No service pitch here. Just what we'd want to know if we were renting out a property in this corridor.
These are the guides we point owners to when they ask how renting in the Sea-to-Sky actually works. Not a brochure, and not a sales funnel dressed up as advice. Each one takes a single question a Whistler, Squamish, or Pemberton landlord tends to ask and answers it in plain language: what the BC Residential Tenancy Act requires of you, what full-service management really costs, how to tell a long-term rental from a short-term one under the rules, and what a property can realistically earn. They are written from the ground here, by a licensed rental property manager who also comes from the trades, so the detail is practical rather than theoretical. Read the one that matches your question, or start at the top and work down.
From deciding long-term versus seasonal to the first tenant moving in. The whole process, in order, so you know what happens next at every stage.
Read the Guide →New to renting out a place here? This is the one to read first.
The corridor's only year-round rental market plays by different rules than Whistler. Demand, rents, short-term restrictions, and compliance, mapped for Squamish owners.
Read the Article →Running a rental from another city or country: what tends to slip at a distance, and how to keep real eyes on the property without being here.
Read the Article →Whistler, Squamish, and Pemberton each land in a different spot. What zoning, the BC principal-residence rule, and licensing mean for whether you can rent nightly, and the legal path if you cannot.
Read the Article →Three rule sets decide the answer, and the number of nights is only one of them. The 90-day line, the Residential Tenancy Act, and Whistler zoning, mapped for owners.
Read the Article →The rules that actually govern a tenancy in Whistler, Squamish, and Pemberton, explained in plain language, not legal copy-paste.
Read the Article →Why the management fee isn't a single number, what it should and shouldn't include, and what actually moves the rate up or down.
Read the Article →An honest look at both paths: the time, the cost, and the risk of doing it yourself, with a simple way to tell which side of the line your property sits on.
Read the Article →What your service agreement allows, what happens to your tenant and the deposits, the handover file to insist on, and how to time the change so nothing slips.
Read the Article →Three rule sets decide what a Squamish rental can legally earn, and they all point the same way. Short-term licensing, the speculation tax, and what stratas can and can't stop you doing.
Read the Article →Current ranges for seasonal and ski-season leases across the corridor, and how to read them against your own property.
Read the Article →If you're past the research stage and want to know what we actually do for owners, our Resources page covers full-service management, tenant placement, maintenance, and more, written for owners deciding whether to hire a manager.
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