Downsizing is an emotional decision long before it’s a financial one. The trouble is, the emotion and the math are tangled together and you can’t untangle them until you can actually see the numbers. There’s a moment I’ve watched play out in a lot of living rooms. Someone stands in the doorway of a room … Read more
Executive Summary Artificial intelligence is transforming real estate, from automated valuation models and lead scoring to virtual staging and chatbot client services. But for British Columbia brokerages, every AI implementation must navigate a complex privacy landscape governed by PIPA (the Personal Information Protection Act) and enforced by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner … Read more
Some moves are just logistics. This one wasn’t. A few months ago I was sitting in the bleachers at my son’s basketball game, catching up with my wife’s aunt and uncle between plays. Somewhere between the second and third quarter, she mentioned that they’d been thinking about leaving their family home in Cumberland — the … Read more
Most people don’t move to the Comox Valley for just one reason—they move because life starts to feel easier here. Set between the mountains and the ocean, this stretch of Vancouver Island offers something that’s getting harder to find in bigger cities: space, balance, and a lifestyle that doesn’t revolve around traffic and deadlines. If … Read more