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Mortgage scenario tool
Compare up to three mortgages: insured or not, bank or Alt-A. See payments, interest and whether each passes the stress test.
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Smarter real estate transactions: powered by data, technology, and expert collaboration.
We help clients compare buying, selling, renting or investing options using financial modelling and multiple data sources to reveal the true trade-offs. Once clients choose their optimal option, we collaborate with specialized partners, including Realtors and lenders, to find and secure the right property and mortgage. Then we conduct deep due diligence, analyzing building records, comparables, title and municipal data, to validate that the property is optimal for their goals.
All these services come at no extra cost. We are paid through commission splits when deals close.
Decision support and strategy consulting
Decision support and strategy consulting
Keep or sell, buy now or wait, refinance or pay down. I model your options side by side with your real numbers and show the trade-offs and risks.
How it works · Step 1 of 3
Compare your options Buying, selling or investing, modelled side by side so you can see what each choice really costs and returns.
Buy, sell and invest
Buy, sell and invest
Representation across Greater Vancouver, with depth in the Tri-Cities, Richmond, North Vancouver and Langley. Your financing and your offer are planned together.
How it works · Step 2 of 3
Find and secure the right property and mortgage Once you choose your best option, specialized partners, including Realtors and lenders, help you find and secure both.
Property due diligence report
Property due diligence report
A plain-language review of a property before you remove your conditions: what matters, what worries me and what to ask next.
How it works · Step 3 of 3
Verify with deep due diligence Building records, comparable sales, title and municipal data are analyzed to confirm the property is the optimal choice for your goals.
Multiplex development and build consulting
Multiplex development and build consulting
Feasibility and early pro formas under BC's small-scale multi-unit housing rules, so you know if a lot works before you pay for design.
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Education and academy Coming soon
Education and academy
Workshops and guides that teach you to run the numbers yourself, whether or not we ever work together.
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Calculators you can use before we talk.
Everything runs in your browser. Nothing you type is stored or sent anywhere.
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Closing cost calculator
Estimate transfer tax, legal costs, inspection, commission and adjustments for a purchase or a sale.
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Older building hazard check
See how likely oil tanks, asbestos, old wiring, Poly-B, drainage problems and radon are for a building of its age and type.
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Rental and BRRRR analyzer
Cash flow, cash-on-cash return and refinance outcomes for a rental or value-add purchase.
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Multiplex feasibility
A first look at what a lot can support under BC's small-scale multi-unit housing rules.
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Due diligence checklist
The documents to request and the red flags to look for before you buy a strata or house.
About
An engineer's approach to a big purchase.
Most buying decisions are really optimization problems with a few constraints: cash, income, time and risk. My training is in solving exactly that kind of problem.
- Education
- PhD, Industrial Engineering, University of British Columbia
- Real estate
- Sam Piltan PREC, REALTOR® with Team 3000 Realty Ltd.
- Mortgages
- Mortgage broker with DLC First Pacific, including Alt-A lending
- Specialties
- Decision support, property due diligence, multiplex and SSMUH feasibility, investment analysis
- Markets
- Tri-Cities, Richmond, North Vancouver, Langley and the rest of Metro Vancouver
Contact
Tell me what you're weighing up.
A short note is enough. I'll reply with a time to talk and, if useful, a first set of numbers.
Call or text
778-985-6450