Decline a Rental Applicant the Right Way
How to Respectfully Decline a Rental Applicant We’ve gone through the process of great finding tenants for our rental units a few times now. Whether we have had multiple applicants or interested applicants …
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How to Set Up a Rental Screening and Showing Schedule
Rental Screening and Showing Schedule Once you’re ready to rent your unit you need to have a way to keep track of possible tenants’ information and set up a showing schedule. We didn’t …
3 Steps to Finding Great Renters
How to Find the Perfect Renters for your Unit You’ve put an incredible amount of time, money and effort into creating your rental unit so it’s desirable to renters. You want reliable, respectful …
Guide to Deciding on Rental Renovations
As we’ve shared, our real estate investment strategy focuses on updating houses and adding basement suites. This increases the value and equity in our homes (which can be leveraged) as well as creates …
Laundry Room Refresh – the Difference Paint can Make
Paint is one of the cheapest and ways to make any space look better. In fact, it’s our favourite way to update a space. Even a laundry room is more inviting with a …
Make your Budget Count When Building Rental Suites
We have added basement suites in 2 houses (so far) and have learned that spending money in the wrong places is wasted money. In the beginning, this was a challenging concept for us. Mainly …
Fire Prevention in Rental Units: Don’t get Burned by Renters
This past summer, British Columbia declared a state of emergency due to the extreme forest fire season. All areas of the province were either on fire or under a haze of smoke. According …
Renovation Stress: How the Worst Case Scenario is the BEST Thing to Think About
Renovation stress and the what-ifs it brings Renovation stress often stems from the worry about what might go wrong. Like other times in our life when we undertake something new or a big …
Build Your Own Real Estate Empire
We realize for many it is hard to believe they will ever own a home, never mind more than one! Especially if you live in an expensive real estate market like …
How ‘Suite’ it is: Our First Basement Suite Renovation
Ready for Tenants: Our First Basement Suite Renovation We want to share our first basement suite renovation with you. It is amazing how a space can be transformed with a slight layout change, …