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Kate Nelson Joins Sunstar Property Management Division

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:14:00 +0000

Welcome Kate Nelson, our newest team member in the property management division. Kate is a young, energetic, very meticulous and organized licensed property manager. Her starting position is management coordinator for our Sunstar Fivestar Furnished Collection working under department head Debby Ward in servicing our portfolio of high end furnished short term rentals.

www.MyBCrental.com 3.0 Sneak Peek!

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:22:00 +0000

Sneak Peek Special! ww.MyBCrental.com 3.0 coming to your computer screen real soon! Faster, sleeker, cleaner and totally cool! Sunstar Realty Ltd. pioneered putting Vancouver rental listings on the Web back in 2000. We changed the site design once to our current format. Now our future 3rd version will be completely rebuilt from ground up and everything will be database driven. Stay tuned for more news. Launching spring 2010.

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New Licenced Rental Property Manager Profile Picture Added

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:02:00 +0000

Finally posted Isaac Gysemans profile picture on our site. Isaac had several years of experience in the relocation and specific search business before he joined us last year. To comply with the Real Estate Services Act in providing rental property management services, Isaac got his property manager license in 2009 and selected Sunstar Realty Ltd. to be his brokerage. He joins our team of property managers and staff in providing high quality rental property marketing and management services.

New Vancouver Real Estate Photos

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:09:00 +0000

A new collection of Vancouver real estate photos had just been uploaded a few days ago. Check it out: http://www.davidmak.com/

Sunstar on Twitter

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:04:00 +0000

We started to tweet latest rental status in May, 09. Testing went well. Tenants follow us to get notified when new listings are activated. Follow us here: Sunstar on Twitter

Sunstar New Facebook Page

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:17:00 +0000

Sunstar Realty's new Facebook Page is now www.facebook.com/sunstarrealty

Just created a Sunstar Facebook page

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:03:00 +0000

Just created a Sunstar Facebook Page

Rental Management Team Page Updated

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:15:00 +0000

After months of chasing everybody down for photos, our rental management team page was finally up to date this morning: About Sunstar Page

Sunstar Realty Ltd. now has 10 team members in our rental property management division running a portfolio of roughly 300 to 350 properties. We have a wide selection of rental properties from affordable Burnaby 1 bedroom condos at $1350, to $2400 Coal Harbour 2 bedrooms, to $3500 Point Grey houses, to $6000 False Creek waterfront penthouses, all the way to West Vancouver $20,000 beachfront mansions.

Stay tuned for more expansion news in upcoming months.

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Vancouver Fully Furnished Short Term Rentals

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:57:00 +0000

Looking for a high end fully furnished rental home? Bookmark our website now. Sunstar Realty Ltd.- specializes in high quality rental property management service since 1994.

Our fully furnished division offers high end luxurious corporate rentals in Downtown Vancouver, Coal Harbour, Yaletown, Concord Pacific Place, West End and False Creek North. Most of our homes come with concierge and maid services. Rent includes internet, telephone, cable, heat and electricity. Relocation service agent also available to hunt down the specific rentals you desire. Check out our listings page for all the updated for rent listings Sunstar FiveStar Furnished Collection

We are experts in marketing and managing fully furnished high end short term rentals. If you are a landlord and are shopping for a rental property manager, then please check our services right here: Fully Furnished Marketing and Management Service

Professionally managed, friendly and courteous staff, respond to repair calls in a timely manner, adhere strictly to the Residential Tenancy Act and Real Estate Services Act.

Check out our site for more information www.MyBCrental.com

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2010 Winter Olympics Rental Listings Site Up & Running

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:48:00 +0000

Represented and posted by Sunstar Realty Ltd. We do not charge prospective tenants any extra fees besides rent. Fully licensed and providing top quality customer service to tenants in strict accordance with the Residential Tenancy Act since 1994. Fully Furnished High End Short Term Olympics Rentals

Availability: Winter 2009 - 2010
Properties:
Condos, Townhouses, Duplexes, Whole Houses
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Rental Policy:
Minimum one month rental.
Security deposits and full rental payment due & payable upon tenancy agreement execution.
Rental payment non-refundable; security deposits refundable if canceled before possession.
Pets: select listings are pets friendly
Absolutely no smoking please.

2010 Winter Olympics Rentals: We offer a collection of high quality properties all elegantly furnished to corporate rental standards in Vancouver Downtown, Westside and the North Shore. From 600sf one bedroom Yaletown condos, to 1200sf 2 bedroom Coal Harbour townhouses to 3000sf Kitsilano Duplexes to 4600sf West Vancouver waterfront mansions.

Please click here for complete rental listings with property specifics, location maps, high quality photo albums and contact information.

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Sunstar's website averaged 2.7 million page hits per month since Jan, 09

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:37:00 +0000

Sunstar Realty's website www.MyBCrental.com averaged 2.7 million page hits per month since January 2009. That's more than doubled our average hits count in 2007.

Congratulations to Debby Ward, furnished specialist, our highest income earner in our property management division

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:33:00 +0000

Debby Ward, Sunstar furnished specialist, spent three years integrating her extensive experience in the fully furnished high end rental business with the rest of the Sunstar property management team in developing a highly successful and profitable division: Sunstar Fivestar Furnished Collection.

Sunstar Venturing into the North Shores Market with Lynn Swanson Signing

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 05:30:00 +0000

Lynn Swanson, a 20 years veteran, in the high end furnished rental market joined our property management team in March, officially ending our policy of not crossing the bridges to the North Shores.

Lynn specializes in marketing and managing high end homes in West Vancouver and North Vancouver with years of extensive connections with the movie industry. Sunstar's main focus had been the marketing and management of furnished and unfurnished rental properties in Vancouver Downtown, Vancouver Westside, Vancouver Eastside, Burnaby and Richmond up to this point. Lynn's involvement with us will greatly complement our team of very fine rental managers including Debby Ward, Vicki Rockburn, Anthony Yeung and another recent new signing Isaac Gysemans.

We now offer marketing and management service to landlords with high end properties for fully furnished short term rentals in North Vancouver and West Vancouver from Deep Cove to Lynn Valley, from British Properties, Westhill to Caulfield. The first intergration from her list of properties into our portfolio is a gorgeous Lynn Valley 3200sf 4 Bedroom West Coast Home on Hoskins Road, North Vancouver. Many more high end homes coming in the next few months when her properties are integrating into our management system.

Vancouver Real Estate Slows, Sunstar Rental Business Booms

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:04:00 +0000

Vancouver real estate market slowed down by a large margin in the past few months compared to the same period last year. But our rental management division enjoyed unprecedented growth during the same period.

Large numbers of presold condos are now completing with all the investors owners looking for tenants at the same time.

Investors with multiple vacant properties on the resale market are starting to feel the pinch and are beginning to rent out brand new properties to ease cashflow.

Large numbers of tenants who bought a few years ago are now vacating their rental homes to move in to their newly completed homes

These are just a few reasons contributing to a very busy summer for our property management managers and staff here at Sunstar.

The top end luxury homes market has been exceptionally active. A large number of very high end homes had been incorporated into our portfolio in the past few months.

Here are a few new exciting rental homes:

Dunbar: 3993 W.34th Ave, Vancouver (Victorian Style Mansion)

Kits Point: 1929 Whyte Ave, Vancouver (Kits Point Re-built Heritage House)

Point Grey: 3197 Point Grey Road, Vancouver (Prestigous Point Grey Waterfront)

Dunbar: 3777 Quesnel Drive, Vancouver (Upper Dunbar Country Home)

Kits Point: 1323 Walnut Street, Vancouver (Heritage Craftsman Character Home)

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Vancouver Furnished Rental: High End Short Term Rental

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:33:00 +0000

Vancouver is hot. Corporate executives, movie directors, movie stars, renowned architects, oil industry executives, forest industry moguls, and financial world darlings are flocking to Vancouver for business trips and short adventurous get-aways.

Downtown One Wall Centre is still the hottest fully furnished short term destination property for high end tenants. Excellent service plus exceptional amenities will for sure hold One Wall Centre as a valid contender for the top spot amidst new comers' competitions from Shangri-la & Ritz-Carlton.

Sunstar Realty Ltd.'s fully furnished rental team already is the top managing agent for the One Wall Centre furnished suites, is ready for a new experience in managing 6 stars Shangri-la & Ritz-Carlton suites when they are available in the next few months.

Sunstar Realty Ltd.

Fully Furnished Rentals Short Term Specialist.

New Burnaby Rental Condo: Centrepoint

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:21:00 +0000

Much anticipated Burnaby Downtown condo Centrepoint does not disappoint. Centrepoint is the tallest residential tower in Burnaby. Located directly across from Metropolis at Metrotown separated by one sky bridge. We manage a rental condo here on the 30th floor. The view is amazing. Total unobstructed sweeping view from Burrard Inlet, Lionsgate Bridge, Grouse Mountain, North Shore mountains, Deer Lake, Burnaby Lake, Port Mann Bridge, Burnaby Downtown, Mount Baker, Alex Fraser Bridge, Boundary Bay, Fraser River, to Metrotown.

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Vancouver Furnished Rental

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:41:00 +0000

Sunstar Realty Ltd. specializes in marketing & placement only or full property management of fully furnished short term rentals in Vancouver Downtown, Coal Harbour, Yaletown, False Creek, and Vancouver Westside rental real estate.

Vancouver Furnished Rentals: Doubled number of units in a year

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:44:00 +0000

Sunstar Realty Ltd. has doubled the number of fully furnished short term rental properties in our portfolio in the past year.

We specialize in managing high end furnished suites in Vancouver Downtown, Coal Harbour, Yaletown, False Creek North, West End and Vancouver Westside.

Besides high end furnished suites in Vancouver, we have been specialists in unfurnished rental property management since 1994.

Vancouver Furnished Rentals Division - Expanded Services to Include High End Homes in Westside

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:51:00 +0000

We have recently expanded the service area for our fully furnished short term rental marketing and management services. Our Sunstar Fivestar Furnished Collection now includes high end properties in select buildings in Vancouver Downtown, Coal Harbour, Yaletown, West End, False Creek North, and also Vancouver Westside communities such as Kits Point, Point Grey, Fairview and Kitsilano.

Sunstar Realty Ltd. is a fully licensed real estate brokerage and rental property management company with over 60 licensed representatives in the trading division and a staff of 8 licensed and unlicensed salaried staff in the management division; providing high quality various real estate services to buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants.

Sunstar Realty Vancouver Rental Listings Blog Up & Running

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:39:00 +0000

Sunstar Realty Ltd. Vancouver Rental Listings Blog is up and running and scoring major ranking points already. We now post all new availabilities on http://www.mybcrental.com/ as well as on our Sunstar Blog. You can now subscribe to our blog for the latest new listings instead of having to check our site everytime you are in front of the computer to see what's coming up for rent.

MyBCrental.com: passed 10M Hits in 2007

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:33:00 +0000

Record web traffic to http://www.mybcrental.com/ in 2007: A total of 93,345 unique visitors with over 10 million page hits. A lot of renters and landlords checking out Sunstar Realty Ltd., that's for sure. Interesting to find out that the most popular page is our Westside portfolio page.

We now have over 250 properties in our portfolio with majority of the new properties we took on in the past year located in Downtown Vancouver.

We are positive that 2008 will be another record breaking year for us as we continue to expand our territories. There are just so many rentals available out there! Lots of presold condos are completing all over the map. Lots of investors are looking for good managers. And lots of investors who took possession of their condos a few years back will start to find managing tenancies ain't easy. So who knows, in 2008 we might end up passing the 400 mark! My headache really isn't new businesses any more, it's where to find good quality staff!

David Berner should be our mayor, or at least our future mayor's advisor

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:51:00 +0000

David Berner still rocks. Knocks some senses into those sods in city hall. But wait a minute, those sods are sods because they are! So however right David is, it ain't going to matter because you can't put a round peg into those square heads. David should stop talking and go run for office and replace those sods with citizens with some common sense.

Sunstar Realty Office Makeover Completed

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 02:41:00 +0000

Ever since we've opened shop in 1994, our office essentially has been unchanged....until:

Vicki, our relocation and furnished specialist, joined us a couple of years ago. One of her very strong skillsets she brought to Sunstar is the ability to furnish executive homes fabulously for our clients with high end Downtown condos.

She painstakingly scouted for great furniture and art pieces for us, and headed the much needed makeover for our office in the latter half of 2007. The finished product is amazing: click here for slideshow

MyBCrental.com: >1.0 M Hits in May

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 06:47:00 +0000

In the year 2000, when almost all other property management companies in Vancouver still relied mostly on expensive classified ads for marketing rental properties, we at Sunstar Realty Ltd. started www.MyBCrental.com and never blindly gave away our clients' hard earned dollars to newspaper companies ever since.

Six years later, www.MyBCrental.com is one of the most popular sites amongst the Lower Mainland renters communities. In May 2006, for the first time, our site logged over one million hits for the first time attracting almost 8,700 unique visitors looking for rental properties and shopping for rental property management service.

Nowadays we just laugh when we still see other rental agencies and landlords throwing their bottom line out the window paying ridiculous rates for classified ads going up to $280 per week for a single 4-line ad.

From Sunstar Realty Ltd., we say thank you Vancouver for supporting our marketing plan and we guarantee our site will always deliver the most satisfactory online experience for your real estate needs.

Sunstar Realty 2005 Xmas Dinner

david@davidmak.com (David Mak) — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 06:57:00 +0000

Sunstar Realty 2005 Christmas Dinner

Just came back from our office Christmas party. This is our 11th annual Christmas dinner. 60 people turned up, not bad for a small independent firm. And it was snowing outside. The food was great and atmosphere quite lively. This year, after extreme due diligence in the venue selection process by Kelly (our lovely and ever so reliable office admin lady), we picked a newly opened Cantonese seafood restaurant in Richmond. The mix was quite something: we had a Chinese table with mostly Cantonese Canadians from H.K.; a Mandarin table mostly Taiwan immigrants; a Quai Lo table with Caucasian agents; a Korean table with agents who barely just understand English; a staff table and wow a children table filled with kids and their Sunstar Xmas gifts: Bionicle robots!