In March, Metro Vancouver experienced unprecedented levels of home buyer and seller activity. Let’s go over the Real Estate Market Rental Report of March. According to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV), residential home sales in the area totaled 5,708 in March 2021, a 126.1 percent improvement over the 2,524 sales reported in … Read more
Nobody ever said becoming a landlord was easy, thats why we outlined below 5 tech tools for Landlords. Of course, the likelihood of passive income from property ownership appeals to many people. However, property management is not a passive activity. Aside from collecting rent regularly, you must also manage property repairs, vacancies, disputes, and emergencies. … Read more
Serving Notices To Tenants Once you have found a tenant and a lease is signed for your property, you’ll need to know both your and your tenants’ rights. At some point, you will have to provide documentation to your tenants During tenancy. You may even have to take legal action. Proper documentation is important when … Read more
After a tenant has been chosen it is important that both of you communicate clearly to ensure that you and the tenant understand both your rights and your responsibilities and are therefore fully protected in the case of something going wrong. If something does go wrong, having this initial paperwork helps to ensure that the … Read more
Making sure that you have a water-tight selection process for potential tenants is essential for any landlord. While parts of the process may vary from person to person, there are some elements of the selection process that every landlord needs to consider. These include; Applications PIPA The Human Rights Code Credit Checks References Tenant Application … Read more
In 2018, 66.2% of first-time buyers in Canada bought their homes because they wanted to become homeowners, with 50.6% of these buyers under 35 years of age. If you are a first-time buyer, you will generally have more questions than someone who has already gone through the process. Some of the questions you may have, … Read more
Intense competition amongst home buyers is putting upward pressure on home prices across Metro Vancouver’s housing market. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential home sales in the region totalled 3,727 in February 2021, a 73.3 per cent increase from the 2,150 sales recorded in February 2020, and a 56 per cent increase from the 2,389 homes sold in January 2021. Last month’s sales were 42.8 percent above the 10-year February sales average. “Metro Vancouver’s … Read more
The landlord-tenant relationship can often be abused if proper legislative rules are not passed and practiced and this has been a common theme and motivator behind tenancy disputes that make news headlines. In one especially offsetting scenario, loopholes in the laws give less scrupulous landlords a certain edge of exercising their power through illegal renoviction … Read more
An email has become the common and quintessential method by which parties communicate and share information. The current amendment to regulations comes at the behest of a recommendation from the Rental Housing Task Force, who had sought input from landlords and tenants, and fielded suggestions to recognize email as an acceptable form for notification Coming … Read more
Burquitlam is a neighborhood located on the boundary of Coquitlam and Burnaby, and its exponential growth has been underpinned by the development of the Evergreen Skytrain line. It’s easy to access to Hwy 1 makes it a natural selection for homeowners looking for a bigger return on their investment dollar. As the community and general … Read more
Getting the rental property is the easy part of becoming a landlord. You need to get people to rent out your property and stay as long as possible and ensure that people will want to rent from you. Being a landlord can be such an exciting adventure, but it can be a complicated and overwhelming … Read more
I would describe myself as a sceptical investor. It usually takes a lot of research before I am convinced. Surrey real estate convinced me. Surrey properties are currently the most affordable real estate investment in Metro Vancouver. We have been looking after a number of properties in Surrey and the prospect of owning a brand … Read more