Tim McGuigan's experience in the banking world bolstered his success in the real estate arena. Megan Martin of the Montreal Gazette reported the following about McGuigan:
Despite growing up in a family of real estate agents, Tim McGuigan decided to carve out his own path and pursue a career in economics and finance. After studying at Concordia University, he worked for 10 years as a bank manager and financial planner. Then in 2000, McGuigan had a change of heart; he decided to take everything he knew about banking, personal finance and mortgages, coupled with 10 years of experience dealing with customers, and apply it to a new challenge: real estate.