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Please click Podcast listen to Cantonese interview 1) Agency relationship: The agency relationship exists between you, the principal, and your Brokerage, the company under which the individual (Real Estate Agent) who is representing you, is licensed. Client can terminate working relationship with her realtors anytime without any penalty. There are 2 types of cancellation. One is "Conditional ...

Landlord, pls read all the fine print in your lease agreement to make sure you know how to deal with unreasonable tenant.

Listings inventory is very low in general.  IF you wish to get a good price or even multiple offers, this is the time to list!! Less competition, higher chance to get higher $$$.  Also, if u decorate your house full of X'mas atmosphere, it'll show the best!!  Call me at 604-412-5860 or email me at tinamak@tinamak.com if you would like me to do an evaluation on your property. 

According to this youtube, 96% of Y generation have already joined social media.  They think email is passe.  Facebook added 100 million users in less than 9 months & Youtube is 2nd largest search engine in the world.  Like it or not, u have to be on social media one form or the other esp when u r in business!

Dec 04,2010 Please click Podcast listen to Cantonese interview Presentation to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services • John Les, MLA, Chair By Sylvia Sam, Chair, Government Relations Committee, Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver • October 15, 2010 The story they tell is the same. They’re potential home buyers, eager and even desperate to buy a home in Canada ...

Please click Podcast(part 1) and Podcast(part 2) listen to Cantonese interview November 19, 2010 - Financial Secretary John C. Tsang today announced further measures to curb short-term property speculation, reduce the risk of asset bubbles forming, and ensure the healthy development of the property market. The measures include introducing a special stamp duty on residential properties on to ...

Nov. 06,2010Interview with Danny Chow from Rennie & Associate discuss what caused financial problems at the Olympic village Please click Podcast(Part 1) and (Part 2) listen to Cantonese interview How city hall messed up Millennium Water By adding millions of dollars to the cost unnecessarily, Vancouver created the problem that it's trying to get everyone else to solve BY ROB MACDONALD, S ...

 Please click Podcast(for point 1 to 8) and Podcast (for point 9 to 21) listen to Cantonese interview1. Home Buyers’ Plan Qualifying homebuyers can withdraw up to $25,000 (couples can withdraw up to $50,000) from their RRSPs for a down payment. Homebuyers who have repaid their RRSP may be eligible to use the program a second time. Go to www.cra.gc.ca, enter "Home Buyers’ Plan" in the search ...

Please click Podcast listen to Cantonese interviewAs I expected, Sept market showed more strength than August which is a typical slow month every year due to the beautiful weather. Besides the sales are up, prices are also higher than Sept 2009 as well as Aug, 2010. Visit my National Real Estate Market Information Centre page http://www.tinamak.com/CanadaRealEstateStats.ubr & click the Vancou ...

Please click Podcast listen to Cantonese interview In Asia, our home lands were mostly or even 100% leaseland so many buyers might not think it is a big deal when they look at leasehold property like those in UBC or Simon Fraser University area. In Vancouver East, Vancouver West, North Vancouver, Downtown just to name a few areas, there are hundreds of leasehold condos, leasehold townhouse ...