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Ronan McMahon

The Best Places on Earth to Buy Real Estate in 2027

Ronan McMahon is a globally recognized real estate investor, bestselling author, and the founder of Real Estate Trend Alert (RETA), a premium club of international real estate investors. Originally from Ireland, Ronan has spent more than two decades traveling the world as an international real estate scout. Spending more than $1 million per year in travel and research, Ronan and his team identify compelling real estate opportunities, share exclusive deals with his members, and guide investors toward high-growth markets others often overlook.

Quentin D’ Souza

Precision Repositioning: A Five-Step Framework for Multi-Family Dominance
Beyond Dividends: Harvesting Alpha with Covered Call Overlays and the “Income-First”‘

Precision Repositioning: In today’s market, wealth isn’t just found; it’s engineered. Based on the principles of “The Ultimate Wealth Strategy,” this presentation reveals the exact process used to acquire and optimize multi-family buildings. We move past the basics of “finding a deal” to focus on the critical middle: the Due Diligence deep dive and the strategic Stabilization of tenants and systems. Discover how to increase building efficiencies and decrease waste to create a lean, high-performing asset ready for a premium refinance.

Beyond Dividends: For the wealthy investor, capital preservation is secondary only to reliable cash flow. This presentation introduces a systematic overlay for Canadian Covered Call ETFs that prioritizes Income Quality over Market Value. By integrating the Retirement Money Secrets philosophy, we move beyond “Buy and Hold” into “Buy and Manage.” Discover how to evaluate Canadian-listed ETFs for “Return of Capital” vs. “Realized Gains,” and how to use the “Income Fund Recovery” method to turn market corrections into your greatest income-generating opportunities.

Quentin owns a real estate portfolio in excess of $125 million dollars of assets under ownership across Canada and the US and transacted on 80+ properties since 2004.

Quentin is a proud member of the Society (SocietyToronto.com) and been accepted in to Tiger 21. His company, Appleridge Homes, uses the Buy, Fix, Refinance, and Rent strategy on long term rental properties in Ontario, Canada, as well as with joint venture partnerships to create win/win relationships. He also invests in rental properties in the USA.

Quentin is the author of “The Property Management Toolbox: A How-To Guide for Ontario Real Estate Investors and Landlords,” “The Filling Vacancies Toolbox: A Step-By-Step Guide for Ontario Real Estate Investors and Landlords for Renting Out Residential Real Estate,” “The Scaling Up Toolbox: A How to Guide for Real Estate Investors Who Don’t Have to Use Their Own Money to Buy Property,” “Finding Properties Toolbox: Buying Real Estate at a Discount” and “The Ultimate Wealth Strategy: Your Complete Guide to Buying, Fixing, Refinancing, and Renting Real Estate.”

He is also mentors real estate investors through the Durham Real Estate Investors Club.

Dr. Andrew Taylor

Leverage and how to use it to create massive cashflow

Andrew has been investing in real estate since the early 1990s, building extensive experience across multiple asset classes including commercial office, retail, recreational properties, and large-scale development projects. Throughout his career, he has acquired, developed, rezoned, and stratified numerous properties, creating a diversified international portfolio spanning Portugal, Spain, Mexico, Panama, Canada, and the United States.

A key component of Andrew’s investing strategy has been the strategic use of leverage. Over the years, he has developed and refined several techniques that help investors maximize capital efficiency and increase property performance. Most recently, Andrew has created an innovative approach that significantly increases real estate cash flow by combining equity leverage with RMS/dividend investing strategies.

At the conference, Andrew will share these practical leverage and cash-flow optimization techniques with attendees.

In addition to his investing career, Andrew is currently semi-retired from his medical practice in British Columbia, Canada. His focus in the coming years includes continued real estate development projects in Moab, Utah; Baja California Sur, Mexico; and British Columbia.

Andrew also plans to spend winters in Cabo San Lucas, where he will treat pain and musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, establish an outreach pain clinic for economically challenged local residents, and teach annual MSK medical seminars each February.

When he’s not working on development or medical projects, Andrew enjoys traveling the world with his wife.

Sua Van Truong

Commercial Mortgage Secrets

Sua Truong is a commercial financing strategist and global real estate investor with over 20 years of experience structuring capital for complex and non-traditional real estate projects. He has advised on financing across multifamily, hospitality resorts, mixed-use developments, student housing, and special-purpose assets, with a reputation for understanding how lenders truly assess risk—and why many deals fail long before approval.

Known for his contrarian perspective, Sua challenges traditional residential real estate assumptions in markets facing regulatory uncertainty and weakened property rights. His focus is on commercial niches with durable demand, as capital becomes increasingly mobile in an AI-driven, remote-work economy.

Following the successful completion of international resort developments, Sua is now involved in experience-driven commercial projects across Southeast Asia. His core thesis is simple: capital follows clarity, and investors who understand financing psychology—not hype—will control the next decade of opportunity.

Learn:

• Why deals fail before they reach a lender
• Why projects fail and how you can prevent those failures
• Why there’s more risk in matured markets (North America/Euro etc) than developing markets. What’s the risk and rewards comparison?
  

Martin Burlingame

Covered Call Options

Martin Burlingame serves as Division President of One80 Binding and leads product development initiatives for Bridge Specialty Group. With extensive experience in the excess & surplus (E&S) sector, Burlingame brings deep industry expertise and a proven track record of building and scaling specialty insurance platforms across diverse product lines.

Burlingame joined Bridge Specialty Group through the acquisition of One80 Intermediaries, where he most recently served as President of Binding Authority. In his expanded role, he will focus on advancing product innovation and supporting strategic growth across Bridge’s wholesale and specialty divisions. Prior to One80, Burlingame was President of Commercial Insurance Group, LLC (dba Bigfoot Insurance), an online MGA platform that handled submissions for over 25,000 agents across the US and where he led underwriting and distribution strategies tailored to niche markets. In addition to his insurance leadership, Burlingame is a combat veteran who served a tour in Somalia.

Burlingame holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and French from Washington & Lee University and a Master of Arts in Management from Webster University.

Drew Wahlgren

Structuring High-yield Real Estate Investments through Sale Leaseback Acquisitions

Drew has been investing in real estate since 2011 and been an entrepreneur since 2005, owning and operating a food and beverage distribution company in the San Francisco Bay Area. Drew joined the partners of MAG Capital Partners in 2019 and is currently the Senior Vice President of Capital Markets for the firm, which manages over $1.5B in commercial real estate and operating companies. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from California State University at Hayward, and lives in the Southlake, TX with his wife and three children.