Vancouver Real Estate Podcast

With the announcement of Shell’s $40 billion LNG Canada project, the economic future of North East BC is bright and inevitable. This major infrastructure project will create thousands of jobs and be a vibrant economic hub for years to come. Fort St. John is also the regional hub of the Site C Dam project, a major project that will result in housing needs for thousands of workers. Read: low vacancy, high rents.

What’s continuously driving smart money to Vancouver Real Estate? Wendy Waters, Senior Director of Research Services & Strategy at GWL Realty Advisors (with $13 billion under management in Canada!), joins Adam & Matt to answer this question with hard data and solid analytics. Tune in for a candid ‘behind-the-scenes’ look at how a top multidisciplinary researcher & real estate investment strategist analyzes Canadian markets and asset classes for high performing pension funds and institutional clients. And, find out where and what GWLRA is buying and why. Get your notepads out!

If you are looking for a condo in Vancouver, you will have two choices upfront: should you buy presale or resale? This week Adam & Matt tackle this question head on with 7 reasons why buying pre-construction in 2019 might be a HUGE mistake with major consequences to your bottom line! Also, don’t miss 4 bonus tips for how you can get the best deal possible in the resale market! This episode will save you money. Level up!

Are Vancouver condos in for a major correction this year? Dane Eitel thinks so and he has successfully forecasted Vancouver’s real estate market before. After putting forth some bold predictions about the detached market last year, Dane is back by popular demand to do the same for attached. Dane joins Adam & Matt to discuss his findings, respond to his critics, and offer some no-nonsense predictions for this year and beyond.

Are you anxious about the real estate market in 2019? Co-founder & Principal of Domus Homes Richard Wittstock isn’t and chances are he knows more than you. Richard joins Adam & Matt to discuss his fascinating 30-odd-year trajectory through the Vancouver real estate market, cutting his teeth during the deep recession of the 1990s and riding out the bear and the bull markets ever since. And he is excited to buy this year! Get Richard’s take on the current state of market and where it’s heading, his purposeful approach to buying and developing land, and the best advice he ever received as a novice investor. We have wanted to talk to Richard for a long time and this conversation was worth the wait. 

With the Canadian Real Estate Market softening and a recent decline in bond yields, will interest rates continue to increase in 2019? Top Investment Mortgage Broker and Owner of the Green Mortgage Team, Kyle Green, joins Adam & Matt to highlight drastic changes to lending policies, what it means for borrowers and the market at large, and how all of this will unfold in coming months. Spoiler alert: Kyle is not timid about sharing his predictions! As an avid real estate investor with a large investor client-base, Kyle also offers his favourite markets, areas for potential growth, and some pro-tips for improving your portfolio. One thing is for sure: this episode will definitely get your interest rising... Zing!

New Year, New You? Well, we've got your motivation covered! Meet Janet LePage, Co-Founder & CEO of Western Wealth Capital (WWC), who started out at 25 years old with a real estate coach and now oversees a soon-to-be billion dollar company with 10,000 rental units and counting. Among her many achievements, Janet was recently highlighted as one of BIV's Forty Under 40, was awarded the Veuve Clicquot Canadian New Generation Award, and secured a finalist spot for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2017. Janet joins Adam & Matt to discuss real estate investing strategies, the metrics she considers before investing, and how you, too, can grow an empire. Do not miss this episode!  

Are you blind to some of the biggest rental property liabilities impacting your bottom line and your tenant’s well-being? The answer unfortunately is almost certainly yes. J.A. and Mark Pankiw-Petty from PPL Accident Recovery Group, a leading personal injury law firm in Vancouver, sit down with Adam & Matt this week to set the record straight through a series of case studies worthy of a Perry Mason reboot. The devil is in the details in these cases - rickety balconies, loose paving stones, ill-advised doobies, and more – and you will want to pay very close attention so that we don’t tackle your disastrous case in a future episode!   

Has 2018 been a good year for Vancouver? The time to take stock is now. Former City Councillor & Founder of the influential “Price Tags” website Gordon Price sits down with Adam & Matt to discuss the present, the past, and the future of Vancouver in one of the most wide-reaching conversations to date. Tune in to hear Gordon’s take on all things Vancouver, including his unique insider account of local politics, why building permits ought to take as long as they do, and his surprising predictions for the next neighborhoods set for redevelopment. Oh, yeah, and we also cover the coming apocalypse.  This is not to be missed!

It's not what you earn but what you keep, and the best way to keep is through careful and often obsessive tax planning. Top accountant Tim Cestnick (The Globe and Mail columnist and CEO of Our Family Office Inc.) joins Adam & Matt this week to discuss all things tax planning - from how to structure your investment portfolio to exploring complications with principal residence exemptions. Learn what makes a great real estate investment, the most misunderstood tax rules, and some rules that might surprise you. Buckle up!