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Katie Chao Vancouver Realtor Metro Vancouver REALTOR® with an investor's eye — Behroyan & Associates.

Everyone says “buy together.” Sometimes that’s the right call. Sometimes it isn’t.If you’re a couple who isn’t married o...
09/29/2026

Everyone says “buy together.” Sometimes that’s the right call. Sometimes it isn’t.

If you’re a couple who isn’t married or common-law yet, the order you buy in can change which first-time buyer programs each of you can use.

Here’s the catch. The rules look at your relationship status at the time you buy. Once you’ve lived together for 12 months, gotten married, or had a child, the picture changes.

Before you try any version of this:

• Ask a mortgage broker how a second mortgage would be approved while you still carry the first one
• Ask an accountant what happens tax-wise when a home becomes a rental
• Check the strata bylaws on renting before you buy, not after

Not sure where you’d fall? Send me a message. I’d rather walk through your numbers with you before you make an offer.

This is general information, not tax or legal advice.

Katie Chao, REALTOR® PREN Behroyan & Associates 778-834-3085 | katie-chao.com

09/27/2026

20 years before I got my license, I was already doing this — buying, holding, and learning the numbers from the ownership side.

That's still how I work. When I read a strata package or a presale contract, I read it the way an owner does: for what it costs in five years, not just what it looks like today.

I work with Metro Vancouver buyers, sellers, investors, downsizers and move-up families — mostly $1M–$10M+ — who already know what they want and are ready to move on it. Nearly every client I've had leaves a five-star review. My fastest close: two weeks, keys handed over on Christmas Eve.

I also work in English, Mandarin, and Taiwanese (Hokkien).

Here's what I'd look at first — call or text 778-834-3085, or email [email protected].

09/23/2026

304-648 Lea Ave, Coquitlam
2 bed + den, 2 bath, 805 sqft
$640,000

Here’s what I’d actually pay attention to on this one: it faces the courtyard, not the construction side. So even with everything going on in this neighborhood right now, this unit is genuinely quiet.

Also worth knowing — AC and gas are included in the strata fee. That’s not nothing when you’re comparing monthly costs across units.

Open house this Saturday and Sunday, 2-4pm, or book a private viewing.

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