point, and you can do that with keto.   Or you can do that by, you know, just doing calorie restriction. There's different ways to skin the cat, so to speak. And then as, as I, it became health span. And, uh, you know, in extending to prime years. And then when you a brand on longevity, your whole goal set, your mindset changes around that, you know?   And so this is something I plan on doing for another 45, 46 years until my mid nineties and being still being as close to a hundred percent as I possibly can be at that particular age, that's really the game. How can I be the best, a hundred year old? Yeah. Yeah. I like it. All right, Scott, you and I could go on forever cause you and I have a relationship outside of this podcast and we geek out on health stuff.   I'm going to, I'm going to call it a wrap right there and thank you for jumping on learning from others and give you the last few moments to tell our listeners how they can find out more about you. Well, you can try to figure out how to spell modern longevity, marion.com. Right. And do that search my name, Scott Stanfield.   And you'll, you'll see some, some things there. Um, and I hope that you put some links in the show notes. Um, on Instagram, my handle is @straightcabbage. Yeah. Yeah.   Uh, so as a good way to find me, um, there on LinkedIn at Scott R Stanfield and, uh, I, I put out a mix of things on LinkedIn, some leadership stuff, and, and also things about. You know, longevity and sleep and those types of things, um, you know, and health span and diet and, and, uh, you know, and Instagram's more about sometimes like what workout I'm doing, what food I'm eating, you know, those things I'm making.   And we have a private face group, group PI. We have a private Facebook. Book group as well, guys. Why can't I talk right now? Um, it's just called, um, it's modern longevity, Marion as well. So, um, if you want to join that, I asked him questions like Monday, I put, you know, it's Monday and you have 20% more likely to have a heart attack today.   So what are you doing to mitigate stress today? Right. And, and then Tuesday I put, you know, uh, Californians are less likely to barbecue on Tuesday and you know, day a week. And I went, duh, it's taco Tuesday. Right.   Uh, yeah. And really trying to put some cool articles about people who are really living the long Jared Jebbit turn lifestyle. I've also a podcast, modern longevity, Marion. Yeah. And, um, I'm, I'm really excited about that because I'm really starting to do some longevity, Marion spotlights, where I'm interviewing people that are really living it.   And so really dear friend of mine, that was a mentor of mine for about five years. He's 78, he's Quito. He fast for 36 hours once or twice a week. And, uh, we did, we did six mile hikes together and, uh, just really a cool, cool thing to really spotlight people are doing it right at that age. So I'm really excited about school.   Yeah. Yeah. Very cool. Stop. Scott Stanfield, everybody modern longevity. Marion. We'll put the links in the show notes. Thanks so much, Scott. Thank you. It's my pleasure.  

On today's podcast, episode #85, we discuss the things to keep in mind when purchasing a new construction home. We go over the pros and cons of having a home inspection done on new builds. Which upgrades to get done via the builder vs which ones you are better off doing after you’ve moved in. We also go over the Tarion warranty you get when purchasing a newly built home and how to take advantage of all that comes with it. All of that and more on today’s episode of KT Confidential - Real Estate Podcast. **************************** Feeling tight on money? Want to save an extra $100 a month? Check out our tips on how to reduce your spending! Money Saving Tips Guide: http://kormendytrott.com/money-saving-tips/ Money Saving Apps: https://kormendytrott.com/top-apps-to-save-and-earn-money/ **************************** Catch clips and highlights of the show here: http://www.instagram.com/kormendytrott **************************** Our social: Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/kormendytrott YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/kormendytrott Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kormendytrott Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/KormendyTrott Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/ktrealty LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/company/the-k... **************************** Check out our teams social: Adrian Trott - https://instagram.com/adriantrott?igshid=18kslmk0i2wfu Ariel Kormendy - https://instagram.com/arielkormendy?igshid=b7w4whjxdmhl Heather Karloff - https://instagram.com/heather.karloff?igshid=8vn2oua5iscu Steve Bruman - https://instagram.com/stevebruman?igshid=1xotcg46zw1gx Chris Behie - https://instagram.com/cbehie?igshid=16au6wqst1bqq Jennifer Singh - https://instagram.com/jennys_here?igshid=g1b3dw6y1yp6 Steve Cecchetto - https://instagram.com/stevececchetto?igshid=l4hic3nku2xb **************************** The founders, Ariel Kormendy and Adrian Trott, started The Kormendy Trott Team, a real estate team based out of Halton region in Ontario, after both being in need of a change from their successful careers in the automotive industry and both experiencing the lack of service being provided in the real estate industry. They kicked off their careers in 2011 and quickly became a top-performing team in the country, ranking 17th of approximately 200 for Century 21 in 2017; as a team of just the two of them compared to much larger teams. They decided that they needed to take their team from being real estate agents in Milton to the rest of the GTA and beyond by expanding and servicing more areas. The team has since grown to have an administrative arm, media department and successful sales team operating a smooth running and successful business. Follow them on social for behind the scenes info, real estate tips, industry secrets and more.

All new home buyers should familiarize themselves with the Tarion warranty. Tarion formerly known as the Ontario New Home Warranty Program, was created by the Government of Ontario in 1976 to administer the Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act. Its primary purpose is to protect consumers of new homes by ensuring that builders abide the provincial legislationThe level and amounts of compensation like in any insurance policy, vary and have stipulations. Today Ema provides a brief overview of the plan itself.

If you’re new to the new home warranty process, don’t worry - you’re not alone. The best place to start is to learn about your warranty timelines and processes. That’s why for this episode of Tarion Talks, we decided to shift our focus back to the basics. To help provide answers to some of the most common warranty questions we hear from new home owners, our host Diana Pham is joined by special guests Marwa Hafez, a Tarion Warranty Services Representative, and Jim Priestman, a Call Centre Representative with Tarion’s Customer Service team. Topics covered in this episode include: A refresher on when your warranty coverage starts, what is covered and for what period of time. How to get started on the MyHome portal which allows you manage your warranty online. An overview of the different warranty forms, and tips for how to fill one out effectively; Builder repair periods, warranty exceptions, emergency situations, and what to do if your builder is “unwilling/unable” to resolve warranty items. A quick refresher on the conciliation process and how it may help you as a new home owner.

For new home buyers, the pre-delivery inspection – or PDI for short – can be an exciting experience. It can also be a little intimidating - after all, most of us are not experts in home construction. For this episode of Tarion Talks, our host Diana Pham is joined by Bob Thoburn, a Director of Stakeholder Relations at Tarion, to learn more about the PDI process and to answer some of the most common questions we hear from homeowners. Topics discussed in this episode include: A step-by-step walkthrough of how a typical PDI would work in Ontario; Explaining the PDI form, and what types of issues should be recorded on this important document; The responsibilities of your builder’s representative during your PDI; Advice on who you can bring to a PDI, and an explanation of the Appointment of Designate for Pre-Delivery Inspection form; Tarion’s PDI Checklist and where to find it.

Andrew Cigna is a business owner and real estate investor with three single-family properties that he co-owns and runs with family and partners that they are looking to convert into multi-family units.  This is a little easier for Andrew than most investors as he runs a construction company and this helps when he comes across unexpected challenges with projects. Guest:  Andrew Cigna, Real Estate Investor and Business OwnerAndrew Cigna is a business owner and real estate investor with three single-family properties that he co-owns and runs with family and partners that they are looking to convert into multi-family units.  This is a little easier for Andrew than most investors as he runs a construction company and this helps when he comes across unexpected challenges with projects.Originally from Toronto Andrew now lives, works and invests in Hamilton. As the co-owner of a construction business going forward he is looking to get Tarion certified so he can start to build new homes utilizing the eco-friendly and sustainable products and approach that he is passionate about.In addition to the two construction focused businesses, Andrew also runs a property management company with his brother which suits his people-loving personality.– Challenges and benefits of converting  single homes to multi-family units– Planning and managing a property conversion project– Construction tips and insights– What to look for in property management– Getting comfortable with networkingTo get in touch with Andrew:Instagram:  www.instagram.com/andrewj.cigna/Twitter: twitter.com/andrewcignahttps://www.nfpaproperties.com/https://www.nfpagroup.com/https://www.corkco.ca/company

Here in Ontario, condos are an increasingly popular choice among new home buyers – but they’re not without certain risks, and anyone interested in buying a pre-construction condo should be aware of what’s involved. For this episode of Tarion Talks, our host Daniel Caprara is joined by two of Tarion’s condominium experts – Ben Carino, from our legal team, and Assunta Salvato, from our Warranty Services department – to learn more about not only the risks, but some of the more exciting aspects of pre-construction condos as well. Topics discussed in this episode include: Understanding the Agreement of Purchase and Sale, and how it applies to certain aspects of a pre-construction condominium. A high-level overview of delays and cancellations, how they occur, and protection that is available to buyers. Possible variations between what was in your unit’s plans, and what may be found in the finished condominium. An explanation of “interim occupancy,” and other tips for what you can expect when you first move into a newly-completed condominium unit.

Buying a home is an exciting adventure – it’s one of the biggest purchases most of us will make in our lifetime. However, it’s easy to get overwhelmed when buying a pre-construction house or condominium. So one of the best ways to get organized and feel more confident is by getting as much information as you can. This episode of Tarion Talks is all about getting that information – what questions should you ask? What are the tools at your disposal, even before you’ve reached the purchase stage? To find out, our host Tammy Frade is joined by two guests from Tarion: Angelica Cruz, from the Stakeholder Relations team, and Adrian Brown from the Customer Service team. Topics discussed in this episode include: The differences between buying a new home and buying a resale home; How to use Tarion’s Ontario Builder Directory, a tool for researching new home builders; Other methods – both online and offline – that new home shoppers can use to research a builder; MyHome Planner – Tarion’s app designed specifically for new home hunters – and the different ways it can help you in your search.

In this episode the Brandon, Jeff, Josh and Trevor are joined by Darren Hendriks of Homes By Hendriks; a custom builder right here in the Niagara Region. They dive into the topic of the Tarion home warranty program and discuss what protections it offers on new constructions as well as how to remedy any problems you might have with your builder.

Brett Nodwell is a Dad to two wonderful high school students. A Husband to a very understanding and amazing wife. Currently, he has 2 properties in various stages of development with 310 units to be built and one more under contract in the due diligence phase with 400+ units potential. Guest: Real Estate Broker and Mortgage Broker, Brett Nodwell  Primary Investment Strategy: Land Development Portfolio:  70 properties In this episode learn about: – 3 key elements of Land Development– Critical traits to look for in your team– How to raise capital to finance your projects– Important things to determine whether its a good investment or not– The risks of doing land developments To get it touch with Brett:  Instagram:  @brettnodwell  @ghdinc   @bildwellfinancialFacebook:www.facebook.com/BrettNodwellBrokerLinkedIn:www.linkedin.com/in/brett-nodwellE-Mail: brett@ghdi.caMortgage:www.OneStopMortgageShop.ca More about Brett:Brett is not only licensed but trained and experienced to assist with both your residential and investment property sale, purchase & financing. As the Broker of Record and co-owner of Mortgage Alliance – Bildwell Financial AND a real estate broker, Brett has been able to surround himself with some of the top professionals from both industries. This team approach has allowed him to build long-term client relationships and to focus on making buying or selling their homes a straightforward and more enjoyable experience. Principal Broker / Co-Owner at Mortgage Alliance – Bildwell Financial Inc in Guelph. (Brokering since 2002). Broker at Home Group Realty Inc. (Previously Owner of Peak Precision Realty Inc and sold 5 years ago to Home Group – REALTOR® since 2003). Vice-President at Georgian Huron Developments . President and co-founder of Kingwell Fine Homes (Will be a Tarion licensed builder…when lots are ready to go). President and Founder of BRAMER Financial Inc. (The umbrella of all of his companies including property management, condo management, and soon to be a FinTech for investors). Vice-President of the Guelph Greens and Chair of the Nomination committee. (Helped Mike Schreiner become the first Green MPP in Ontario). He is also a mentor with Business Development Bank of Canada and a learning Facilitator with Baseball Canada & Ontario Baseball.

When you’ve signed the purchase agreement for your pre-construction house or condo unit, all you can think about is how excited you are to move in. While most new homes are completed and ready for move-in by their scheduled closing dates, there is always a risk that there could be delays. You can’t predict delays, but you can prepare for them by understanding what may cause them, and how you’re protected if they happen. In this episode of Tarion Talks, we dive deeper into the topic of delayed closings and their warranty coverage. Host Diana Pham is joined by Ryan Ding, a Tarion Warranty Services Analyst who is also an expert when it comes to delayed closings. Topics discussed in this episode include: Different factors that may cause a new home to be delayed; An overview of the different types of closing and occupancy dates (including the difference between “firm” and “tentative” dates); Steps homeowners can take, and helpful tools to use, in the event that your builder cannot meet your agreed-upon closing or occupancy date; Circumstances under which your builder may amend your agreement and/or extend your closing/occupancy date; Closing/occupancy delay compensation, and steps you should take when submitting a claim to Tarion.

Every condo owner has probably heard the term “common elements.” Fitness rooms, rooftop terraces, parking garages, garbage chutes, and mechanical rooms are just some of the items that fall into this important category. What some unit owners may not know is that, when things go wrong, common elements of a residential condominium project have their own separate warranty that is backstopped by Tarion. In our newest episode of Tarion Talks, our host Melanie Kearns, Tarion’s Director of Strategic Communications, is joined by two Tarion common elements experts – Bonnie Douglas, a Warranty Services Manager; and Chuck Murad, a Stakeholder Relations Manager – to provide an overview of common elements and the warranty that covers them. Topics discussed in this episode include: How to find out which parts of your condominium community – including “exclusive use” areas – are considered common elements; The importance of reading through your condominium community’s disclosure statement, and the enclosed declaration; The role of your condominium corporation when it comes to making a common element warranty claim; What to do if you discover a common element issue (and how to get updates on an ongoing repair); An overview of the repair timelines for warranted common element issues.

When purchasing a new home, building a good relationship with your builder is a major key to success. But what happens if you and your builder don’t agree? On this episode of Tarion Talks, we outline the strategies Tarion may use to help with resolving a dispute. Our host Daniel Caprara, a Communications Officer at Tarion, is joined by two guests from our Warranty Services team: Sharon Henderson, Training and Development Manager; and Kiwana Scott, Manager of Customer Service. Topics discussed in this episode include: Defining a “dispute,” and looking at some common situations in which they can arise; What is involved in an Early Intervention, and the best way to request one from Tarion; Explaining the steps involved in a conciliation process, and tips on how new home owners can prepare; A quick overview of the Mediation process currently being piloted by Tarion; and, Some advice on how to communicate more effectively with your builder.

As we near the halfway point of summer in Ontario, this episode of Tarion Talks focuses on summer maintenance tips, as well as two home warranty terms you may or may not be familiar with: “seasonal” and “special seasonal.” Andreea Aslan, Senior Communications Advisor at Tarion, hosts this episode and is joined in discussion by two of Tarion’s Warranty Services Representatives: Glen Campbell and Christien Veroni. Topics discussed in this episode include: Maintaining your air conditioning system, and what to do if it stops working properly; Managing your home’s humidity during the humid summer months; An overview of which warranty-covered items are categorized “seasonal” or “special seasonal,” and how those designations may affect repair timelines; Advice for homeowners who are thinking about doing some landscaping, but want to avoid causing water penetration into their home.

In honour of Tarion’s annual Homeowners’ Choice Awards and Ernest Assaly Award – both of which were presented on May 1, 2018 – this episode of Tarion Talks explores the awards’ significance, history, and the process for selecting each year’s recipients. Daniel Caprara, a Communications Officer in Tarion’s Strategic Communications department, hosts the episode and is joined by Howard Bogach, Tarion’s President and CEO. Topics discussed in this episode include: Why Tarion decided to create awards recognizing Ontario’s best home builders; How homeowners determine the finalists and recipients; The four categories of Homeowners’ Choice Awards, and how they differ; The history of the new Ernest Assaly Award and some background on its namesake, Ernest Assaly; Criteria and other requirements a home builder must meet, in order to be eligible for an Ernest Assaly Award. The podcast also includes audio interviews with this year’s recipients and with Linda Assaly, the presenter of the first two Ernest Assaly Awards.

Ontario's Tarion agency provides a government-backed home warranty program for problems arising with workmanship in new homes. When claims are denied, Tarion and the building industry defend that decision in the Ontario Licensing Appeal Tribunal - where Tarion and the builders are always represented, and homeowners usually are not (homeowners lose 80% of the time). On our podcast today we have two guests: Barbara Captijn, a consumer advocate, who describes how the LAT process represents a deeper problem inside the tribunal system where so many people come without legal representation; and Andy Szabo, who speaks about his eight year experience appearing self-represented at the LAT. In other news: a local Windsor anti-human trafficking program has received an Award of Distinction from the Attorney General; and there is a new report on self-represented litigants out of Virginia. For more on this episode, visit our webpage: https://representingyourselfcanada.com/tarion-and-the-building-industry-v-srls/

In this episode of Tarion Talks, we discuss contract homes, some tips on how you can make buying a contract home a rewarding experience and ways to protect your warranty rights. Tammy Frade, Communications Officer for Tarion, hosts the podcast and is joined by Zahir Ali, Legal Counsel, and Marianne Macleod, one of Tarion’s Warranty Service Analysts. Topics discussed in this episode include: What a contract home is and how it differs from other new homes; Tips for buyers considering a contract home; Tips on protecting your warranty rights during construction of your new home; Special coverage and protection available to contract home buyers; Tips on avoiding illegal building; How homeowner involvement during construction on a new home can affect the warranty; and, What a homebuyer should do if the builder fails to fulfil the contract.

In this episode of Tarion Talks, we discuss some tips on maintaining your home during the winter season – as well as how proper winter maintenance can help protect your warranty rights if you ever need to make a claim. To find out more about the potential problems homeowners may face this season, our host Andreea Aslan, Senior Strategic Communications Advisor, is joined by Kirk Rowe, a Manager in Tarion’s Stakeholder Relations department and an expert on the Ontario new home warranty. Topics discussed in this episode include: How  too much (or too little) humidity may affect your home, and tips for how you can track and control moisture levels throughout the year. The science behind windows “sweating” , a look at the damage this can cause, and advice on how to prevent it. An overview of “ice damming,” its potential impacts and the steps you can take to avoid it. Tips on maintaining an efficient furnace, and how Tarion can help if yours stops working properly. How to prevent plumbing pipes from freezing or bursting, and what steps to take if you experience damaged pipes.

In this episode of Tarion Talks, we discuss the details of two new and exciting improvements to Tarion’s consumer protection measures: enhanced deposit coverage for freehold homes; and warranty coverage for condominium conversion projects.   To learn more about these initiatives, guest host Melanie Kearns, Senior Manager in Strategic Communications, is joined by two experts: Amy Lewis, Senior Manager inStakeholder Relations; and Sandro Nevicato, Manager, Warranty Services in Tarion’s Common Elements department. Topics discussed in this episode include: A general overview of deposit protection, including scenarios in which a consumer may be able to benefit from it. The details of the new deposit protection enhancement set to take effect on January 1, 2018, including the impact on coverage for freehold homes as well as condos. Defining a “residential condominium conversion project,” and what types of projects fall into this classification. An overview of the Tarion warranty coverage for conversion projects that will take effect on January 1, 2018 – and an important exemption that will affect one-year warranty claims for conversion condos. The next episode of Tarion Talks is scheduled to be available for download in January of 2018.

In our third episode of Tarion Talks, Laurie Stephens, Tarion’s Director of Strategic Communications, talks with Siloni Waraich, Vice President of Stakeholder Engagement at Tarion and Ian Bulloch, Senior Investigator in Tarion’s Enforcement Department, about how Tarion helps protect consumers through partnerships. As a consumer protection agency, Tarion is always looking for ways to better protect consumers, and one way we do this is by working with partners in the industry to address critical issues affecting new home buyers. Topics discussed in this episode include: Tarion's informal partnerships with organizations such as the Ontario Building Officials Association (OBOA) and the Ontario Home Builders’ Association (OHBA) and others that have tackled issues in the industry such as illegal building and radon. The Ontario Building Partnership, a formal commitment between Tarion, the OBOA and the OHBA that will prioritize issues of importance to Ontario’s new home buyers, builders and municipalities.

Welcome to our second episode of Tarion Talks. Last May, Tarion held its 2017 Annual Public Meeting and there were a number of questions about illegal building that were discussed, which led us to select illegal building as the topic for this episode. Just what is illegal building? Almost all new homes sold in Ontario are required by law to be built by a registered builder and be enrolled in the New Home Warranty Program administered by Tarion. Illegal building falls into two buckets: When a builder or vendor who is not registered with Tarion sells a newly built home, and, When a builder -- even one registered with Tarion -- begins construction of a new home without enrolling the home with Tarion. All builders in Ontario must be registered with Tarion. And all builders and vendors of newly built homes must enrol the home with Tarion. But why does this matter? Working with a registered builder is important for new home buyers for a number of reasons: It ensures buyers are aware of the warranty coverage for their new home and that they can turn to Tarion for help. Illegally built homes often do not meet Ontario Building Code standards, which means there could be safety issues. Illegal builders often ignore other laws like Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Illegal building promotes an underground economy and creates unfair competition in the building industry. Illegal builders damage the reputation of reputable, registered builders and the home-building industry. In this episode, we talk more about how Tarion is combatting illegal building in Ontario and what happens to a builder who appears to be building illegally. We also share some of the warning signs that your builder may be building illegally and how to protect yourself and your home. This episode is hosted by Laurie Stephens, Tarion’s Director of Strategic Communications. Her special guest is Tanya Gibson, Director of Enforcement at Tarion. Tune in for our next episode this fall.

Guest Speaker: Mark Purdy, Rental Rebate Tax Consultant • Mark's background and how he got started in this business • Once a pre-construction condo has been purchased, who pays the HST and how to avoid paying it? • Do international buyers qualify for the rebate? • Details about the 15% foreign buyer’s tax • Does it matter whether it’s the principal residence or a rental property? • Is HST owed on a resale condo? • How does HST work in a new-build home with a Tarion warranty? • What can Mark do for us on the HST front if renovations have been done? • What’s involved in filing for an HST rebate?

Welcome to our first episode of Tarion Talks. To launch this new podcast, we are featuring highlights from our recent Annual Public Meeting (or APM), held via live webcast on May 30, 2017. The APM generated some great conversation. A panel made up of Tarion senior management, the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors and Tarion’s Ombudsperson answered dozens of questions during the live broadcast. Some of the topics discussed during this year’s APM included illegal building, the conciliation inspection fee and the Guarantee Fund. You can view the entire Tarion 2017 APM on Tarion’s YouTube Channel, but we wanted to use this podcast to highlight a few topics that generated lively discussion by the panel. Answers to additional questions that were not answered during the APM will be posted on the “You Asked Us” section of Tarion’s website.

Episode 131.3 - Former Board Chair Chris Spiteri answers your questions regarding Tarion Warranty Corp.

Episode 131.2 - Former Board Chair Chris Spiteri of Tarion Warranty Corp. discusses their home warranty program

Episode 117.2 - Former Board Chair Chris Spiteri of Tarion Warranty Corp. discusses their home warranty program

Episode 117.3 - Former Board Chair Chris Spiteri answers your questions regarding Tarion Warranty Corp.

Episode 100.3 - Chris Spiteri Spiteri & Ursulak LLP from Tarion Warranty Corporation explains their New Home Warranty Program

Condo Game Lionel Goddard, Director, produced by Bountiful Films chat with Linda Pinizzotto, Realtor ® Host of Real Estate Radio Show Condo Xpert Airs on CBC TV Network and sister network CBC News Network Support the show (http://www.condoradio.com)

Caution Condo Owners and Buyers, you need a voice says Linda Pinizzotto, Founder President Condo Owners Association. Maintenance Fees are too high, no governance, poor regulation, it is time to make a difference, Condo Act Review not working Support the show (http://www.condoradio.com)

Condo Owners & Buyers fight for your rights You need changes to stop maintenance fees from going through the roof. Join and work together with the Condo Owners Association for positive changes www.coaontario.com Support the show (http://www.condoradio.com)

78.3 – Chris Spiteri from Tarion explains their New Home Warranty Program

Tarion Warranty Linda Pinizzotto, Realtor ® and Founder Condo Owners Associations discusses Tarion Warranty and Government with Bob Coffey, COA Director. Are you having problems, do you understand how Tarion warranty and the condo act works. Here are some things to think about. Support the show (http://www.condoradio.com)

Money for the future of your building; Linda Pinizzotto, Realtor ® Sutton Group Quantum and Founder of Condo Owners Association chats with Bob Coffey, COA Director about Warranties, Reserve Funds and describes solutions to help the operations of condominiums. Support the show (http://www.condoradio.com)