Unveiling Canada's Real Estate Financing Landscape with Rob Maver

Rob Maver is a Senior Underwriter at Calvert Home Mortgage Investment Corporation, leading a team of underwriters who help provide support to real estate investors in Canada to help provide better quality housing across the nation. He is on the Self Wealth Real Estate podcast today to shed more light on what happens behind the scenes in the lending space so we can understand it better.   Listen now to learn more about the mortgage industry in Canada today, what services Calvert Home Mortgage Investment Corporation has to offer, and how real estate investors can take advantage of these opportunities!    Key Talking Points of the Episode   00:00 Introduction 01:18 What is Rob's background? 03:25 How did Rob get involved in the lending business? 05:58 What does Rob do at Calvert Home Mortgage Investment Corporation? 08:05 Why is Calvert Home Mortgage an ideal lender for flippers? 13:10 What would the typical cost be for a flipper to borrow from Calvert Home Mortgage? 15:56 Why is Calvert Home Mortgage working to make capital more accessible for investors? 19:41 How do people benefit more from putting less down for capital? 24:22 What mistakes are investors usually making when it comes to funding deals? 29:53 How does location influence the decisions of lenders to provide funding? 31:22 Why is it important for real estate investors to learn how to comp properties? 37:25 How does experience play into the kind of deals borrowers are bringing to the table? 44:43 What areas does Calvert Home Mortgage service? 47:55 What are the biggest underwriting mistakes Rob has made as an underwriter? 51:11 How does Rob handle the worst deals brought to him? 53:40 What is the worst deal Rob has encountered? 56:12 What is the best deal Rob has ever worked on? 59:20 What has changed in Rob's approach to underwriting and lending? 01:00:30 What is Rob's advice for his younger self? 01:01:36 What is the most overhyped real estate strategy today? 01:03:49 How can you get in touch with Rob and his team?   Quotables   "The people who put less down are actually getting more returns from their capital because they're investing less of it. Their capital is working harder for them."   "If we can help them build up the property so they have something to sell and put some money back in or lose less money, heaven forbid, that's better than enforcing on something that's half-built and demolished day 1." "The presence of a contract does not make a good deal. A good deal makes a good deal."   Links   Instagram: Calvert Home Mortgage Investment Corporation https://www.instagram.com/calverthomemortgage_/   Email: Rob Maver [email protected]