Property owner services & Pricing

• Understand Rental Process from Our Licensed Property Manager
• In British Columbia, operating property managers must obtain licenses through the Real Estate Commission of British Columbia. We are the licensed property manager of REMAX. Ask about our certificates, qualifications, and learn how our licensed property managers can protect your best interests.

• Understand the status of your rental property and understand your specific needs.
• Provide market analysis and suggest an appropriate rental price for you to help you get the most benefit.

• Perform an initial walk through and provide an overview of what (if anything) your property needs to market for rent at the highest price possible.

• Post your rental on our website, MLS, public rental search engines & trustworthy social media with professional photos and 3D Virtual Reality Tour of your property.

• Conduct initial screening  for the property showing.
• Schedule showings with your permission at a time convenient to you.

• Conduct background and credit checking on shortlisted tenant by an independent & industrial-leading credit bureau.
• Shortlist qualified tenant(s) for your consideration and confirmation

• Adopt the standard template from BC Residental Tenancy Branch (RTB) accurately reflect the Residential Tenancy Act as well as any accompanying regulations.
• Work with you to prepare a lease addendum to append all tailoring requirement and stipulation to lease agreement (e.g No-Pet, No-smoking, No-Marijuana, No-illegal Activity etc. in your property).
• The tenancy agreement normally starts with a fix-term of 12-month, and will then continue on a month-to-month basis with the same tenant under the same tenancy agreement. This can save your hassle for setting another new lease agreement for every 12-month even though you are happy with your current tenant.

• The tenancy agreement  can be signed in a hard copy or  electronically online.
• e-sign  is simple, quick, secure and legally binding, and save  your hassle, especially you are out-of-town.

• Collect Security Deposit & Pet Deposit for you
• Collect a copy of Tenant Insurance Policy Paper from Tenant for Record
• Conduct a Move-in Inspection to reflect the condition of your property on Tenant's move-in, document in a full report with photos for record. This report will be used to compare with the property condition when tenant moves out from the property.

• Collect rent from tenant via PAD (Pre-Authorized Debit) every month to avoid any payment delay
• Credit your rental income to your designated account via auto-bank transfer every month
• If required, handle your annual payment of property tax, homeowner insurance, Water Utility/City Payment and monthly payment of strata fee

• Visit and Inspect your property periodically to spot any obvious areas of concern, and take the necessary follow-up action.
• Regular inspection will help to protect your property value and to ensure your Owners' Home Insurance remain valid as required by the insurer

• Proceed and coordinate repairs & inspections from licensed professional or contractors, with your permission
• Report the progress of the required repair and maintenance to you
• Communicate with tenants for any repair matters
• Allow reserve fund for emergency repair with your pre-authorization

• Official Monthly/Annual Statement from REMAX, clearly lists out your rental income, expenses during the month and calendar year, these statements are useful for filing your annual tax return and proofing your property is rented in a particular month. 

• In BC, landlords may increase the rent once in a 12 month period by an amount permitted by law.  With your permission, we'll send appropriate notice to tenants to increase the rent for maximizing your income

• Send appropriate 10-Day notice to end tenancy (as permitted by the law) for unpaid rent paid from Tenant for minimizing your loss. Tenant is expected to response in 5 days.

• Conduct move-out inspection and compare the property condition with that in the move-In inspection for protecting your interest before returning the deposit to tenant

The lease agreement with tenant normally starts with a fix-term of 12-month, and then automatically continue on a month-to-month basis under the same lease contract with the same tenant.

We can arrange to set up a new tendency agreement with the same tenant after the 12-month of the fix-term period, if this is required by you.

If you are struggling with a renovation of your investment property, and need help to coordinate your project, we can provide all or just some of the services you need if you can’t be onsite yourself.

Withholding Tax Monthly Payment to CRA and Official NR4 form from REMAX will be provided for your tax reporting, if you are a non-resident in Canada

After we place tenant for you and if you decide to terminate our services, we will arrange to handover the existing lease agreement to your newly appointed property manager

Our objective is to take up hassle from you, call us if you have any specialized needs which are not mentioned here.