Buy the right commercial property, with fewer surprises
Whether you are an owner-user buying your own building or an investor buying income or land, Sean sets up an MLS® search to match your brief, screens properties before you spend on reports, and keeps due diligence and financing on track.
How Sean helps buyers
- Sets up an MLS® search for your property type, size, zoning and budget, so you see new listings as they come out.
- Reviews each candidate against the property brief: zoning, tenancy, income, title and condition.
- Prepares offers and letters of intent, and negotiates price and terms.
- Coordinates due diligence with your lawyer, lender, appraiser and inspectors.
Read the step-by-step guide to buying commercial property in BC and the financing guide.
Owner-user or investor?
Owner-users care about location, layout, power, loading, parking and zoning for their business. Financing often looks at the business as well as the building.
Investors care about income, lease terms, tenant quality, recoveries and the cap rate. Multi-family buyers also work within BC's residential tenancy rules; see the apartment building guide.
Buying a unit rather than a whole building? See commercial strata.
Send a buyer brief
Describe what you need. Sean will set up a matching MLS® search and send you suitable properties as they list.
Related guides
Buying commercial property
How to buy commercial property in BC: criteria, offers and LOIs, deposits, subject periods, due diligence, financing, closing adjustments and PTT.
Financing
How commercial property is financed in BC: banks, credit unions, BDC, CMHC MLI Select, private lenders and VTBs, plus LTV, DSCR and amortization.
Commercial strata
Buying, selling or leasing a commercial or industrial strata unit in BC: Strata Property Act rules, Form B, depreciation reports, levies and CRF.
Common questions
What does a commercial REALTOR do for buyers in BC?
In BC, a commercial REALTOR such as Sean Phillips sets up your MLS® search, screens properties, prepares offers and coordinates due diligence. The search matches your property type, size, zoning and budget, so you see new listings as they come out.
Sean reviews each candidate before you spend on reports. He prepares offers and letters of intent and negotiates price and terms. He also works with your lawyer, lender, appraiser and inspectors to keep due diligence and financing on track.
What should I check before buying a commercial property in BC?
Check zoning, tenancy, income, title and condition on a BC commercial property before you spend money on reports. Sean reviews each candidate against your property brief on these points.
- Owner-users also weigh location, layout, power, loading and parking for their business.
- Investors also weigh lease terms, tenant quality, recoveries and the cap rate.
Book a Zoom chat with Sean
Buying, selling or leasing commercial property anywhere in BC? Tell Sean what you own or what you need, and he'll tell you plainly where it stands in today's market. Advisory work beyond the intro is paid and quoted per property.
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