Hospitality expertise. Real estate knowledge. Investment focus.
STR by Estavio was built on a simple belief: short-term rentals deserve professional operations, not casual hosting. It's a sister company of Estavio Real Estate — formerly The Chhabra Group — backed by the same leadership behind more than 1,000 home sales across Alberta, totaling over a billion dollars in transactions.
The owner's return. The guest's experience.
Our team brings together real estate, mortgage and investment analysis, and hospitality operations — which means we understand both sides of a short-term rental: the owner's goal of maximizing returns, and the guest's expectation of a genuinely good stay. That combination of financial discipline and hospitality standards is what separates operating a property well from just listing it.
The track record didn't start with short-term rentals.
Estavio Real Estate — known for years as The Chhabra Group — built its name on volume most brokerages don't reach: over 1,000 homes sold and more than a billion dollars in transaction value across Alberta. STR by Estavio applies that same real estate discipline to a different problem — not just selling a home, but finding one that performs as a short-term rental and running it well after the sale closes.
Help clients source the right property, then operate it well.
Two things, in order: find properties that actually work as short-term rentals, and run them properly once they're owned. Not every property that sells well is a property that rents well — that gap is what STR by Estavio exists to close.
Numbers before decisions
Every recommendation — whether it's a property to buy or a pricing change on one you already own — comes with the reasoning behind it, not just a suggestion.
One team, start to finish
The same team that evaluates whether a property is worth buying also runs it day to day once you own it.
Rules checked, not assumed
Short-term rental rules shift market by market and year by year. We check the current bylaw before recommending a property, not after.