Reading a multiplex pro forma: the numbers that matter
A multiplex pro forma is a story told in numbers, and a misleading one is easy to build. This is how to read every major line, find the assumptions doing the heavy lifting, and spot a pro forma that's selling rather than estimating.
Trent Praski · July 21, 2026 · 7 min
Sharing the risk: how a development partnership protects homeowners
A homeowner who tries to develop their own lot carries every risk alone, capital, permitting, construction, and the market. A GP/LP partnership is built to spread that risk. Here is exactly how the protections work, where your equity sits, and where the protections stop.
Trent Praski · July 19, 2026 · 8 min
What is your land worth to a developer?
A Vancouver lot is worth more to a developer than its listing price, because a developer values what can be built on it. Here is how that calculation actually works, and why no honest answer comes without a property-specific analysis.
Trent Praski · July 18, 2026 · 8 min
Build to Rent vs Sell: The Multiplex Tenure Decision That Changes Your Return
You can build the same 6-unit multiplex and either sell every unit as strata or hold all of them as rental. The building is identical. The economics over the next 25 years are not.
Trent Praski · July 17, 2026 · 6 min
How Much Does It Cost to Build a Multiplex in Vancouver? (2026 Guide)
Most homeowners who ask about building a multiplex think about the cost of construction. That's only part of the bill. Here's a plain breakdown of what a triplex, fourplex, or sixplex actually costs to build in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in 2026, from hard construction to city fees to the total all-in number.
Trent Praski · July 9, 2026 · 8 min
Vancouver's R1-1 zoning: a plain-language guide for homeowners
Vancouver folded most of its single-family neighbourhoods into one zone: R1-1. Here's what it permits, what "Residential Inclusive" really means, and how the rental option changes the math.
Trent Praski · July 1, 2026 · 10 min
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