CALGARY NEIGHBOURHOOD DECISION EVIDENCE BOARD CalgaryRealEstateTips.ca working worksheet Last reviewed: July 19, 2026 PURPOSE Household and decision authority; decision stage and deadline; purchase and complete monthly ceiling; exact property form and housing era; five research communities or clusters; three finalists and one backup; primary and second work school childcare care medical airport recreation and service anchors; trip frequency and fixed times; primary and backup route tests with date time weather and result; transit vehicle garage street and visitor parking; address-specific school program transportation childcare care service boundary and access verification with source and lookup date; representative properties in each community; mortgage property tax insurance utilities condo HOA lake parking transit fuel maintenance first-year work and capital reserve; block street lot lane building unit position traffic rail aircraft school commercial light privacy grade drainage retaining wall corridor construction snow storage and neighbouring-condition field test; condo HOA lake shared-service fee bylaw insurance reserve and access evidence; road transit school amenity redevelopment construction and future-supply status separated into approved funded under construction proposed marketed or assumed; current listings recent relevant sales acceptable-option frequency listing history price and property-condition differences; likely future buyer hold period and resale substitutes; ranking confidence unresolved facts and evidence owner; no-shortlist rules; ranking-change trigger; exact-property financing inspection insurance title RPR permit suite condo appraisal and offer handoff. Use this worksheet to collect property-specific evidence and make the next decision visible. It is an educational planning aid, not legal, tax, lending, appraisal, engineering, inspection, insurance, condo-document, or other professional advice. DECISION CONTEXT Name(s): ________________________________________________ Property / community / search area: _______________________ Property type: ___________________________________________ Budget, price, or value range: _____________________________ Decision to make: _________________________________________ Deadline and reason: ______________________________________ Primary goal: _____________________________________________ What would make me pause or walk away? ____________________ TOPIC EVIDENCE [ ] Household and decision authority: ________________________________________________ [ ] Decision stage and deadline: ________________________________________________ [ ] Purchase and complete monthly ceiling: ________________________________________________ [ ] Exact property form and housing era: ________________________________________________ [ ] Five research communities or clusters: ________________________________________________ [ ] Three finalists and one backup: ________________________________________________ [ ] Primary and second work school childcare care medical airport recreation and service anchors: ________________________________________________ [ ] Trip frequency and fixed times: ________________________________________________ [ ] Primary and backup route tests with date time weather and result: ________________________________________________ [ ] Transit vehicle garage street and visitor parking: ________________________________________________ [ ] Address-specific school program transportation childcare care service boundary and access verification with source and lookup date: ________________________________________________ [ ] Representative properties in each community: ________________________________________________ [ ] Mortgage property tax insurance utilities condo HOA lake parking transit fuel maintenance first-year work and capital reserve: ________________________________________________ [ ] Block street lot lane building unit position traffic rail aircraft school commercial light privacy grade drainage retaining wall corridor construction snow storage and neighbouring-condition field test: ________________________________________________ [ ] Condo HOA lake shared-service fee bylaw insurance reserve and access evidence: ________________________________________________ [ ] Road transit school amenity redevelopment construction and future-supply status separated into approved funded under construction proposed marketed or assumed: ________________________________________________ [ ] Current listings recent relevant sales acceptable-option frequency listing history price and property-condition differences: ________________________________________________ [ ] Likely future buyer hold period and resale substitutes: ________________________________________________ [ ] Ranking confidence unresolved facts and evidence owner: ________________________________________________ [ ] No-shortlist rules: ________________________________________________ [ ] Ranking-change trigger: ________________________________________________ [ ] Exact-property financing inspection insurance title RPR permit suite condo appraisal and offer handoff: ________________________________________________ CALGARY VERIFICATION CONTROL [ ] Property address, community, property type, and decision deadline are recorded. [ ] Budget, price or value range, monthly comfort, and cash reserve are separated. [ ] Current source dates and geography are written beside every market or rule-based claim. [ ] Relevant active alternatives and recent comparable transactions are identified. [ ] Financing, appraisal, insurance, legal, tax, inspection, condo, permit, or specialist questions have an assigned owner. [ ] Documents are saved in one folder with missing items and follow-up dates visible. [ ] The most expensive plausible downside has a cost range and funding plan. [ ] A credible backup property, community, timing, or transaction path is named. [ ] The walk-away or pause rule is written before urgency increases. [ ] The next review date and the evidence that would change the decision are recorded. EVIDENCE LOG Use one row per important fact. Record the source itself, not only who mentioned it. 1. Fact / assumption: ______________________________________ Source / document / professional: ________________________ Date and geography: ______________________________________ Status (known / assumed / missing): _______________________ Owner and follow-up date: _________________________________ 2. Fact / assumption: ______________________________________ Source / document / professional: ________________________ Date and geography: ______________________________________ Status (known / assumed / missing): _______________________ Owner and follow-up date: _________________________________ 3. Fact / assumption: ______________________________________ Source / document / professional: ________________________ Date and geography: ______________________________________ Status (known / assumed / missing): _______________________ Owner and follow-up date: _________________________________ RED / AMBER / GREEN DECISION BOARD GREEN - current, property-specific, understood evidence: ____________________________________________________________ AMBER - plausible but waiting on evidence or professional review: ____________________________________________________________ RED - material downside with no acceptable control or fallback: ____________________________________________________________ OPTIONS AND TRADEOFFS Preferred path: ____________________________________________ Best credible alternative: _________________________________ What the preferred path improves: __________________________ What it costs or makes harder: ______________________________ Worst plausible outcome and estimated cost: ________________ How that downside would be reduced or funded: ______________ NEXT-STEP BRIEF Current best decision: _____________________________________ Why the evidence supports it: _______________________________ Three unresolved questions: 1. _________________________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________________________ 3. _________________________________________________________ Next action: _______________________________________________ Owner: __________________________ Due: _____________________ Review trigger: ____________________________________________ Next review date: __________________________________________ PROPERTY-SPECIFIC HELP When requesting help, include the property or community, property type, budget or value range, timeline, documents available, condition deadline, and the exact decision. A useful response should produce a shortlist, risk list, valuation path, document-review path, or assigned next-step plan rather than a generic sales reply.