Back in the Real Estate Ownership Club

A year ago in April, Cathy and I sold our Surrey Town-home and rented for a while to see where the wind would take us. I had just opened an office in Prince George, with the object to get a home closer to one of our children, both of whom do not live in the Lower Mainland and (neither will they be coming back). 

Cathy remained working with her awesome employer in Surrey. We set up our "southern home" in South Surrey which is close to her workplace and I ventured up to the middle of the province and settled in a rental apartment in downtown Prince George. The funds we had left languished in a GIC for almost a year. 

Our mindset moved toward owning again, partly to help provide decent accommodation for C's elderly father, so a house with a basement suite seemed like a workable deal. I engaged one of the realtors I work beside and looked at the new listing sheets as they came out. We tripped over a recently updated bungalow in an acceptable neighborhood and made an offer. 

Now we are near the finish line to have the suite built and my Father-in-law can move in and I secured some excellent tenants who needed a home in a short period of time and were able to move in on the first of August. We closed on the 15th without a tenant in play. 

Here is the video I made to attract tenants.