Mark Murphy        Dave Hyslop

Mark Murphy

Mark Murphy has been in real estate for nearly 20 years. When he was 18 he was left a trust fund of $5000 from his late mother, of which when he took it to the bank a savvy banker advised him to deposit the funds, request a LOC for the same amount, and then go buy a house. Mark purchased his first townhome at an early age and was blessed to have earned $50,000 in rapid appreciation from 2002 to 2004. He used the money to travel the world and upon his return had enough to reinvest into an apartment, of which he currently still owns and is part owner in 2 suited single family homes and 2 apartments.

In 2013, he started a company called StrataWork.ca which assists strata corporations in managing their business affairs. In 2015, he and a group of partners started Stronghold Management Inc in Abbotsford. He was an acting director until regretfully one of the managing partners passed away and the business was closed. Mark currently continues to be active in the real estate industry having worked for PeeverConn Properties Inc(SuperSuites.ca) and is now working and licensed at Royal Lepage Brookside Realty.

At his core he is a family man,  a father to 4 kids and is married to his wife Lisa. Real estate began as a hobby and although there have been successes, equally there have been hardships. In 2008, Mark and his father were a team and were invested in 4 single family homes. Regretfully his father passed away in late 2008 at the exact same time the U.S. subprime housing crisis crushed the market. For several years he struggled to hang on and through those tough times had to learn a lot about real estate and why things happen the way they do.

Today, Mark continues to invest in Real Estate and being much wiser and seasoned, decided to offer his service to others and help them achieve their financial and life goals – “Real estate investing is about your family, and I’m going to teach you how to protect that!”