How quickly can a Ottawa 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.

Is there a contract lock-in for Ottawa 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.

Do you provide legal or compliance advice?

No. We are an IT services and consulting firm. We build the technical controls and evidence that your lawyer or compliance officer specifies for obligations such as FINTRAC record keeping, PIPEDA and BC PIPA, and we are happy to work alongside your advisors.

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.

What does managed IT cost for a firm in Ottawa?

Managed IT starts at $89 to $199 per user per month depending on scope, with projects from $2,500 and advisory retainers from $1,500 per month. Prices are in Canadian dollars with 5% GST added, and new clients receive a 10% launch discount.

Real Estate IT in Ottawa, ON

Technology counsel for real estate in Ottawa

Ottawa is the national capital of Canada. For brokerages, developers, property managers and strata corporations in Ottawa, ITRE provides senior-led technology advice and hands-on delivery, under the direction of Ali Sedighi, MBA. We are an IT services and consulting firm, not a reseller, which means a recommendation to a Ottawa managing broker follows what the office needs and not what a vendor pays us to sell. Our team works from Vancouver and supports Ottawa clients remotely, attending in person when a move, installation or closing-week emergency requires it.

What the local economy asks of your systems

Because Ottawa draws on finance, technology, manufacturing, public-sector services and a large professional-services base, 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 Ottawa firms design a secure, repeatable route for those records, so that quality of service and quality of protection rise together.

Industry knowledge, not generic IT

Our Ottawa engagements draw on practice with appraisers, proptech startups and home builders, so conversations begin from the vocabulary of your business: trust accounts, subject removals, completion dates, rent rolls and draw schedules. That familiarity shortens discovery, avoids wasteful hardware and ensures the technology we recommend serves the way your transactions are really conducted.

Services most requested near Ottawa

01Cloud 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.
02Property Management Systems Support
Administrative, integration and user support for Yardi, Buildium, AppFolio and Condo Control, so that property teams can concentrate on tenants and buildings.
03Backup & Disaster Recovery
Immutable, monitored backups and tested recovery plans so a brokerage, developer or property manager can keep working after a failure, theft or ransomware event.
04Developer & Builder Site IT
Connectivity, security and systems for presentation centres, construction sites and development offices that open quickly and move often.
05Device Management for Agents
Enrolling, securing and supporting the laptops, tablets and phones that agents use, whether the brokerage owns them or the agent does.
06Brokerage Managed IT
Fully managed technology for brokerages and real estate teams: devices, identity, email, networks and a named senior advisor, under one predictable monthly fee.

Protecting client information in Ottawa

Real estate files are rich in personal information: identification, income, banking and family details. For Ottawa firms, PIPEDA, together with the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) for health information custodians 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 Ottawa 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 Ontario and the neighbouring communities of Barrie, Guelph and London.

What technology costs for a Ottawa 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 Ottawa clients receive a 10% launch discount, there is no lock-in, and the first thirty-minute consultation is free.

Keeping Ottawa offices working through disruption

In Ontario, firms contend with ice storms, flooding and regional power events. A listing office that cannot reach its files, or a sales centre that loses connectivity on launch weekend, bears a real commercial cost. We plan continuity around the way real estate actually operates: cloud-hosted records, tested backups, a second internet path for critical sites and a short written plan that names who calls whom and in what order.

Beginning the relationship

A typical start for a Ottawa 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.

Questions and answers

How quickly can a Ottawa 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.
Is there a contract lock-in for Ottawa 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.
Do you provide legal or compliance advice?: No. We are an IT services and consulting firm. We build the technical controls and evidence that your lawyer or compliance officer specifies for obligations such as FINTRAC record keeping, PIPEDA and BC PIPA, and we are happy to work alongside your advisors.
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.
What does managed IT cost for a firm in Ottawa?: Managed IT starts at $89 to $199 per user per month depending on scope, with projects from $2,500 and advisory retainers from $1,500 per month. Prices are in Canadian dollars with 5% GST added, and new clients receive a 10% launch discount.