Strata Fees in BC

Strata fees are an essential aspect of condo ownership in British Columbia,…

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Spring Condo Maintenance: A Comprehensive Guide

As the days grow longer and warmer, spring brings a perfect opportunity…

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Strata Fees in BC

Strata fees are an essential aspect of condo ownership in British Columbia,…

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Beginners Guide to Strata Councils, Responsibilities, Duties and More

Strata councils play a vital role in the management and governance of…

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How to Easily Understand Strata Minutes in BC

Understanding strata meeting minutes is crucial for anyone involved in strata living…

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Condo & Strata Document Review Costs

This article will explore the evolution of condo document review services, from…

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How Do I Find CC&R’s For My Property?

If you’re looking into buying a property within a homeowners association (HOA)…

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Top Tech Tools for Real Estate Agents in 2025

As a Realtor or Real Estate Agent, staying up to date with…

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Revolutionizing Condo Document Review in Alberta: Faster, Cheaper, and with Expert Guidance

Buying a condominium comes with unique challenges, and one of the most…

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Why You Need Condo Document Review Software

Reviewing Condo documents or HOA documents is a tedious and monotonous task…

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Should You Get a Condo Inspection?

When considering the purchase of a condo or apartment, you’re often faced…

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What are the HOA Documents You Need for Closing?

Thinking of purchasing a home within a Homeowners Association (HOA) community? While…

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What are the red flags in condo docs?

When buying a condo, thoroughly reviewing condo documents is essential to avoid…

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Winter Condo Maintenance: A Comprehensive Guide

As winter approaches, condo owners and property managers must prepare for the…

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How to Establish Compliance and Governance for Condos

  Living in a condominium offers many benefits, including shared amenities, reduced…

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The Reserve Fund Study: What Ontario Condo Owners Need to Know

If you’re a condo owner in Ontario, you’ve likely heard of the…

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Understanding Condo Reserve Funds: A Simple Guide for Condo Owners

If you’re a condo owner, you’ve probably heard the term “reserve fund”…

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Fall Condo Maintenance: A Comprehensive Guide

As the summer warmth fades and the crispness of fall settles in,…

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Condo Maintenance: Seasonal Checklist and Essential Tips

Maintaining a condo requires thoughtful planning and regular upkeep. The diverse Canadian…

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A Reserve Study: Your HOA’s Planning Guide

With more people than ever living in HOA communities, planning for their…

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Why great Realtors use Eli Report

Great Realtors use Eli Report for several reasons: Efficiency: Eli Report can…

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Alberta: Simplifying Condo Document Review

Living in a condominium in Alberta comes with a unique set of…

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Why Should You Review Condo & Strata Documents in BC?

Living in British Columbia is amazing, and for both lifestyle and affordability…

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Strata Documents: Top 10

When buying or living in a strata property, reviewing strata documents is…

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Condo fees vs HOA fees: What’s the difference?

One of the most common questions people have is the difference between…

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Strata vs Condo

When considering multi-unit living, you may come across the terms strata and…

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Can I Refuse to Join an HOA?

For many homeowners, joining a Homeowners Association (HOA) is a standard part…

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Condo Management Software for Self-Managed Stratas

Managing a condo community, particularly for self-managed stratas, can be a challenging…

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Understanding HOA fees in Canada

HOA fees, also known as condo strata fees or maintenance fees, are…

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Understanding Condo Reserve Funds in Canada

Reserve funds (known in some provinces as a contingency reserve fund or…

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Understanding Reserve Fund Studies for Condo Communities

In Alberta and Ontario, reserve fund studies (known in BC as a…

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Understanding Depreciation Reports for Condo Communities in Canada

In Canada, depreciation reports (also known as reserve fund studies in some…

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Understanding HOA Fees

What Are HOA Fees? HOA fees are regular charges (monthly, quarterly, or…

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Special Assessments Forecast for HOAs

If you live in a homeowners association (HOA), you know that maintenance…

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Eli Report launches Free Condo Review

We are thrilled to announce a major update to our service pricing…

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Interpreting Your Annual Benchmark Report

Eli Report is excited to provide the Annual Benchmark Report, the most…

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Wind score

The Wind Score for Canada, powered by AISIX uses a downscaled, bias…

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Precipitation score

The Precipitation Score for Canada, powered by AISIX uses a downscaled, bias…

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Heat score

The Heat Score for Canada, powered by AISIX, uses a downscaled, bias…

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Wildfire score

The Wildfire Score for Canada, powered by AISIX, is determined using AISIX’s…

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Introducing your Annual Benchmark Report

Eli Report is excited to provide the most advanced intelligence tool available…

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What is the role of strata council?

In British Columbia, each strata council plays a crucial role in the…

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GPT within Eli Report

Eli Report has built GPT chat functionality directly into reports.  Here’s what…

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Realtor Liability on Strata Review

Realtors are responsible for informing their clients about key issues in a…

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Special Levy forecast for strata owners

If you live in a strata, you know that maintenance fees aren’t…

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Can our strata get a loan instead of a special assessment from owners?

Managing a strata can be quite a challenge, and it becomes even…

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Buying into an HOA? You are your own fiduciary!

For many Americans, living in an HOA provides tremendous benefits: affordability, especially…

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Ontario Status Certificate Review

In Ontario, a condominium’s status certificate includes financial information and reports, but…

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Free Status Certificate Review

A condominium’s status certificate includes financial information and reports, but there’s more…

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OctoAI presentation at BC Strata Tech conference

Great technology for multi-family communities is being developed to help stratas in…

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Why Eli Report is partnering to offer condo insurance to BC stratas

Eli Report has been extracting what matters from condo documents for several…

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Guest Post: 5 Smart Steps Every Homeowner Should Take

Whether it’s your first or third time going through the process, homebuying…

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Compliance with Fannie Mae LL-2021-14

Many mortgage lenders were taken of surprise in October 2021 by the…

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How safe is my strata?

With the tragic collapse of Champlain Towers South in Miami, there will…

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How safe is my condo building?

With the tragic collapse of Champlain Towers South in Miami, there will…

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HOA vs COA (and what’s a POA)?

Most of us know about HOAs as homeowners associations. But as a…

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PRESS RELEASE: Eli Report Expands Distribution Through eStrataHub Integration

Eli Report now seamlessly available to listing agents, lawyers and notaries with…

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Eli Report now available directly through eStrataHub

We’re excited to announce that Eli Report has now been integrated with…

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Can our strata make extra money?

Many stratas have been struggling with expanding budgets (we post about how…

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HOA Inspection: Eli Report vs InspectHOA

HOA inspection is a critical aspect of knowing a community, and both…

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Do I need condo insurance?

As an owner you should have a condo insurance policy. While not…

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What higher strata insurance deductibles mean for you

Insurance policies are designed to protect the purchaser from unexpected losses.  Strata…

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Year in Review: 2020 Strata Reserve Contributions

As we start 2021 we thought it’d be worth looking back at…

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Strata Insurance Crisis: One Year In

December 15, 2020 It has been just over a year since Eli…

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Guest Post: Does your HOA board need a makeover?

So you bought your condo or home in a nice community with…

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Why Should I Read My HOA’s CC&Rs?

Why should I read my HOA’s CC&Rs?  Would you buy a car…

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What is my HOAs Reserve Study?

What is my HOAs reserve study? A reserve study, or reserve report,…

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What is an HOA Board?

An HOA board gets elected by owners in a homeowners association to manage the affairs of…

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Difference between a condo association and a homeowner association

People frequently wonder about the difference between a condo association and an…

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What is a Homeowners Association?

Looking at a new home and wondering what a homeowners association is?…

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What is a Condominium Association?

Looking at a condo and wondering what a condominum association is? Condominium…

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What is an HOA neighborhood?

Homeowner associations, or HOA neighborhoods, enable owners to manage their planned unit…

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What do homeowner associations do?

Homeowner associations, or HOAs, enable owners to manage their planned unit development…

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Do homeowner association dues pay property taxes?

Homeowner associations oversee various aspects of the community and require each homeowner…

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What are HOA governing documents?

HOA governing documents can vary by jurisdiction. These are likely to include…

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How many homeowner associations in the US?

We often get asked how many homewner associations there are in the…

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Do homeowner associations file tax returns?

A homeowners association (HOA) is considered a corporate entity by the Internal Revenue Service.…

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When did homeowner associations start?

Wonding when homeowner associations started? It is believed that HOAs were first…

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Are homeowner associations nonprofit?

While an HOA can be organized as a nonprofit, all HOAs are…

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Are homeowner associations legal?

Believe it or not, a lot of people are curious about whether…

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Who owns homeowner associations?

Many people are curious about who owns their homeowner association. Initially the…

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Who regulates homeowner associations?

When things are going wrong at your homeowner association (HOA) you want…

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What is an HOA reserve fund?

An HOA reserve fund is money that homeowner associations use to pay…

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What are CCRs (or CC&Rs)?

Conditions, covenants and restrictions (CC&Rs) are put in place by owners within HOA communities…

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What is an Estoppel Letter?

An estoppel letter (aka estoppel certificate) confirms facts. It may for example confirm that a…

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Pros and Cons of HOAs

A lot of people wonder if homeowner associations are ‘worth it’. The dues, the rules, and…

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What is an HOA Board of Directors?

Condos and HOAs are managed by a board of directors. The board creates…

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What are HOA rules?

Many people who receive a fine from their HOA want to understand…

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What do HOA fees cover?

When it comes to what HOA fees cover, every community is different.…

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What is an HOA payment?

A lot of people are curious about what an HOA payment is.…

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What is HOA insurance?

One important subject within HOA communities is insurance. HOA fees fund an…

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What are Condo Association Management Companies?

A condo management company will assist a condo or HOA board in…

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What if I can’t pay my HOA?

Sometimes an owner falls on tough times and struggles to pay their…

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Are condo associations responsible for pest control?

As a general rule, condo owners are responsible for pest control within…

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What is the meaning of HOA?

In the property context, HOA is short for homeowners association. The concept…

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Why do HOAs exist?

Considering buying into a Homeowners Association (HOA) property? Well, you’re probably wondering…

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What are special assessments?

Anyone faced with a notice of special assessment will want to know…

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Strata Corporation Budgets in 2020: A big shift

Condo insurance premiums are a hot topic at strata AGMs, and amongst…

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Is document review now the first step when buying a condo?

Are you looking to buy a condo?  We recommend obtaining an Eli…

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Condo Document Review: Vancouver

Greater Vancouver is home to tens of thousands of stratas and over…

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Eli Report Demos & Self-directed Professional Development Program

Attention: All licensed Real Estate Professionals in British Columbia!  Did you know…

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The 6 Most Important Bylaws to Look Out for When Buying into a Strata

Are you looking to buy a condo?  We recommend obtaining an Eli…

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Eli Report – Your next stop after ordering documents

So you have a condo listing to dig into – either on…

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Strata insurance premiums are on the rise, and we have you covered

Are you looking to buy a condo?  We recommend obtaining an Eli…

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PRESS RELEASE: Helping to Better Inform Condo Buyers, New Real Estate Platform Eli Report Launches in B.C.

World’s first AI-powered condo document review platform uses machine learning to extract…

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Quickly summarize commercial leases with Eli Report

In addition to helping residential real estate professionals use machine learning to…

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Check out our Eli Report demo video!

We are all about making realtors and mortgage brokers ultra-efficient when they…

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Understanding your rights & what to expect when buying a condo

Understanding your rights & what to expect when buying a condo or…

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Pet Restrictions – Are my pets welcome in my building?

Your pets are important members of your family and it is extremely…

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Get a free Eli Report on any listing

Buying a condo or townhouse is a very exciting time for a…

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One way Eli is looking at a condo’s financial budget differently

$200,000 in the bank sounds like a lot – and it might…

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Leaky Condos – What are they & how to avoid purchasing one

Eli the Octopus calls the ocean his home. The ocean is full…

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A beautifully staged unit does not mean a beautiful building

At Eli, we stress the importance of looking at the whole picture…

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Monthly condo maintenance fees – where do they go?

“Maintenance fees” can be a bit of a mystery to new buyers. …

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Know your building’s rental restrictions before buying a condo

A condo can be a great investment opportunity for an individual.  There…

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Condo buyers & owners – understanding special levies

Have you been notified of an upcoming special levy?  Understanding special levies…

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Strata management – what is it anyways?

Step right up, don’t be shy. We get asked this all the…

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