REALTOR® · Greater Vancouver
Better information. More context. Your decision.
Buying or selling real estate is a significant decision, and the information behind it should reflect that.
I work with buyers, sellers, investors and people relocating to Greater Vancouver, bringing together market context, property-level analysis and the circumstances that actually matter to each client. Notably, I understand that the same property isn’t the same decision for everyone.
The Mina Mindset
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A different way into real estate
I became a REALTOR® because I had been the client.
Before representing people in real estate, I experienced the industry as a buyer and investor myself. Frustrated and impatient, I kept seeing an opportunity to do things differently.
With a background spanning technology, business, design and investing, I was accustomed to making decisions with data, context and a clear understanding of the trade-offs involved. When it came to real estate, I often wanted more of that, so I got licensed.
Today, I bring the perspective I wanted as a client into every engagement: asking better questions, examining the information that matters, communicating clearly and keeping the client’s objectives at the centre of the process.
The goal isn’t to make every property work; it’s to give you the information and context to determine whether it works for you.
The same property isn’t the same decision
A cap rate can tell you something, and so can a comparable sale, price per square foot, monthly payment or historical appreciation. However, none of them tells you everything.
Two people considering the exact same property can have different financing, timelines, opportunity costs, risk tolerance and objectives.
That’s why my approach goes beyond generic market statistics. I use property, market and client-specific information to build analysis around the decision in front of you. Depending on the property and circumstances, that may include comparable sales, pricing history, carrying costs, rental economics, market conditions and other relevant measures.
Sometimes the information strengthens the case for a property; other times, it gives you a reason to reconsider it. Either way, you should understand what you’re looking at before you decide.
Not every buyer needs the same thing from a REALTOR®.
Access to listings is only one small part of buyer representation. The more useful question is what information, analysis, negotiation and transaction support you need to make the purchase with confidence.
A good buyer relationship should help you understand the property, its context, the transaction and the trade-offs involved. It should also leave room for the answer to be: this one isn’t for me.
Read the full answerBuilt from the problem
Real estate informed by technology. Technology informed by real estate.
My approach to real estate and my work in technology are connected.
I’m the founder of Drive Technologies Inc., where I’m developing decision-support technology for high-stakes decisions, beginning with real estate.
Drive grew in part from a question I encountered repeatedly as an investor, client and REALTOR®:
How can we bring the information surrounding a major decision together in a way that makes it more useful to the person making it?
The product is currently in development, so I’m deliberately keeping some of the details behind the curtain.
However, the principles behind it already influence the way I work: structured information, relevant context, better questions and analysis shaped around the individual decision rather than a generic answer.
Greater Vancouver real estate
Local decisions deserve local context.
Greater Vancouver isn’t one real estate market.
A downtown condo, North Vancouver home, Burnaby investment property and Kitsilano townhouse can behave very differently, even when the headline market statistics look the same.
Explore neighbourhoods, housing types, market considerations and questions relevant to buying, selling and investing across Greater Vancouver.
Insights
Useful before you need a REALTOR®.
Straightforward explanations of the numbers, market dynamics and real-estate questions that are easy to oversimplify.
Ready when the decision is.
Whether you’re buying, selling, investing or relocating, start with the situation in front of you.
Tell me what you’re considering, what matters to you and where you are in the process. We’ll start there.
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