Real estate agent Ron Basra, left, speaks to his client Erica Shalinsky outside an open house in Vancouver on Feb. 27. Real estate agent Ron Basra, left, speaks to his client Erica Shalinsky outside an open house in Vancouver on Feb. 27. Erica Shalinsky dutifully places her shoes among a pile at the front door before walking into a three-bedroom duplex unit for sale on the edge of Vancouver's trendy Mount Pleasant neighbourhood that has attracted dozens of young families in the span of two hours. If Ms.