I got here through a tax return, not an open house.

I have a degree in accounting and I work in corporate tax at a CPA firm. Most days that means returns, corporate structures, and questions people bring in after a deal has already closed — which is the point at which the answer gets expensive.

That is what pushed me into real estate. The tax and ownership questions attached to a property are cheapest right at the start, and they almost never come up there. Buyers meet GST on a new build at closing. Investors find out what holding a rental in their own name did to their return the following April. By then the decision is made and the only remaining option is to pay for it.

So I run it the other way around. Before an offer, we go through what the numbers say: the comparables, the carrying costs, what the property does to your position. If there is a tax or ownership question sitting inside it, I flag it and we bring a CPA in. I raise the question. I do not answer it. That line is not a formality — it is the difference between advice you can rely on and advice you cannot.

The rest is ordinary agent work, done properly: showings, negotiation, conditions, deadlines, and someone answering the phone when a lender goes quiet. Residential buyers and sellers, and investors putting together a portfolio in Edmonton.