Paul Cornett was born and raised in a semi-basement apartment in Rosemont, Montreal. After attending French-language primary and secondary schools, he graduated in 2000 from McGill University with a double major in German and Hispanic studies, earning a degree with honors. After traveling across Europe with a Eurail pass, he accepted a position as an English teacher in Trier, Germany, for the following school year. It was there that he met his future wife, Susanne. Not really knowing how to handle a hammer and assuming it was a prerequisite for manhood, Paul decided to volunteer with the AmeriCorps program with Habitat for Humanity in Miami, Florida, from August 2001 to June 2002.

Having discovered a passion for real estate and independent work, Paul obtained his real estate agent license in May 2003 and his licensed real estate broker license in 2007. Since 2009, he has had a small real estate team that sells residential and commercial properties. Paul is passionate about poetry, The Lord of the Rings, gardening, family camping, and, much to his embarrassment, he still enjoys watching Seinfeld.

To defy the odds and survive their early years in real estate, Paul and his wife, who had a tourist visa, worked as building caretakers in an apartment building in the Plateau and used Communauto instead of renting cars. They bought their first income property within 18 months of starting in the field. Paul and Susi have been raising their six children in the same home since 2007, and they own investment properties as well as farmland. Paul firmly believes that real estate is not only a way to create and generate wealth, but also to tell a story to the people who live in it.