Unlocking Canadian Residential Real Estate as an Asset

Given the current residential real estate landscape in Canada, LinkedIn Live guest Shael Soberano, Chief Investment Officer at Konfidis, and host John Asher, President and Co-Founder of Konfidis, are excited to discuss the opportunities in residential real estate as an asset class, including the favourable supply and demand fundamentals that are anticipated to bolster further total return outperformance in this sector.

Single-Family Rental (SFR) has emerged as an attractive ownership strategy to benefit from the compelling total return profile of the residential real estate asset class. In recent years, SFR has been the most sought-after real estate property type in the U.S., garnering significant institutional interest and mass consolidation, but has yet to become available at scale in Canada.

What challenges are tenants facing in today’s rental housing market?

Rental housing inventory is concentrated almost exclusively in multi-family apartments, complexes, and condo units, which are primarily smaller format options.

There is significant demand for larger format rental housing alternatives and single-family residences with larger backyards, close distance to good schools, and additional space.

Tune in to hear about Canadian SFR as an asset class opportunity, learn more about focusing on Ontario’s secondary markets as an investment strategy, and why Konfidis is on a mission to champion Canadian tenants.

The podcast and transcript of this episode can be found here. View all Investor Mindset show episodes here.

Shael Bio:

Shael Soberano, CFA, is the Chief Investment Officer at Konfidis Inc.

Shael is also a Principal of the Sharno Group of Companies, including as a Partner of Sharno Group Inc., a privately owned independent principal investment firm, and as Principal of Sharno Capital Corporation, a registered Exempt Market Dealer and PM with the OSC.

Previously, Shael was Vice President, Senior Analyst at Vision Capital, a leading Canadian Hedge Fund manager focused on publicly traded real estate related securities. Shael first joined Vision Capital as an Analyst in 2009, shortly after its inception, became Vice President, Senior Analyst in 2014, and was registered as an Advising Representative with the Ontario Securities Commission in 2017. With a wide range of roles spanning both business development and investment management, Shael’s contributions were integral in growing Vision Capital’s assets under management and contributed to its award-winning risk-adjusted performance over his tenure. At Vision Capital, Shael was responsible for hands-on analysis and diligence of the U.S. Single-Family REIT sector from its infancy.

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