Screening prospective tenants can involve so many different checks and balances. Interviewing, references, criminal court record search, and really anything you can do to get an idea of what sort of tenant a person is going to be. And of course, you have...

There are plenty of reasons why hiring a property management company is a great solution to overcome the problems involved with running a rental property. Let’s take a look at the top 9: Quality Tenants: Companies in the field of property man...

Landlords will agree with me that most of the temporary vacancies are caused by the tenant turnover. Tenant turnover is basically the time between on tenant moves out and the other one moves in. This is not an issue if you manage to place a tenant at...

General sources Newspapers servicing your search area, including free ethnic papers and community papers. Free publications, often found in local retail stores,that publish rental accommodation ads. Check bulletin board postings at libraries, com...

Identify what your needs are: How flexible are you about where you want to live? normally, your rental choices are restricted to whatever is available in that area and what is also affordable. There may be things you will have to compromise. Like, do y...

You’re thinking of buying an investment property, and you’re asking yourself, is this something I can manage on my own or do I need help? Which today often means, do I want to use a property management company or list it myself on Airbnb? Ever since Ai...

HOW TO FIND A GOOD RENTAL PROPERTYBuying rental properties could be a good financial move to make and an excellent choice to take since it’s one of the fastest and most secure way to build wealth. However, as in most real estate investment, a lot o...

Some say it's a bubble, others say there's still tons of upside potential, either way,  the Vancouver real estate market is without a doubt, unique. Whether you think rising interest rates will begin a correction, or you believe that the falling of the Ca...

Property is hot. Especially in Vancouver. The stock market is all over the place; interest rates are still very low. And for these reasons so many people are looking to buy into real estate and buy a lot of it. If you are one of these new property investo...

Trying to figure out whether you need to hire a property manager can be difficult, especially in a highly dynamic and unusual real-estate market like Vancouver.  There's so many different factors to consider! That's why we've compiled all of them into thi...