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The 5 professions in your real estate transaction
Top 10 best real estate experts in Canada
Featured profiles
- M. Alessandra B. Ocampo 83★ 4.9 · 610 reviews · 10 yrs Verified
- Vadim Vilensky 85★ 5.0 · 362 reviews · 11 yrs Verified
- Simon Brabant 73★ 4.7 · 13 reviews · 10 yrs ✓ Recommended
- Patrick Lambert 80★ 5.0 · 404 reviews · 10 yrs Verified
- Mélanie Lachaine 70★ 5.0 · 77 reviews · 7 yrs Verified
- Mona Golabi 73★ 4.4 · 55 reviews · 18 yrs Verified
- Behrooz Davani 80★ 5.0 · 128 reviews · 13 yrs Verified
- David Steinberg 92★ 5.0 · 429 reviews · 17 yrs Verified
- Beverly Carter 89★ 4.9 · 406 reviews · 13 yrs Verified
- Sébastien Boudreau 76★ 5.0 · 212 reviews · 10 yrs ✓ Recommended
- Étienne Gilbert 91★ 5.0 · 517 reviews · 12 yrs ✓ Recommended
- Me Marie-Noelle Villemaire 74★ 4.8 · 13 reviews · 17 yrs Verified
- Samuel Labrecque 78★ 5.0 · 24 reviews · 12 yrs Verified
- Toby Thériault 85★ 5.0 · 176 reviews · 12 yrs ✓ Recommended
- Jeremy Drouin 80★ 5.0 · 102 reviews · 11 yrs Verified
- Jérémie Labbé 70★ 4.9 · 56 reviews · 5 yrs ✓ Recommended
- Kevin Brown 71★ 5.0 · 120 reviews · 5 yrs Verified
- Brandon Clark 79★ 4.9 · 522 reviews · 11 yrs Verified
Guides, data & op-eds
- Glossary: real estate, in plain words
- Choosing a real estate broker
- Choosing a mortgage broker
- Your borrowing capacity
- Renewing your mortgage
- The pre-purchase inspection
- Latent defects: your recourse
- The broker's commission
- Property tax, city by city
- Mortgage prepayment penalty in Chomedey: calculate it — and often avoid it by Nazar Tarpinian · Laval, Quebec
- The policy rate and your borrowing power in Chomedey by Nazar Tarpinian · Laval, Quebec
- Fixed or variable rate in Chomedey: the real trade-off by Nazar Tarpinian · Laval, Quebec
How the list is built
Licences checked with the official regulators — status shown on every profile
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How we verify every licence →Frequently asked questions
Is it really free?
Yes — for everyone. Payotte is free for visitors, but also for the experts: the highest-ranked professional in each sector is listed without paying a cent. No ads, no referral commissions, no spot for sale. See our model and method in detail.
How is each sector's expert chosen?
Every professional — REALTOR® or real estate agent, mortgage broker, home inspector, real estate lawyer, appraiser — is scored out of 100: Google reviews, years of experience, a provincial licence checked on the public register, local presence and distinctions. The highest-rated in each sector becomes Verified (Payotte's editorial pick); when the expert confirms their own profile, it becomes Recommended. See the 100-point grid, how to verify a licence, or our guide on choosing a real estate broker.
What's the difference between a "Verified" and a "Recommended" expert?
Verified: Payotte editorially names the #1 in a sector, on verified results (reviews, experience, active licence). Recommended: that same expert has confirmed their own profile. Either way, the spot can't be bought and the profile stays free — our method.
What are the closing costs and land transfer tax in Canada?
They vary widely by province — from a few hundred dollars in Alberta (no land transfer tax) to several thousand in Toronto or Montreal. Our page on closing costs and land transfer tax by province breaks down the amounts and official rates, with sources.
What if no expert is verified in my sector?
If no candidate meets the quality threshold with verifiable data, the listing shows "not available" rather than an unreliable recommendation. Sectors fill in as verifications are completed — browse the cities covered.
I'm a professional — how do I get listed?
Get in touch through the Contact page. Listing is based solely on verifiable results, never on payment: for the highest-ranked expert in a sector, the profile is and stays free.
Payotte lists only one verified professional per sector, chosen on merit — never on a subscription. Their verified profile is built to be cited by Google and AI engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity) as the reference for their sector. Think you're the top reference in your neighbourhood?
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