Built by Investors,
for Business Owners
My Right Life was founded on a simple premise: Canadian business owners are sitting on retained earnings, cash flow, and personal savings that are being eroded by taxes and inflation, and there's a better way to deploy that capital.
The Problem We Saw, and Decided to Solve
Most Canadian business owners are excellent at building their business. But when it comes to deploying the wealth that business generates, retained earnings sitting in a holding company, cash flow that's being taxed at the corporate rate, personal savings earning 2% in a GIC, the options feel limited.
Real estate in Canada is expensive, over-leveraged, and increasingly regulated. The stock market feels volatile and impersonal. And most "investment opportunities" are either too complex, too illiquid, or too dependent on a single market.
We built My Right Life to offer a third path: internationally diversified vacation rental properties in markets with strong fundamentals, low or zero tax, USD pricing, and professional management, so you can invest and get on with running your business.
Mission, Vision & Values
Our Mission
To help Canadian business owners build lasting, internationally diversified wealth through curated vacation rental properties, with full transparency, turnkey management, and genuine alignment of interests.
Our Vision
A world where every business owner has the option to deploy their retained earnings into real, income-producing assets that work for them, regardless of where those assets are located.
Our Standard
We only present opportunities we would invest in ourselves. Every property is vetted for yield, legal clarity, foreign ownership rights, and the quality of on-the-ground management before it reaches you.
Meet the Founders
Three Canadian entrepreneurs who built businesses, invested internationally, and decided to make that path accessible to others.
My Right Life was founded by a Canadian entrepreneur who spent years building a successful business, and then spent years figuring out what to do with the wealth that business generated.
The answer wasn't more Canadian real estate. It wasn't the stock market. It was internationally diversified vacation rental properties in markets with genuine structural advantages.
Every property on this platform has been evaluated through the lens of a business owner deploying retained earnings: What's the after-tax yield? What's the legal structure? Who manages it when I'm not there? What's the exit strategy?
Mathew Frederick, A Business Owner Who Invested Internationally and Never Looked Back
Mathew brings 42 years of experience in residential, commercial, and land development real estate. His career began with income properties before expanding into multifamily buildings ranging from 12 to 64 units, and later into strip plazas and self storage developments. He shares practical, real world knowledge gained through decades of experience.
In 2007, Mathew partnered with a development company and, over the next 16 years, helped develop 280 homes across multiple subdivisions and three low rise condominium projects with more than 50 units each. He provides an insider's perspective to help investors understand the development process while avoiding costly mistakes.
For the past 34 years, Mathew has also been an educator. After spending 10 years as a college instructor, he dedicated the next 24 years to teaching investors throughout Canada and the United States how to build wealth through business and real estate. His ability to simplify complex concepts into practical, easy to understand strategies has helped thousands of investors gain confidence and make better decisions.
After personally investing in Belize and navigating the legal, tax, and management complexities firsthand, the decision was made to build a platform that makes this accessible to other Canadian business owners.
"We built this because we wished it existed when we were starting out. A trusted source of curated international investment properties, with no fluff, no timeshares, and no hidden agendas."
Paul D'Abruzzo , Real Estate Investor, Developer, Coach & Investor-Focused Realtor
Paul D'Abruzzo is a real estate investor, developer, coach, investor-focused realtor, and family man with extensive experience in both Canadian and international real estate markets. Over the years, Paul has spent significant time studying and investing in lifestyle and vacation-driven markets including Turks and Caicos and Costa Rica, gaining firsthand insight into resort properties, short-term rentals, land development opportunities, tourism-driven economies, and the unique advantages and risks associated with Caribbean and Central American real estate investing.
Before entering real estate full-time, Paul proudly served as a Toronto firefighter for over a decade. Firefighting provided stability, strong income, and a respected career, but Paul and his wife Laura envisioned something greater , financial freedom, control over their time, and the ability to create a long-term legacy for their family.
Paul began investing in real estate during the financial crisis of 2009 while still working full-time as a firefighter. Determined to build a different future, he hired mentors, studied business and asset management, and gradually built a growing portfolio. However, balancing firefighting, family life, and investing eventually became overwhelming. The emotional and physical toll of firefighting, combined with the desire for more freedom, led Paul and Laura to make a life-changing decision.
In 2020, Paul left firefighting to focus entirely on real estate. Despite entering full-time investing during one of the most uncertain periods in recent history, he rapidly expanded his business and portfolio. In a short period of time, Paul more than doubled his operations and built a strong team around him, earning a reputation for integrity, strategic asset management, and practical investor guidance.
Today, Paul and his team manage approximately $45 million in assets across multi-family properties, student rentals, short-term rentals, and land development projects throughout the Greater Toronto Area and Ontario's Golden Horseshoe.
When market conditions shifted dramatically in 2022 and 2023 with rising interest rates and increasing financing pressures, Paul adapted quickly. Rather than relying on outdated investment assumptions, he focused heavily on asset management, operational efficiency, strategic repositioning, and long-term sustainability. This period refined his approach and deepened his understanding that modern real estate investing requires discipline, adaptability, and strategic planning.
Paul and Laura have intentionally structured their business to operate remotely, allowing them to travel extensively while maintaining active oversight of their investments and projects. Together with their three daughters, they continue building a lifestyle centered around freedom, family, and long-term wealth creation through real estate.
"Modern real estate investing requires discipline, adaptability, and strategic planning , not just optimism about the upside."
Christian Kalb , Global Perspective, Hands-On Real Estate Expertise
Christian Kalb has traveled extensively throughout the whole world, visiting more than 50 countries while evaluating vacation rental markets, real estate investment trends, and development opportunities. He has lived and worked in six countries, holds two passports and two residencies (Panama & Paraguay), and brings hands-on international real estate experience in Germany, Panama, and Turks and Caicos to a global, cross-border perspective on investment and development.
Since 2015, Christian has been a full-time real estate investor actively focused in the Niagara Region and surrounding Ontario markets. He specializes in Joint Venture real estate investment opportunities designed for busy professionals seeking long-term wealth creation without the demands of day-to-day property management.
His investment focus includes legal secondary and accessory suites, residential multi-unit properties, and short-term rental opportunities such as Airbnb properties. Christian's approach combines practical investing strategies with hands-on market knowledge to help clients build profitable and sustainable real estate portfolios.
"My goal is to build long-term relationships with investors by creating realistic, transparent, and profitable investment strategies tailored to their financial goals and comfort levels."
The Team Behind the Scenes
Keeping Every Investment Running Smoothly
Behind every smooth investor experience is a Director of Operations who makes sure nothing falls through the cracks. From coordinating with on-the-ground management teams to ensuring investor reporting is accurate and timely, our operations leader is the engine that keeps My Right Life running.
With a background in project management and international logistics, she brings the systems thinking and attention to detail that complex cross-border investment requires. She is the primary point of contact for investors post-purchase , the person who picks up the phone when you have a question about your property.
How We Work With You
Discovery Call
We start with a 30-minute call to understand your business structure, tax situation, investment goals, and timeline. No pitch , just listening.
Market & Property Match
Based on your goals, we shortlist the markets and specific properties that fit your budget, risk tolerance, and desired yield profile.
Due Diligence Support
We connect you with local legal counsel, walk you through the ownership structure, and provide full financial projections , no surprises.
Purchase & Setup
We guide you through the purchase process, title transfer, and management onboarding. You own it. We make sure it runs.
Ongoing Partnership
We stay in your corner. Quarterly performance updates, new opportunities as they arise, and a direct line when you have questions.
We've Been There. We Know the Markets.
We don't recommend markets from a spreadsheet. Every destination we work in has been visited, researched, and personally invested in. We have relationships with local developers, legal teams, and property managers , built over years of being on the ground.
Let's Talk About Your Investment Goals
Book a free 30-minute discovery call. No pitch, no pressure , just an honest conversation about whether international vacation rental investment is the right fit for your situation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Honest answers to the questions Canadian business owners ask most when considering international vacation rental investment.