In this episode of the PowerHaus Podcast, Gabrielle Caine sits down with Mike Seal for Part One of a powerful conversation on real estate, entrepreneurship, resilience, and building wealth the smart way.

Mike Seal is a Windsor, Ontario realtor, entrepreneur, and seasoned real estate professional with more than 25 years of experience spanning mortgage financing, land acquisitions, development, real estate sales, building, and real estate technology. Through his work, Mike helps investors build portfolios, understand risk, identify opportunity, and make smarter real estate decisions with the right strategy and team in place.

In Part One, Mike shares how his journey began at a young age, stepping into business and mortgage financing instead of following a traditional university path, all while navigating the realities of becoming a father at 17. From there, he built a career through constant pivots, problem solving, relationship building, and learning how to create opportunity in changing markets.

This episode is packed with insight for investors and entrepreneurs alike, including:

• why every market has opportunity if you understand the right strategy

• how creativity and patience can uncover off-market deals

• why so many investors get caught over-improving properties

• the danger of relying too heavily on projected numbers and ARVs

• why building the right team before buying is one of the biggest lessons in real estate

If you are interested in real estate investing, entrepreneurship, cash flow, BRRRRs, cap rates, long-term wealth, and making smarter decisions in today’s market, this episode delivers serious value.

Connect with Mike Seal:

Website: https://mikeseal.com

Company: Realty ONE Group Iconic

Email: info@mikeseal.com

About Mike Seal:

Mike Seal is a Windsor, Ontario-based realtor and experienced real estate professional with more than 25 years of hands-on experience across multiple areas of real estate and business. His background includes mortgage financing, development, construction, software, real estate sales, and investor-focused portfolio building. Mike is passionate about helping investors and entrepreneurs navigate opportunity, manage risk, and grow strategically with the right people and the right plan in place.

In this episode of the PowerHaus Podcast, Gabrielle Caine sits down with Doug Meyers — business owner, real estate investor, acquisition entrepreneur, marathon runner, and owner of Final Touch Window Coverings in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Doug shares how a teenage dream of making the NBA taught him how to reverse-engineer goals, build discipline, and commit to the daily work required to improve. That same mindset later carried him through mining engineering, real estate investing, house flipping, sales, coaching, and eventually acquiring an operating business after a two-year search.

This conversation goes deep into identity, purpose, risk, leadership, business ownership, real estate investing, personal development, and what it means to live with intention. Doug opens up about leaving a career that looked successful on paper but felt deeply misaligned, building a real estate portfolio in his twenties, learning from passive investment losses, and stepping into the responsibility of leading an existing company with humility and care.

Doug also shares the systems that help him stay grounded, including his weekly review process, his approach to long-term vision, and why checking in with yourself consistently can prevent you from drifting too far off course.

This episode is for anyone who feels called to build something bigger, make a change, take a calculated risk, or stop waiting until they feel fully ready. Doug’s message is clear: you may never feel 100% prepared, but if you build the skills, plant the seeds, and trust yourself to figure out the rest, you can move forward anyway.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Reverse-engineering big goals
• Why daily discipline matters
• Leaving a career that no longer fits
• Building a real estate portfolio young
• Real estate investing vs. business ownership
• Lessons from passive investing and losing money
• Acquisition entrepreneurship
• Buying and leading an existing business
• Weekly reviews and intentional living
• Faith, personal development, and purpose
• Why you do not need to feel fully ready before taking action

About Doug Meyers:

Doug Meyers is a business owner and real estate investor based in Vancouver, British Columbia. After beginning his career in engineering, Doug transitioned into entrepreneurship and is now the owner of Final Touch Window Coverings, one of Western Canada’s leading luxury window covering companies serving high-end residential and commercial clients across Greater Vancouver and Whistler. He acquired the business after a two-year search.

Prior to stepping into acquisition entrepreneurship, Doug created the Better Every Day Performance Partnership, a coaching program designed specifically for business owners and other high-performing individuals to improve their personal performance, leadership, discipline, and ability to live with purpose.

Outside of business, Doug is passionate about personal growth, leadership, and community. He leads multiple men’s small groups and masterminds focused on accountability, character development, and intentional living. He is also an endurance athlete who has completed multiple marathons and believes strongly in pursuing long-term growth across business, health, relationships, and mindset.

Happily married and deeply growth-oriented, Doug brings a thoughtful and practical perspective to conversations around entrepreneurship, personal performance, and building a meaningful life.

Connect with Doug Meyers:

Email: doug@gbeventures.ca

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-meyers-29a8844a/

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In this episode of the PowerHaus Podcast, Gabrielle Caine sits down with Tamara Anka, creator of Citrine Living, an online lifestyle and interiors platform known for its timeless, elegant, and approachable style.

With a background in graphic design and a career in fashion retail marketing — beginning as a junior graphic designer and evolving to creative director — Tamara brings a deeply rooted and meticulously curated creative perspective to everything she shares. Inspired at an early age by her mother’s love and natural talent for decorating, art, fashion, and design, Tamara developed a passion for interiors and believes a home should feel elegant, welcoming, and deeply personal.

Through Citrine Living, Tamara inspires her audience with beautifully curated spaces, entertaining ideas, and elevated everyday living, encouraging others to create a home that feels timeless, sophisticated, and uniquely their own.

In this raw and honest conversation, Tamara opens up about building a business from nothing, leaving a traditional career path, motherhood, burnout, grief, faith, perfectionism, comparison, and the emotional reality of entrepreneurship. She shares how Citrine Living began as a creative outlet and slowly became a real business built through consistency, organic growth, trial and error, and the willingness to keep showing up even when success took longer than expected.

Tamara also shares practical lessons on growing an online brand, monetizing a blog and social platform, hiring help, staying aligned with your brand, and why one of the best pieces of advice she ever received was: speed trumps perfection.

This episode is for anyone who has ever wanted to start something meaningful but felt unsure, unqualified, or afraid to begin. Tamara’s story is a reminder that you do not need to have it all figured out before you start — you just need to keep moving forward.

• Building a business from zero
• Leaving a traditional career path
• Balancing motherhood, identity, and ambition
• Growing an online brand organically
• Monetizing a blog and social platform
• The emotional side of entrepreneurship
• Faith, grief, gratitude, and resilience
• Hiring help and investing in growth
• Why perfection can delay your progress

Website: https://citrineliving.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/citrineliving/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/citrineliving/

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/citrineliving/

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