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Our UBC Landlords avoiding spending over $160,000 in the first year renting their 12,000 sq/ft luxury home to us. This 7 bedroom property with indoor pool had been neglected for years and required significant updates in order to be liveable and attract the right temporary tenant. We agreed to a very specific fixed term tenancy and to take on the needed repairs.

The Landlord obtained steady cashflow, didn’t pay for repairs, avoided the speculation tax, obtained temporary tenants, and had plenty of time to prepare for their BIG reno. We call this a WIN/WIN/WIN.

If you’re a Vancouver homeowner or developer preparing for your BIG reno, rent to us on a short fixed term lease and start collecting rent. Yes, even if the house need LOTS of repairs! Contact us for a free consultation. We’ll tell you if we can help or how you can save $$$.

Often times homeowners think we won’t be able to help them. They think the house is beyond repair and its best to just keep it vacant before demo. However, one homeowner needed tenants in order to avoid paying a hefty $420,000 Empty Homes Tax.

After a quick consultation with Property Sage we assured them we could restore the house to its former glory without spending any of their own money,acquire tenants, and hand it back to them in 18 months!

* Updated the radiant in-floor heating system
* New carpeting in various rooms
* Updated bathroom and shower
* Updated kitchen with new appliances  
* Fresh paint throughout the house
* Updated and modernized bedrooms 
* New laminate flooring 
* Plumbing updates and repairs and new toilets. 
* Extensive exterior landscaping
* Tennis court restoration 
* New lighting fixtures and window coverings 

These updates didn’t cost our landlord a penny while they were waiting for City of Vancouver building permits. Instead of doing the repairs themselves they let us (their amazing tenant) handle them.

If you’re a Vancouver homeowner or developer waiting 6-12 month for your Vancouver building permits, rent to us on a short fixed term lease and start collecting rent. Yes, even the real ugly houses! Contact us for a free consultation. We’ll tell you if we can help or how to make more money without us.

Our Point Grey Landlords avoiding spending a whopping $420,000 over 18 months renting their demo house to us. Their property value was very high and the house was in very poor condition. They desperately needed tenants but didn’t want to take on the necessary repairs costs and tenant headaches. They also needed to avoided paying the Empty Home Tax while waiting for Vancouver city building permits to be approved.

We agreed to a 18 month fixed term lease, provided rent and completed over $50,000 in necessary home repairs to get the temporary rental liveable and safe. This was a win for the owner, and a win for our tenants looking for temporary home.

If you’re a Vancouver homeowner or developer waiting 6-12 month for your Vancouver building permits, rent to us on a short fixed term lease and start collecting rent. Yes, even the real ugly houses! Contact us for a free consultation. We’ll tell you if we can help or how to make more money without us.

An older house wants to feel hip. This bedroom needed some basic updates to make it cool again. Our tenants loved the refinished hardwood floors!

-sanded hardwood floors
-new hardwood stain and sealant
-new window coverings
-new lighting fixtures
-fresh interior paint.

These improvements didn’t cost our Landlord a dime. We were happy to take on all cosmetic updates at our own expense.

Don’t let your vacant house sit empty. Contact us for a consultation.

Most of the houses we rent and refurbish are demo houses. When possible we try to restore areas back to their original beauty. This kitchen banquette area was in poor shape when we first moved in. A dog had been chewing on it for years! Instead of throwing this seat in the trash, we found a great local reupholster to bring it back to life. We also added some magic like new lighting and window coverings to the kitchen. Now this area became the highlight hangout spot to the house.

These updates didn’t cost our landlord a penny while they were waiting for City of Vancouver building permits. Instead of doing the repairs themselves they let us handle them.

If you’re a Vancouver homeowner waiting 6-12 month for your Vancouver building permits, rent to us on a short fixed term lease and start collecting rent. Yes, even the real ugly houses! Contact us for a free consultation. We’ll tell you if we can help or how to make more money without us.

Don't leave money on the table waiting for Vancouver building permits 😩. City hall can take 6-12 months before processing 🤬. Let us pay you rental income while you wait🤑. We specialize in distressed house and short leases.

Contact us for a consultation.

Sometimes we have to get creative. 💆‍♂️Our tenants needed more space as their family grew by an extra person. This unfinished basement area was orginally being used as a laundry space. With some creative maneuvering we slid the washing mashing to the other side of the wall, installed some temporary flooring, added a door, some paint, some flashy trim, and VOILA! A new sleeping area emerged.

This is a demo house we rented for 10 months. We take these small tasks on ourselves. It doesn’t cost the owner a penny and they love us for it!

If you’re waiting 6-12 month for your Vancouver building permits, don’t let your vacant house sit empty. Rent to us. Otherwise you’re leaving money on the table! Contact us for a free consultation.

BC Speculation and vacancy tax declaration is due March 31, 2021.

You can declare as soon as you receive your declaration letter. It includes your Letter ID and Declaration Code, which can be found at the top right corner of your letter.

If you have declared before, you have to declare again this year, even if there is no change to your information.

It only takes a few minutes to declare online. It’s faster than calling and your information will be safe and secure.

This basement “bedroom” had definitely seen better days. It was cold, damp, and appeared to have some water damage against the wall. Once we became the 1 year tenant to this demo house we went straight to work on making it liveable and safe.

- removed damaged panel walls
- removed damaged insulation
- new insulation and panel walls
- new baseboards
- interior paint
- updated lighting
- new closest area
- updated heating source

We take these small improvements on ourselves. It doesn’t cost the owner a penny and they love us for it!

Don’t let your vacant demo/reno house sit empty. Contact us for a consultation.

Remember to declare the 2020 BC Speculation Tax.

You can declare as soon as you receive your letter. Keep an eye out for it in your mail.

Are you waiting for your city building permits to rebuild your home? You’re losing money if you let your vacant house sit empty. Lease your house to us on a short fixed term lease and collect rent and avoid the Speculation Tax while you wait.

Contact us for a consultation today.

Our Kerrisdale Landlords saved $98,000 over 12 months renting their demo house to us. They were stuck waiting for Vancouver city building permits to be approved. They needed tenants but didn’t want to take on the repairs or headaches.
Property Sage agreed to a 12 month fixed term lease, provided rent and completed over $15,000 in home repairs needed to get the house liveable and safe. Our sublease tenants loved the house and lease length. In the end, everyone was happy.
Don’t let your vacant house sit empty. Contact us for a consultation.

Are you in need of tenants to occupy your vacant home? Contact us before the deadline to see if we can help.

Fines loom for homeowners as Vancouver's Empty Homes Tax declaration deadline approaches Jan 5, 2021 - Homeowners have until February 2 to declare for the 2020 tax year or face a $250 fine.

Thank you to Of for publishing the recent article on Property Sage. A special thank you to the Honourable for the kind words.

We are so happy to be a solution to a long-standing problem of liveability in Vancouver, but we know more needs to be done on a municipal and provincial level. 

We continue to explore bigger solutions, such as opportunities to house vacant land assemblies in Vancouver. Our goal is to have larger development companies know we exist and recognize the thousands in taxes they can save by renting to us. The benefit to our community will continue to grow, and from there we can develop a business model that makes it easy for owners and developers to solve a problem, while saving money. Mutually beneficial solutions are always the most sustainable, in our opinion.

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Great article by the Vancouver Sun highlighting the rental solution we've created for Vancouver homeowners struggling with the Vacancy Tax and empty homes.

Douglas Todd: Startups offer way to address hefty B.C. vacancy taxes Property Sage has helped dozens of Vancouver homeowners save big bucks by sidestepping vacancy taxes in a novel way.

Bedbugs Suck!! While it's awesome repurposing materials and finding pre-loved furniture at thrift shops or online, it does come with a risk. It's not always clear who has owned the furniture before you or what condition it might have been kept in. Reminder to all tenants and landlords to be aware.

Another happy Landlord..

https://propertysage.ca/how-we-saved-our-kerrisdale-landlord-48000-in-6-months/

We Saved Our Kerrisdale Landlord $48,000 in 6 Months They were about to get stuck paying the BC Speculation Tax and the Vancouver Vacancy tax. We saved our Kerrisdale landlord $48,000 in just 6 months and this is how we did it. Details: Property Land Value : $2,915,300.00 3300 sq/ft, 5 Bedroom, 3 bathroom Area: Kerrisdale (Vancouver)

This is Sage and Aaron. A couple of guys not afraid to get their hands dirty. Life is too short. If you’re not enjoying what you’re doing why bother doing it?

Sometimes you have to get dirty 😩. We assured our Landlord we would take care of replacing the boiler in this house. Taking care of repairs is part of our agreement with all the properties with rent. This one was a doozy and set us back $6000🤦‍♂️! Our friends at of course gave great service and a discount🏅💪.
And of course none of these repairs cost our Landlord a penny. We’re the best tenants you’ll ever have!
@ Kerrisdale

People always ask how we afford to put improvements into a house at our own expense🧐. Well… we receive excellent business to business discounts from our trades 🤝. They work with us often and we can get work done quicker and faster than most can tried do themselves📈. Plus, we have a HUGE inventory of all the materials we need to work with in our storage facility. Basically we can do amazing work quickly for a very low budget 🏅.
If you need to rent your empty home contact us. We’re your empty homes solution.

People always ask how we afford to put improvements into a house at our own expense🧐. Well… we receive excellent business to business discounts from our trades 🤝. They work with us often and we can get work done quicker and faster than if an owner tried to do it themselves📈. Plus, we have a HUGE inventory of all the materials we need to work with in our storage facility. Basically we can do amazing work quickly for a very low budget 🏅.
If you need to rent your empty home contact us. We’re your empty homes solution.

People ask, “who are our tenants?” 🧐 We are always looking for the best tenants for our homes 💪. Our lease term are usually less than a year which typically doesn't appeal to families with children. Our tenants tend to be a group of working professionals thrilled to acquire affordable housing in Vancouver. Win/win.🏅

Want an honest breakdown of where to make improvements to your investment property to leverage more rental income📈. We offer a free walkthrough consultation to Vancouver house owners💰.
We’ll give you the breakdown on how much it will cost and how much time it will take to get your property market ready🙌. Contact us today to set up your appointment.

We maximize rents with unfinished basement📈 Often times the houses we rent are in terrible conditions when we move it😭. In this recent house the basement needed some new energy. You can see how ugly this space originally was. Dark and cold. We noticed how the layout would benefit from an additional bedroom. Problem solved. We had our expert carpenter build an awesome ground floor bedroom with private bathroom. With this improvement we were able to quickly find the perfect group to sublease this house.
The owner secured rental income and tax benefits. He didn’t pay a cent in building costs. We maximized rental income. Tenants were thrilled to sublet on our timeline terms. WIN/WIN/WIN.
Do you have a house that needs some TLC and tenants? Let us rent it from you! Contact us for a free consultation.

Did you just get stuck paying the BC Speculation tax on July 1? 🤦‍♂️ Don’t let your Vancouver house sit empty. We want to be your tenant 💰. We can provide the repairs as well as pay rent while you decide what you want to do with your investment property. Contact us today for a for a consultation.

The new owners inherited a ton of work to make this investment property rentable 🤦‍♂️. They lived in another city and needed someone to give it a facelift and rent it during a COVID crisis. Property Sage was contact because we specializes in renting these specific houses🌅
We restored everything on the main floor. The carpet needed to be removed, the walls needed to be patched up and painted, the hardwood need to be restored, new lighting fixtures, new window covering, significant plumbing work, electrical updates… you get the picture.
Did I mention we didn’t charge the homeowner for any of the repairs or management. Everything is baked into the rental income we paid the owner. We recoup our investment in the property through the sublease rental agreement.
Now this house shines (you can see your reflection in the hardwood floor we restored)
Looking for tenants for your investment property that is a little rough around the edges. Contact us for a consultation.

We’ll be happy to outline your options, without obligation - not every home needs us, and we’ll tell you if you don’t. By the end of the consultation you’ll feel confident about your next steps, or you’ll have found the best tenants you’ll ever have.

Are you tired of dealing with lousy tenants? Rent directly to us! 📈You’ll secure rental income without any headaches.💰 We’ll be the best tenants you’ll ever need. Let us show you how. Contact us for a consultation.

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