For Realtors
Be the agent who knows the building
Clients ask about buildings you have never set foot in, usually on the phone, usually now. SearchStrata keeps one record for every BC strata corporation — what it's built of, what's around it, and what its documents say. Looking one up is free and takes no package at all.
Most of the buildings you get asked about have no package attached yet — a client sends a listing, and you have minutes to say something useful. That is the part no document tool helps with, because there is nothing to upload. SearchStrata starts from the building's own record, free and without a package, and goes deeper only when a deal is real: the area around it, then the full strata documents before subject removal, each finding cited so your client can check it and you never have to vouch for it personally.
What your client receives
A client-ready report, with your branding
Every analysis becomes a polished, plain-language report you can export as a branded PDF and hand to your buyer — a health score, the red flags that matter, and answers cited to the exact page.
- White-label header with your name and brokerage
- Branded PDF export, ready to send to clients
- Every finding cited to the source page
1450 Cedar Court
Vancouver, BC
From the public record
- Strata plan
- EPS2201
- Year built
- 2012
- Storeys
- 14
- Homes
- 142
- Management company
- unknown
Poor
With the building’s own documents read
What decided this grade
- Special levy approved — $12,400 per unit
- Reserve fund at 61% of the depreciation report's recommendation
- Water ingress noted in the 2023 minutes, unresolved
Example record — not a real building.
What gets missed
- ⚠Asked about a building you have never seen, with no package and no time
- ⚠Clients asking what the area is like, when the safe answer has always been a vague one
- ⚠No time to read every strata package before your client's subject-removal deadline
- ⚠Wanting to add value and stand out without taking on legal liability
Answer on the phone, before you have anything
Every strata corporation in BC is already on file: year built, construction, homes, who manages it, whether a depreciation report exists. Free, no account, no package — so a client's question gets an answer while they are still asking it.
Point at a dataset, not an opinion
Nine areas around the building scored from published BC data, with the source record attached. It is the difference between saying what you think of a neighbourhood and showing where the figure came from.
Read the whole package before the deadline
Hundreds of pages read in about three minutes: the levies, the reserve fund, the litigation and the engineer's schedule, each finding cited to its page so your client verifies it rather than taking your word.
Equip your whole team
Up to five seats on the Agent plan, so everyone at your brokerage works from the same record — and client reports can carry your brand rather than a third-party tool's.
Answer neighbourhood questions with data, not opinion
Clients ask what the area is like, and the safe answer has always been a vague one. Location Insights scores nine areas around the building from public BC data — transit, schools, hazard, amenities, nearby development — with the source records attached, so you can point at a published dataset instead of offering a personal view. Census figures are shown but carry zero weight in every score, by design: the number you hand a client is never a proxy for who lives there.
How Location Insights worksLocation score
- Coverage
- 88%
- Confidence
- 94%
- Addresses
- 4 of 4
Distance to nearest transit stop
240m
94 / 100Bus stop at the corner, 6 routes.
Frequent service within 400 mConcern
61departures/weekday
38 / 100Below the all-day 15-minute threshold.
Example profile — not a real building.
How it works
Look the building up
Search by address, building name or strata plan number. What it is built of, when it went up, how many homes and who manages it — free, no account, no documents needed.
Add the package when the deal is real
Drop in the strata documents for your client's prospective purchase — PDF or ZIP, up to 200MB and hundreds of pages. SearchStrata reads every page and returns financials, special levies, building condition, insurance and red flags, each cited to its page.
Share with your client
Export the branded PDF and walk your buyer through it, with every finding cited to the page so the conversation is grounded in the documents.
Why not just use ChatGPT?
Your clients deserve more than a generic AI guess
Pasting a strata package into ChatGPT puts your reputation on a tool that wasn't built for it. SearchStrata is purpose-built for Canadian strata documents, and every finding traces back to the page it came from — so you and your client can verify it.
Reads the whole package
Strata packages run 100–300 pages across many documents. General chatbots choke on the file size; SearchStrata ingests it all in one pass.
Knows Canadian strata law
It understands Form B, contingency reserve funds, and how BC strata rules differ from Alberta condo regulations — context ChatGPT doesn't have.
Cites every figure to its source
General AI tools can hallucinate numbers and dates. Every red flag and dollar amount here links to the exact source page, so you and your client can verify it against the documents.
Common questions
- Can I look up a building without having the documents?
- Yes, and it is free. Every strata corporation in BC is in the record with what the building is built of, the year it went up, how many homes it holds, who manages it and whether a depreciation report is on file — assembled from land title, the assessment roll and strata filings. No account, no package. The documents add what only that corporation knows: the levies, the reserve fund, the litigation and the engineer's schedule.
- Can I give clients reports with my own branding?
- Yes. The Agent plan includes white-label reports and branded PDF exports, so you can hand buyers a polished, plain-language analysis under your own name rather than a third-party tool's.
- How does the Agent plan work for a brokerage team?
- The Agent plan is $79 CAD per month and includes up to five team seats, white-labelled client reports, and branded exports — so multiple agents at your brokerage can deliver the same due-diligence experience to their clients.
- Does using SearchStrata take on liability for the strata review?
- SearchStrata is a research tool that summarizes the documents you upload and cites every finding to the source page, so your client can verify it. It helps you surface and explain what's in the package; it doesn't replace professional or legal advice, and the citations keep every point traceable to the documents.
- What is Location Insights, and is it included?
- Location Insights scores the area around a BC strata building from public data across nine areas — transit, schools, hazard, amenities, crime, infrastructure, development, demographics and change — with the records behind every figure and the gaps named rather than scored as zero. It is separate from the document analysis: your report reads the package you upload, while Location Insights measures what those documents never mention. It is included with Pro and Agent subscriptions, is in beta for BC corporations, and is reference only — not a valuation or an opinion of value.
- How much does SearchStrata cost?
- Looking a building up is free and needs no account — every strata corporation in BC, with what it is built of, its age, its size and who manages it. Reading a building's own documents is the paid part: a one-off property credit, or Pro at $29 CAD per month for unlimited buildings, detailed reports and Location Insights, or Agent at $79 CAD per month for white-label reports and team seats.
- How accurate are the answers, and can I verify them?
- Every answer and red flag cites the exact page in your strata documents where the information appears, so you can open the source and confirm it yourself. SearchStrata reads the documents you upload rather than relying on general web knowledge.
- What documents can I upload?
- You can upload a strata or condo package as a PDF or ZIP up to 200MB and hundreds of pages, including meeting minutes, financial statements, bylaws and rules, the capital-planning report (a depreciation report in BC or a reserve fund study in Alberta), insurance certificates, and the information certificate (BC Form B or an Alberta estoppel certificate).
- Does SearchStrata work for BC strata and Alberta condo documents?
- Yes. SearchStrata is built for Canadian strata and condominium documents, supporting both BC strata packages and Alberta condo document packages. The instruments differ by province — BC's Form B and depreciation report correspond to Alberta's estoppel certificate and reserve fund study — and SearchStrata reads either.
Know the building before the showing
Start with the record on any BC strata, add the area when a client is serious, and read the whole package before subject removal — every finding traceable to the page it came from.
Make your strata documents readable
Start free and get sourced answers from your strata package in minutes. No credit card required.
Building intelligence, in three parts
The building, the neighbourhood around it, and its own documents. The building is free and needs no account — its facts were already public.
1 · Free, no account
The building
What you’re buying into
Built of, year, storeys, homes, who manages it, what's been remediated. Assembled from land title, the assessment roll and strata filings. No account.
19,000+ BC corporations · $0
Search the record2 · Pro
The neighbourhood
What you can’t change
Nine areas past the lot line, measured from public BC data — transit, schools, hazard, crime, what's approved next door. Never in the building's own paperwork.
Location Insights · Pro
How Location Insights works3 · Upload
The documents
What you’re inheriting
The levies, the reserve fund, the litigation, the engineer's schedule — read out of this corporation's own package, each finding pointing at its page.
Your documents · deep analysis
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