

Vancouver Real Estate Podcast
Adam and Matt Scalena
Vancouver's premier real estate podcast. Your source for buying, selling, or investing in the Vancouver Real Estate Market with two of Vancouver's top realtors, Adam and Matt Scalena.
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Mar 29, 2016 • 40min
VREP #11 | 10 Ways to Sell Your Home Fast & for Top Dollar
Adam and Matt discuss traits to look for in an agent and ten ways to sell your home fast and for top dollar in this market!

Mar 16, 2016 • 43min
VREP #10 | Vancouver's Five Best Investments & A Secret Recipe for Mortgages with Dustan Woodhouse
Top Mortgage Specialist Dustan Woodhouse joins Adam and Matt to discuss his secret recipe for securing financing before offer presentation. Bonus: Eniz Aziz sits down with the brothers to discuss the top five best areas to invest in Vancouver.

Mar 3, 2016 • 39min
VREP #9 | Appraisals & the Reno that Will Sink Your Property Value
Leigh Walker joins Adam and Matt to discuss appraisals, finding market value in a rising market & which renovations add the most value to your property.

Feb 26, 2016 • 38min
VREP #8 | How to Win in Multiple Offers
Adam and Matt prepare you for winning properties in a hot housing market when there are multiple offers.

Feb 24, 2016 • 21min
VREP #7 | Your Future Home with Gregory Dreicer
Museum of Vancouver Director of Curatorial and Engagement, Gregory Dreicer, joins Adam and Matt to discuss the exhibition "Your Future Home: Creating the New Vancouver." For more information about the exhibition, head to MOV's site: http://www.museumofvancouver.ca/

Feb 18, 2016 • 38min
VREP #6 | Shadow Flipping and Assignments with Managing Broker Mike Hofer
Century 21 In Town Realty Managing Broker Mike Hofer joins Matt and Adam to discuss "shadow flipping", assignment sales, and the ethics of real estate. Stay tuned for an on-the-ground perspective!

Feb 11, 2016 • 27min
VREP #5 | Foreign Ownership Tax, Affordability & Why Robinson Crusoe May Hold the Key to Vancouver's Real Estate Market with UBC Prof. Tom Davidoff
UBC Associate Professor Tom Davidoff joins Adam and Matt to discuss the BC Housing Affordability Fund and comments on foreign ownership and what makes Vancouver's market so unique.

Feb 7, 2016 • 22min
VREP #4 | Life After the Viaducts & the Future of North East False Creek with Holly Sovdi
Lead City Planner with the Downtown Division, Holly Sovdi, joins Adam and Matt to discuss life after the Georgia and Dunsmuir Viaducts come down and the future for North East False Creek - a new community that unites Chinatown, Crosstown, Strathcona, Mount Pleasant - and all of East Vancouver - to the downtown waterfront communities and will transform downtown Vancouver creating opportunities for densification, affordable housing, park space & livability. Is 2016 the year of the condo? Adam and Matt also discuss Barbara Yaffe's new article, Bob Rennie and more!

Feb 1, 2016 • 38min
VREP #3 | Five ways to protect yourself when buying a house built before 1980 with Vancouver Home Inspector Aaron Borsch
Building Inspector Aaron Borsch discusses the top five ways to protect yourself when buying a house built before 1980, while Adam and Matt discuss Urban Planner Andy Yan's new housing market map revealing that 91 per cent of all Vancouver single-family, detached homes are now assessed at over $1 million.
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Jan 28, 2016 • 29min
VREP #2 | Maximizing Your Rental Income with Sarah Penman
Sarah Penman bought her first condo when she was 21 years old. She is now the owner/operator of a leading property management company, located in Yaletown, and oversees approximately 150 rental units in Greater Vancouver. We discuss everything to do with revenue, including hot rental areas, the characteristics of a good revenue property, furnished rentals vs. non-furnished rentals, screening tenants, and a property manager's worst nightmare...