Daycare Launch · Open · Buy · Sell · Lease · BC and beyond
Raj and Kabir Batra own and operate licensed daycares in BC and run the only real estate team focused on daycare property. Tell us what you're doing and we'll send you to the right place — so you don't waste a call, or a lease.
Home-based or commercial. Start with the 6-minute site training and scorecard.
Free training Watch the training → Route 02 I'm buying an existing daycareValue, enrolment, staffing, licence and lease risk — before you write an offer.
Free consult Book a consult → Route 03 I'm selling my daycareValuation against real BC comparables and confidential, buyer-screened marketing.
Free consult Book a consult → Route 04 I have space to leaseLandlords and owners: is childcare a viable use, and what an operator will need from you.
Free consult Book a consult →Already looking at a property to open in? Skip ahead to the $497 Site Review + Roadmap — credited in full toward the 90-Day Program within 14 days.
Four routes
Most daycare advice comes from people who only do one of these. We do all four — which is the only reason we can tell you which one you should actually be doing.
Home-based or commercial, from an ECE ticket and an idea through to a licensed, enrolled centre.
A licensed, operating centre instead of building one. Faster to revenue, and a different diligence job entirely.
You built it and you're ready to exit — or to sell one location and keep the rest.
For landlords and owners with commercial space. Childcare tenants sign long leases — if the space can be licensed.
Real estate services — buying, selling and leasing — are provided through Batra Real Estate Group, Real Broker. Consulting and project guidance run through Daycare Launch.
If you're opening one
Every daycare that opens goes through these in this order. Most expensive mistakes happen at stage two — which is exactly what the free training covers.
Home-based or commercial. Licence type, age mix and space count — decided against the economics, not the other way round.
Criteria first, then screening. Zoning, outdoor play, washroom provisions and usable programme area — before an offer, not after.
Concept layout, then architect-stamped drawings, then the health authority application and building permit.
Contractor, build-out, equipment and fixturing — through fire, building and licensing inspections.
Staffing and ECE hiring, funding applications, waitlist marketing, and the first families through the door.
Where this leads
Six minutes on the checks that decide whether a property can be licensed, plus a printable scorecard. Watch it →
60 minutes 1:1 with Raj, a written verdict on your property (or a 90-day review credit) and your written roadmap to a licence. See what's included →
The full build: step-by-step plan, weekly live calls, ongoing site and layout reviews, application support and vendor introductions. Your $497 is credited in full within 14 days.
For operators and investors with capital in place: owner's-representative project management, and in select cases equity partnership.
Buying · Selling · Leasing
One-to-one on Zoom with Raj or Kabir. We look at the property or the business, what it's worth to the right buyer or operator, and the next three moves — whether or not you list with us.
A short form first so we arrive knowing your property or business. Qualified requests see the calendar right away.
Consults are reserved for buyers, sellers and landlords. Selling confidentially? Tell us on the form and we'll keep it that way.
Who you're working with
Owner-operators, not course sellers. Everything we tell you comes from centres that exist, leases that were signed, and licences that were issued.
Owner-operator of commercial and residential licensed daycare centres in BC, including a 30-space centre he still runs day to day. Award-winning REALTOR® (PREC*). He runs the Site Review + Roadmap Sessions.
Licensed REALTOR® with Batra Real Estate Group, Real Broker. He runs the property side — on-market and off-market daycare sites, leases, acquisitions and sales across the Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver.
Including a 30-space licensed centre — built, licensed, staffed, enrolled and still run day to day.
Site selection, lease negotiation, architect coordination, health authority approvals, construction management and launch — BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario.
Batra Real Estate Group under Real Broker — buying, selling and leasing daycare property across the Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver.
Questions
Start in the right place
Opening: watch the free training first. Buying, selling or leasing: book a free consult with the team.