Single Family vs Fourplexes | Hidden Rental Costs | Real Estate Investing Canada | Edmonton

🎧 Single Family vs Fourplexes | Hidden Rental Costs

Real Estate Investing Morning Show – Hosted by Wayne & Gabby Hillier

This morning’s show was a real, unfiltered coaching session driven entirely by listener questions. Wayne and Gabby broke down common investor assumptions, exposed costly misconceptions, and shared hard-earned lessons from managing real rental portfolios across Alberta.

If you’ve been stuck overthinking your next move, today’s episode cuts through the noise and brings everything back to fundamentals, math, and risk.

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🧠 What You’ll Learn in This Episode

• Why most investors ask the wrong questions and how that holds them back

• The real pros and cons of single family homes vs fourplexes

• Why “more doors” does not automatically mean better returns

• The biggest hidden operating costs investors underestimate in single family rentals

• Why suited properties often create more tenant conflict and management issues

• The real risk behind non-legal secondary suites and why towns “looking the other way” still isn’t safe

• How to actually compare investments using return per dollar invested, not opinions

• Why cash flow per dollar invested is a better risk metric than total cash flow

• What Wayne would buy today in Edmonton if forced to give a simple answer

• Why long-term credibility matters more than squeezing maximum returns early on

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👥 About Your Hosts

Wayne & Gabby Hillier are full-time real estate investors and coaches based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Through their REI Masters Mentorship Program, they help Canadians build long-term wealth using rental properties, BRRRRs, flips, joint ventures, and creative real estate strategies.

New episodes every weekday morning featuring real stories, coaching moments, and tactical investing advice.

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💡 Resources & Contact

Learn about our Mentorship Program:
www.reimasters.ca

Bookkeeping & tax help:
www.finngo.com/rei

Submit a question for the show:
[e-mail]

📘 Recommended Reading
The 5% Rule™ – A Real Estate Cash Flow Test for Canadian Investors
https://a.co/d/jdZaBXM

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🤝 Thanks to Our Sponsors

🏠 Calvin Realty – Edmonton Investor-Focused Realtor
🌐 calvinrealty.ca

📊 Finngo Bookkeeping & Tax – Investor-Focused Accounting Firm
🌐 www.finngo.com/rei

💼 Kirkwood & Brennan Mortgage Group – Investor-Focused Brokers
🌐 www.kbmortgages.ca
📧 [e-mail]

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🏫 Edmonton Real Estate Investing Course

Thinking about investing in Edmonton but not sure where to start?

Our 8-week Edmonton Real Estate Investing Course gives you a clear blueprint to invest with confidence, including:

• Why Edmonton is one of Canada’s strongest cash flow markets

• The economic drivers shaping Edmonton’s growth

• How to analyze neighborhoods for cash flow and upside

• The five main asset types and how they perform

• Tenant selection strategies that protect your returns

• How to buy rental properties that actually make money

👉 Learn more and register at:
www.reimasters.ca