Who will I speak with at ITRE?

You will speak with a senior advisor from the start. ITRE is a sub-brand of SAZ.ca and Sedighi.ca, led by Ali Sedighi, MBA, who has more than seventeen years of delivery experience and personally reviews the guidance we publish.

Is there a contract lock-in for Nanaimo clients?

No. After onboarding, engagements run month to month. You retain ownership of your domains, accounts and data from the first day, and we provide a documented handover if you decide to leave.

What does a first consultation involve?

The first thirty-minute consultation is free. We ask about your office, systems and concerns, offer a candid view of priorities and, where useful, follow with a short written findings note. There is no obligation to proceed.

Does ITRE support real estate firms in Nanaimo?

Yes. We serve brokerages, developers, property managers, strata corporations and the professionals who work with them in Nanaimo. Most support is delivered remotely from Vancouver, and we coordinate on-site work through trusted local trades when a visit is required.

How quickly can a Nanaimo brokerage be onboarded?

A typical brokerage is onboarded in stages over four to eight weeks, beginning with identity and email protection. Timing depends on the number of users and devices and on how much needs to be migrated, and we schedule changes around your closing calendar.

Real Estate IT in Nanaimo, BC

A trusted advisor on technology, in Nanaimo

Nanaimo is Vancouver Island's second-largest city and a key port. In a market where one fraudulent email can redirect a deposit and one lost laptop can expose a client file, Nanaimo real estate professionals deserve the same quality of counsel they expect from their lawyer and accountant. ITRE brings that discipline to technology: a clear standard, a written plan and a named advisor who will tell you plainly what matters. Our parent practice, SAZ.ca, supplies the strategy layer, so choices are made against a budget and a roadmap.

What technology costs for a Nanaimo firm

Pricing is published as starting-from ranges. Managed IT begins at $89 to $199 per user per month depending on scope, projects start at $2,500, advisory retainers from $1,500 per month and a brokerage cybersecurity assessment from $1,900, all in Canadian dollars with 5% GST added. New Nanaimo clients receive a 10% launch discount, there is no lock-in, and the first thirty-minute consultation is free.

Beginning the relationship

A typical start for a Nanaimo client is a thirty-minute conversation with a senior advisor, followed by a short written findings note: what we saw, what matters most and what we would do first. If you proceed, we onboard in stages, beginning with identity and email protection, and then devices, backups and the longer-term roadmap. You keep ownership of your accounts, domains and data at every stage.

Services most requested near Nanaimo

01Brokerage Cybersecurity Audits
An independent, plain-language review of your brokerage's security posture, delivered as a board-ready report with a costed remediation plan.
02Cloud for Brokerages
A tidy, secure cloud foundation for brokerages: identity, files, email and applications hosted where they are protected, backed up and easy to administer.
03Website Hosting & Performance
Fast, secure hosting and maintenance for brokerage, developer and property-management websites, including IDX sites and marketing landing pages.
04Transaction Security
Controls that follow a deal from listing to possession: who may see which documents, how they are shared, and how the record is preserved.
05Strata Technology
Practical technology for strata corporations and their managers: owner portals, document archives, meeting tools and secure data handling.
06Microsoft 365 for Real Estate
Microsoft 365 configured for the way brokerages, developers and property managers work, including mail protection, Teams calling and document governance.

What the local economy asks of your systems

Because Nanaimo draws on government and public-sector work in the capital region, tourism and hospitality, forestry, marine industries and a growing tech scene, clients and counterparties arrive from many industries and expect modern, professional handling of their information. Offers, mortgage documents and identification arrive by email and phone, and each is a potential point of exposure. We help Nanaimo firms design a secure, repeatable route for those records, so that quality of service and quality of protection rise together.

Resilience planning for Nanaimo firms

The practical risks for businesses on Vancouver Island include ferry disruptions, winter windstorms that take out power and a subduction-zone earthquake risk that makes off-island backup essential. Our approach is deliberately modest: protect the records that cannot be recreated, define how quickly each system must return, and test the recovery rather than assume it. For many Nanaimo offices this means immutable backups, a documented recovery order and a yearly table-top exercise that takes ninety minutes.

Protecting client information in Nanaimo

Real estate files are rich in personal information: identification, income, banking and family details. For Nanaimo firms, BC's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) and, for cross-border activity, PIPEDA set the standard for how that information must be collected, protected and retained, and reporting entities have further record-keeping duties. We do not give legal advice, but we build the access controls, retention schedules and audit trails that your lawyer and compliance officer need to rely on.

Remote-first, on-site when it counts

Most technology problems are solved without a visit. For Nanaimo firms we resolve the large majority remotely, with the agent's consent, and reserve site visits for installations, moves and incidents that need physical attention. Where local labour is needed, we manage it, drawing on contacts throughout Vancouver Island and the neighbouring communities of Langford, Esquimalt and Ladysmith.

Who we advise in Nanaimo

In Nanaimo our clients include appraisers, commercial real estate firms and home builders, along with the lawyers, lenders and managers who work beside them. Each group has distinct records, regulators and risks, which is why we maintain separate service profiles for them. A strata council has little in common with a developer's sales centre, yet both depend on trustworthy records and careful handling of personal information.

Questions and answers

Who will I speak with at ITRE?: You will speak with a senior advisor from the start. ITRE is a sub-brand of SAZ.ca and Sedighi.ca, led by Ali Sedighi, MBA, who has more than seventeen years of delivery experience and personally reviews the guidance we publish.
Is there a contract lock-in for Nanaimo clients?: No. After onboarding, engagements run month to month. You retain ownership of your domains, accounts and data from the first day, and we provide a documented handover if you decide to leave.
What does a first consultation involve?: The first thirty-minute consultation is free. We ask about your office, systems and concerns, offer a candid view of priorities and, where useful, follow with a short written findings note. There is no obligation to proceed.
Does ITRE support real estate firms in Nanaimo?: Yes. We serve brokerages, developers, property managers, strata corporations and the professionals who work with them in Nanaimo. Most support is delivered remotely from Vancouver, and we coordinate on-site work through trusted local trades when a visit is required.
How quickly can a Nanaimo brokerage be onboarded?: A typical brokerage is onboarded in stages over four to eight weeks, beginning with identity and email protection. Timing depends on the number of users and devices and on how much needs to be migrated, and we schedule changes around your closing calendar.