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“Equally important to me is a genuine, heartfelt interest and a passion to help other people find what their ‘why’ is... My passion is to solve other people’s ‘why’ and that’s probably what my ‘why’ is; the joy and fulfillment that I get helping other people.” – John Heeney

John Heeney and his wife Dorli are the owners of Tranquility Enterprises Inc. They have been married for 24 years and have four children between the ages of 14 and 21. Formerly dairy farmers from Ingersoll Ontario, they sold their dairy farm in 2014 to pursue a real estate career.

In 2011, on the advice of some shrewd mentors, John decided to create Tranquility Enterprises before the sale of the dairy farm. Having all his assets tied up in the dairy farm, John quickly had to learn how to raise capital and utilize Joint Ventures, RSP’s and private money to build and grow his real estate portfolio. After making a couple of property purchases, it was clear to John that he needed to be educated thoroughly if he really wanted to grow his portfolio. Enter REIN!

John became a member of REIN in 2011, literally studied everything REIN had available to learn, built a real estate team and chose a target market in which to invest. Over the next year, being fully equipped with education, John purchased 14 properties, primarily suited houses and single-family homes. In 2013, John was awarded REIN’s Rookie of the Year and Investor of the Year for Ontario along with his Bronze, Silver, and Gold Pins for purchasing properties. REIN has continued to be a vital part of John’s education. He has transacted almost 60 deals so far and continues to focus on suited homes primarily in the Edmonton market.

Recently, John hired Jared Hope of Tilt Property Group to act as his coach and is now in the process of learning new strategies with plans to actively purchase 18 properties within the next 12 months. His focus continues to be raising capital with JVs and other people’s money. He has raised over $12 million dollars to invest in real estate over the past 9 years and that number continues to grow each day. John is also working with Jared as a real estate coach with a primary focus on teaching people how to raise money using JV’s, RSP’s and private money.

John has a huge passion to help others build LEGACY to create TRANQUILITY!

 



 

Show Notes
[01:52] Patrick introduces his next guest, John Heeney.
[03:59] John’s elevator pitch gets the conversation underway. What does it mean to him to build a legacy?
[07:16] In conjunction with legacy, it’s fundamental to John to include and incorporate the words trust and confidence.
[09:13] John shares the story of his upbringing which was deeply rooted in dairy farming, how he got started in business and the influence his entrepreneurial farming parents had on his own path. His tale takes us to how and why he transitioned out of the business of dairy farming and into the business of real estate investing.
[13:33] During the 3-year closing process of the dairy farm sale, on the advice of his mentors, John decided to get a solid real estate investing business underway. But wait, all his capital was tied up in the farm! Time to get educated and training. Enter REIN and a dedicated study path.
[16:28] John talks about the mentors he’s been fortunate to have in his life, and the traits of a solid coach who spends the time to get to the “why” of their client’s desired path.
[20:16] In what way did John show up that allowed the space for his mentors to want to support and guide him with no skin in the game except to help?