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Vancouver Property Management

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Excellence in Occupancy award, 2025 Airbnb Host Summit | BCFSA-Licensed

Short stays, 90-day furnished stays, or long-term tenancies. One team runs every rental length for you. See what works best for you.

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Excellence in Occupancy award Presented to Artin at the 2025 Airbnb Host Summit.
An established Airbnb account Every new listing starts on an account guests already trust, hosting since 2019.
Official partner of the Canadian Cancer Society Furnished homes for patients and caregivers during treatment.
BCFSA-licensed Long-term rentals by Artin Realty Ltd., a BCFSA-licensed brokerage. Licence REX605656.

Greater Vancouver is our core portfolio. The team managing your home works across Vancouver every day.

BCFSA Vancouver Canucks Canadian Cancer Society Airbnb Accomsure mykey Global Accommodations

Hands-off, passive rental income

You own the home. We run it.

Which rental fits your Vancouver home?

Vancouver reserves nightly stays under 90 days for a principal residence. To rent out an entire investment home for 90 consecutive days or more, its owner needs the City’s long-term rental business licence.

Under 90 days

Short-term

The highest income opportunity

Investment condo? No. Principal residence only.

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Who stays
Holiday and business travellers
Listed on
Airbnb, VRBO, and Booking.com
Best if
It is your principal residence, and you are away often.

Furnished nightly stays run through Artin’s established Airbnb account. Guests book with the confidence of thousands of guest reviews behind us, and we handle the photography, the listing, every guest message, screening before each stay, and in-house cleaning between guests. In the City of Vancouver this path is only open to a principal residence with a short-term rental licence; we confirm eligibility with you before anything is listed.

90 days or more

Mid-term

Furnished income, far fewer turnovers

Investment condo? Yes, with the City’s long-term rental business licence and subject to your strata’s bylaws.

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Who stays
Insurance displacements, relocations, healthcare stays, film crews
Listed on
90-day platforms and insurance, corporate, and healthcare networks
Best if
You have a furnished condo and want fewer turnovers than nightly stays.

Furnished stays of 90 consecutive days or more suit people who need a home for several months. To rent out an investment condo this way, its owner needs the City’s long-term rental business licence and must check the strata bylaws. A furnished stay this long can still count as a tenancy under the Residential Tenancy Act, depending on the agreement, so we confirm how each stay is set up before it starts. Our in-house team resets the home between stays.

Usually eight months or longer

Long-term

Consistent, predictable income

Investment condo? Yes, with the City’s long-term rental business licence.

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Who stays
Tenants screened four ways
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Marketed and shown by Artin Realty
Best if
You want the most hands-off option, with one tenant.

An unfurnished residential tenancy run by Artin Realty, our BCFSA-licensed brokerage. We handle the listing and showings, four-check screening (a credit check with consent, ID, income and employment, and a previous landlord), the lease and renewals, rent held in trust, maintenance, monthly statements, and on-time owner payouts. You approve the tenant before anyone moves in.

Sources: City of Vancouver: Short-term rental business licence · Province of British Columbia: Principal residence requirement

4.64 ★
Average guest rating
9,436
Guest reviews
300+
Leases facilitated
25,000+
Guest stays
Rating and reviews as of November 2026, across booking platforms.

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Vancouver rules, in plain language

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Short-term rentals (under 90 days)Principal residence only, with a City licence and provincial registration. +
  1. The home must be the operator’s principal residence: where they live, pay bills, and receive mail. An investment condo does not qualify.
  2. A City of Vancouver short-term rental business licence: $1,108 a year, plus a $77 application fee, renewed by December 31.
  3. Registration with the Province of British Columbia, which applies to every stay under 90 consecutive days.
  4. One licence per person, and strata and/or landlord approval before applying.
  5. The City licence number and the provincial registration number on every online listing.

Sources: City of Vancouver: Short-term rental business licence · Province of British Columbia: Principal residence requirement

Why the rules open a door for ownersFewer legal furnished homes, and the people who need them have not gone away. +

These rules have taken many homes off the short-term market. Visitors, patients and caregivers, film crews, and relocating professionals still need furnished places to stay, and there are fewer legal ones to choose from.

A principal residence can be hosted with the appropriate short-term licence. An owner who holds the City’s long-term rental business licence can offer an investment condo for stays of 90 consecutive days or more, subject to strata bylaws. We check eligibility with you before listing.

Sources: City of Vancouver: Short-term rental business licence · City of Vancouver: Long-term rental business licence

Empty Homes TaxEvery owner declares each year. An empty or undeclared home is taxed at 3%. +

Owners file an Empty Homes Tax declaration every year. For the 2025 reference year, a property that is declared or deemed empty is taxed at 3% of its 2025 assessed taxable value, and a missed declaration is treated as vacant. We can supply the tenancy and stay records that support a declaration; the filing stays with the owner. This City tax is separate from British Columbia’s Speculation and Vacancy Tax.

Sources: City of Vancouver: Empty Homes Tax · City of Vancouver: Declaring your property status

Strata bylawsA strata cannot ban long-term rentals, but it can still limit short stays. +

Since 24 November 2022, a strata corporation must not screen tenants, require approval of them, or otherwise restrict the rental of a strata lot, and a bylaw that bans or caps long-term rentals is not enforceable. Strata corporations can still limit or ban short-term rentals, and they can fine breaches of those bylaws. We read the bylaws before a listing goes up, so the length we recommend is one your building allows.

Sources: Province of British Columbia: Strata short-term rental bylaws

Best areas for 90-day staysDowntown for work, Fairview for healthcare, the West End for both. +
  • Downtown, Yaletown, and Coal Harbour. Downtown condos typically suit 90-day stays best: relocations and project teams walk to work.
  • Fairview and Mount Pleasant. Steps from VGH and BC Cancer, for patients, caregivers, and travelling healthcare staff.
  • The West End. Near St. Paul’s Hospital and downtown offices, with the seawall on the doorstep.
  • Anywhere in the city. Insurance displacements happen in every neighbourhood, often for months at a time.
Downtown West End Yaletown Coal Harbour Kitsilano Fairview Mount Pleasant Olympic Village Cambie Kerrisdale

Homes listed in Vancouver

Common questions

Before you sign.

Can I short-term rent an investment condo in Vancouver? +
Vancouver restricts stays under 90 consecutive days to the operator’s principal residence and requires a short-term rental business licence. To rent out an entire investment condo for 90 consecutive days or more, its owner needs the City’s long-term rental business licence.

City of Vancouver: Short-term rental business licence · City of Vancouver: Long-term rental business licence · Province of British Columbia: Principal residence requirement

Do 90-day furnished stays need a short-term rental licence in Vancouver? +
The City’s short-term licence and BC’s short-term registration cover stays under 90 consecutive days. In the City of Vancouver, an owner renting out an entire home for 90 consecutive days or more must hold a long-term rental business licence, even when a property manager handles the rental. The City exempts owners who share their principal residence with up to two tenants. We also review your strata bylaws before recommending a mid-term rental.

City of Vancouver: Short-term rental business licence · City of Vancouver: Long-term rental business licence · Province of British Columbia: Principal residence requirement

Can I switch my home between short-term, mid-term, and long-term later? +
Yes. One team runs all three, so if your plans change, the rules change, or the season changes, we can move the home to a different rental length without you starting over with a new manager. We check what the address and the bylaws allow before every switch.
Does the Empty Homes Tax apply to a rented Vancouver property? +
Vancouver residential owners must file an Empty Homes Tax declaration every year. For the 2025 reference year, a property declared or deemed empty is taxed at 3% of its 2025 assessed taxable value. If you do not declare by the deadline, the City deems the property vacant. Your tenancy or stay records are part of how that declaration is answered; the filing itself stays with the owner. The City tax is separate from British Columbia’s Speculation and Vacancy Tax.

City of Vancouver: Empty Homes Tax · City of Vancouver: Declaring your property status

Can a Vancouver strata still ban long-term rentals? +
No. As of 24 November 2022, a strata corporation in British Columbia must not have a bylaw that restricts or bans long-term rentals. That includes screening tenants, requiring approval of tenants, or capping how many lots can be rented. Strata corporations can still limit or ban short-term rentals, and they can fine breaches of those bylaws. We read the bylaws before listing, because a short-stay rule is not a rule about a residential tenancy.

Province of British Columbia: Strata short-term rental bylaws

What does tenant screening include in BC? +
In B.C., landlords can ask applicants for verifiable income and employment, references (preferably from a previous landlord), and photo ID, and can run a credit check with the applicant’s written consent. Artin runs these checks before recommending any tenant, and shares the results and its recommendation with the owner before any lease is signed.

Government of B.C., Residential Tenancies: List and show a rental unit

How are maintenance and repairs handled in a managed rental? +
The standard a manager should meet: nothing non-urgent happens without owner approval, and emergencies are acted on immediately.

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