Betsy Carstairs

I've just listed a wonderful cabin 20 minutes from Deep Cove (by boat) across from Crocker Island. YES, water access only AND right on the water's edge. It's next door to the Provincial Park where kayakers overnight on their journey to Granite Falls at the end of the Indian Arm. The cabin has its own dock, 2 bedrooms AND is perfect for anyone wanting to have a vacation home without long c ...

This area is Vancouver's BEST KEPT SECRET!! It's a wilderness area on a fjord off the Burrard Inlet. Most properties are "off the grid", meaning NO hydro, NO telephone lines. The great thing about this area is that you can be at your cabin in 15 minutes or less from the Deep Cove Marina. Once there, you're enjoying crystal clear water, eagles soaring AND a quiet that nutures and rel ...

I have been working with a close friend and client to help her purchase her family's first home. She specifically wanted to focus on the North Shore's east side from Lynn Valley to Deep Cove. Over the last 2 months we inspected over 30 homes, and put offers on 3 properties! The first 2 offers were in multiple offer situations and both of these homes sold $20,000 to $30,000 over asking ...

Timing in real estate like everything else is key. We had apartment in East Vancouver that we listed in January & BINGO it sold in a week!!!for over asking price. Yes multiple offers. In February, just a week later we listed the exact same size apartment in the same building. After 2 weeks we had a offer..that collapsed. Four weeks later we receive another offer, that also collapses. 1st time ...

In real estate transactions, assets such as property are often transferred into an adult child’s name when grandpa or grandma dies. I just had a conversation with a Coquitlam client who underscored the importance of seeking legal advice to time this so as to reduce the impact of capital gains, property transfer and probate taxes. With lots of do it yourself kits out there, people often try ...

Traditionally après summer and pre-ski time in Whistler was very much off season and a down time in visitors. That was before Whistler started the Cornucopia Event -a veritable feast of culinary delights paired with fabulous wines. This year’s event from November 9-12, started on Thursday with wine tastings from 74 wine exhibitors mainly from BC and Washington State. Here is a list of ...

My favorite event last weekend at Whistler's Cornucopia was the Women & Wine Literary event held in one of Whistler’s fabulous private homes in Horstman Estates on Blackcomb Mountain’s Benchlands neighborhood. Nu and Rain City catered the lunch. Very yummie food art fully presented and served by “airbrushed” waiters. Harry and daughter Christa-Lee from Sumac Ridge Winery were present ...

When I attended the Ubertor “meet up” Justin was there offering to capture and email anyone there with their signature. This seemed ‘cool’ so I lined up to do my B.C. When I did my signature a few others ‘oohed’ and ‘aahed’ at my ‘John Henry’ and asked me to do their signature. I ‘flashed back’ to Miss Reynolds at Lonsdale Elementary School making us practice for hours ...

Monday my web service company held a “meet up” so some of us interested in websites, email and other techie stuff could meet “real time”. Being curious I headed down to Milan’s in Yaletown and had a great time chatting to other realtors and some of the Ubertor people. A short but informative talk on g-mail brought me up to speed on this email server  - then some informal introductio ...

The Women of Worth event http://theWOWevent.com held last Sunday, November 5, 2006 was a fun day packed with information and inspiration. 500 women attended this "Sold Out" event held at the Marriott Renaissance Hotel at CoalHarbour on Vancouver’s waterfront.   Our group of 14 women arrived early to “get in” as much as possible – massages by Shiatsu Massage Co, facials and hair up d ...