About the Author

Derek Lobo

Derek Lobo is a well-established multi-family real estate professional with more than three decades of success in helping solve challenges for his clients. He has witnessed, firsthand, many dynamics in the real estate market that he serves in Canada, and most recently the affordable housing crisis that is also gripping other countries around the globe.

This latest challenge around the global housing crisis has hit close to home, and as a father of three, he’s witnessed the difficulty of younger generations dreaming of owning their own home. This situation impacts millions around the world, including his own staff who find themselves disillusioned with the state of housing affordability.

Derek is a God-fearing man, never too shy in taking on a task others may think to be too large or unrealistic. He has decades of experience in speaking, writing, consulting, teaching relationships, collaborations, and executing complex brokerage transactions. THE SELF FUNDING HOUSE™ is his 19th book and the first that directly impacts millions, perhaps billions, of readers on a global level. Firmly established as a “thought leader,” Derek’s unwavering mission is to impact one of the world’s greatest challenges—the lack of rental and affordable housing.

Derek is the Broker of Record and CEO of SVN Rock Advisors Inc., Brokerage and his keen insightful strategies have allowed him to broker some the nation’s largest and most complex real estate transactions.

Now, in his fifth decade of business, Derek’s desire is to continue being a collaborator and is carrying out this vision by bringing together like-minded, talented individuals, to solve business challenges and create opportunities. He is never short of vision, and he’s surrounded himself with a capable team to tackle the challenges ahead.