My name is Charles Wang, I'm a realtor with RE/MAX West Coast. We're here to talk about Vancouver West Side today. I mean getting into real estate was kind of a no-brainer for me because I like interacting with people, I'm not a huge fan of a 925 which I previously did have so and the beginning it was lots of learning about, you know, about the market about different types of homes. Just getting my knowledge base you know, up to up to the level of what a good realtor should be. And over time it got better and I think just what

Of hard work dedication, lots of long nights and then you eventually get me more clients, then that, you know, carries over to even more and then no to pretty okay. We have a standalone room for your kitchen. So this is what we call a walk pitch. Leave your Chinese. This is called a walk kitchen for myself. Like I do a lot of cooking myself and this is this is going to be one of very big selling feature for myself. Personally, is that an indicator of the kind of community there in then that kind of demographic that this Builder is catering to, for this area? I think you make a good point there II. I definitely do think

I think the demographics of Kerrisdale doesn't, there's definitely a lot of East Asians here as well as such we need our walk kitchen. See, yeah, I mean Vancouver, such a diverse city. Right? We have people who speak all different languages people, from all different places. I'm lucky that, you know, my parents forced me to learn Chinese when I was younger, like, when I was younger, I was not having it now that I'm doing this job. It's definitely helpful, right? Probably half of my clients are Mandarin speakers. It's come in very handy. I find it to be an immense privilege to be

Able to earn the trust of my clients to kind of, you know, help them buy or sell their home, because it's probably the single biggest transaction for most people. I treat every transaction as if I'm buying or selling for myself. And so because of that, like I put a lot of effort into my attention to detail which translates into my ability to, you know, analyze the market, negotiate good, price, my clients, my number one goal is always to put my clients best interests first before everything, right? And when you're able to do that,

Naturally, you're going to form successful relationships, and you're going to do a good job client resell through, are you w to show a place in Richmond? Phil 2004 high-rise condo. They had previously worked with other agents before, but it was kind of during a time where they weren't ready to buy yet when I brought the client to go see the place. I came very prepared. You know, statistics comparables everything, we went through the unit, I kind of went through everything with a fine-tooth comb looked at the plumbing, look at, you know, if there's any settling in the building and we found out that

Indeed, the plumbing that have issues they were having pinhole leaks in the copper pipes. The roof was also in pretty bad condition and usually that's you know, for 20 year old building, the roof shouldn't need to be replacing, right? And there so I went through a whole plan with them and I told them, hey, this is likely how much everything's going to cost in the next 5 to 10 years that you're going to need to put aside a you know certain amount of money. So these are all things that they told me that their previous for a realtor never bothered mentioning. And so I think just from that alone I think they were quite thankful regarding that. I would say if you want to try to save money, the

First place would be to look at the mechanical. Lots of times, you'll be able to find telltale signs of issues that may have happened in the past or potential issues that might happen. A lot of times, you'll be able to see just how well the home is built based on the condition of that room. You look at the different type of materials used for their Plumbing. Maybe there's Polly be in the house, which is, it could potentially be a problem. You look at what brand the boiler is, how old they are and just overall how. Well, the inside of a maintenance room, is maintained actually makes a really big difference. I mean,

I think Vancouver West is kind of the quintessential Vancouver area at least in my opinion because there's so much history like for example, in the West End. You know, a lot of Ben Cooper kind of started there and then you got, you know, Shaughnessy which was built in like the early 1900's. I think that picturesque look of Vancouver. A lot of it is like a shot of Spanish Banks or something, where of Stanley, Park, all of, which is in the west side, right? My personal sort of favorite area and west side is kind of that Arbutus kind of Kerrisdale area geographically. It makes sense for me as a realtor.

It's kind of smack dab in the middle of all the areas I service. But aside from that, you know, good schools, you know, lots of greenery, lots of tree-lined Roads, lots of parks. And there's also the fact that homes in the west side are generally built to a higher standard. So if you kind of want that more sort of luxurious feel, Northwest side is most likely going to be your best. Bet Steven, let me give you a quick tour of something that my wife and I are currently looking at as well. This is nice. It is it - I don't like tall the ceilings are. Yeah, yeah. Well, you know,

What? Because it's a new construction will 2024, it was really one lots of divided into three. So the house itself is about 3,000 square feet, but there's also a 500 square foot laneway house in the back. Sol, and value is going to be your biggest thing at the end of the day. And so for myself, I'd rather be on a 50 wide lot instead of a 33 wide lat, if it means that 10 years from now, that Lots going to appreciate much more because the home that the brand new home, that's on the 33 wide lot is going to depreciate, right? Because the home itself is not going to get any newer, but the lad is

Keep appreciating, I will say the structure, definitely does matter as well, but I think for the most part of you're looking at long-term was from an investment perspective. Definitely land is going to be your go to. Well I think a big difference now compared to let's say 10 15 years ago is that there's a lot more density in West Side, Vancouver? No, perfect example along the cabbie Corridor. You know at Marine Drive and cabbie you have Marine Gateway, all those Towers there. Don't one bed there can be had for as little as 500.

52 600k, you know, those present, a good situation for potential buyers. They all professionals who want to get into the west side without having to pay such as organ, prices. There's gonna be some pretty big changes and they've already been implemented. City of Vancouver Zoning for single detached. Homes has changed to R11. Meaning that now multiplexes can be built. Assuming that you have enough, lot width, and overall size. So what this means is that a lot of previously detached home areas are going to be seeing 56 unit.

Being built up. So, added density, I would say, from my end with all my clients, regardless of their buying, if there are a first time, homebuyer, buying a 500,000 dollar condo where if they're buying a five million dollar house, you're going to get the same thing for me, no matter what. I would always look out for your best interest. I'm going to be very, very detail-oriented when it comes to negotiations. I'm very very like sometimes maybe to a fault like I'm very Cutthroat when it comes to negotiations, you know. I'm only thinking about my client, I'm only thinking about how to get them the best deal.

so sometimes, you know, the other side might not be entirely happy with that, but at the end of the day like it's you know, it's about putting the client first