Should you treat your family home purely as an investment? Elio Parente explains why lifestyle can outweigh squeezing out every last dollar, why nobody can time the market, and how to decide based on what you want your life to look like.

Episode 10 of The Elio Parente Real Estate Podcast - City To Suburb Real Estate Group.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:20 Is your home an investment?
0:45 Lifestyle vs. return
1:05 What if the market takes off?
1:27 What matters more than timing
1:48 Your home should support your life

Thinking about buying or selling in Metro Vancouver or the Lower Mainland? Talk to Elio:
Phone: 604-720-8829
Email: elio@citytosuburb.ca
Web: https://www.citytosuburb.ca

Elio Parente PREC* (Personal Real Estate Corporation)
City To Suburb Real Estate Group | RE/MAX City Realty
#101 - 2806 Kingsway, Vancouver, BC V5R 5T5

This podcast is general information only and is not financial, legal or tax advice. The host's questions are read by an AI voice; Elio's answers are his own. This communication is not intended to cause or induce breach of an existing agency agreement.

If your home was worth more a few years ago, are you really losing money by selling now? Elio Parente explains why you have to look at the whole move, not just the selling price, using a real-world Coquitlam downsizing scenario, and why waiting for a peak price can put your life on hold.

Episode 9 of The Elio Parente Real Estate Podcast - City To Suburb Real Estate Group.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:19 Have I lost money?
0:43 Why not wait for the peak?
1:14 A real-life scenario
1:44 Taking emotion out of it
2:10 The real question to ask

Thinking about buying or selling in Metro Vancouver or the Lower Mainland? Talk to Elio:
Phone: 604-720-8829
Email: elio@citytosuburb.ca
Web: https://www.citytosuburb.ca

Elio Parente PREC* (Personal Real Estate Corporation)
City To Suburb Real Estate Group | RE/MAX City Realty
#101 - 2806 Kingsway, Vancouver, BC V5R 5T5

This podcast is general information only and is not financial, legal or tax advice. The host's questions are read by an AI voice; Elio's answers are his own. This communication is not intended to cause or induce breach of an existing agency agreement.

The properties that scare away other buyers are sometimes the ones worth investigating. Elio Parente explains what gets him excited as an investor: undervalued properties where you can create your own equity, how to think about negative cash flow, detached opportunities, and how to find the deal instead of buying just because something is for sale.

Episode 8 of The Elio Parente Real Estate Podcast - City To Suburb Real Estate Group.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:21 What gets Elio excited
0:44 Creating value vs waiting
1:08 Negative cash flow: yes or no?
1:28 Detached opportunities
1:44 Final advice for investors

Thinking about buying or selling in Metro Vancouver or the Lower Mainland? Talk to Elio:
Phone: 604-720-8829
Email: elio@citytosuburb.ca
Web: https://www.citytosuburb.ca

Elio Parente PREC* (Personal Real Estate Corporation)
City To Suburb Real Estate Group | RE/MAX City Realty
#101 - 2806 Kingsway, Vancouver, BC V5R 5T5

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This podcast is general information only and is not financial, legal or tax advice. The host's questions are read by an AI voice; Elio's answers are his own. This communication is not intended to cause or induce breach of an existing agency agreement.