Vishnu Gabbula
RECA-licensed Associate Broker at PREP Realty. Practice covers residential, commercial, rural, and property management across Calgary, Alberta. Founder of UrbanLease and operator of Calgary House Rentals (105k+) and Edmonton House Rentals (65k+), Western Canada's largest rental communities on Facebook.
Licensing & Credentials
Licence category
Real Estate Associate Broker
Regulator
Real Estate Council of Alberta (RECA)
Brokerage
PREP Realty
Region licensed
Alberta, Canada
Languages
English
Verify the licence: search “Vishnu Gabbula” or “PREP Realty” on the public Real Estate Council of Alberta registry at reca.ca. Every real estate and property management professional in Alberta must be listed on the RECA public registry.
Community
Two of Western Canada's Largest Rental Communities
Beyond the brokerage, Vishnu runs the two largest rental-focused Facebook groups in Alberta. Together they connect over 170,000 landlords, tenants, and prospective renters to the Alberta rental market every day.
Calgary
105k+
members
Calgary House Rentals Group
Calgary's largest rental community on Facebook. Landlords listing units, tenants searching, and industry participants sharing market intel across the city and surrounding areas.
Edmonton
65k+
members
Edmonton House Rentals Group
Edmonton's largest rental community on Facebook. Same operating model as the Calgary group, focused on the Edmonton metro rental market.
Why this matters for landlords: tenant reach and market signal on properties managed through UrbanLease benefit directly from the combined 170,000+ member community footprint. Vacancy listings surface to a large, engaged, Alberta-specific tenant pool without paid ad spend.
Practice Areas
Four Areas of Alberta Real Estate
Residential Real Estate
Calgary residential property transactions including purchase, sale, and investment representation. Focus on 200+ Calgary neighbourhoods and surrounding communities (Airdrie, Cochrane, Okotoks, Chestermere, Strathmore).
Commercial Real Estate
Commercial property transactions and advisory across Alberta, with familiarity in mixed-use, small multi-family, and investor-scale opportunities.
Rural Properties
Rural real estate transactions across Alberta including acreages, agricultural land, and country-residential properties outside Calgary metro.
Property Management
RECA-licensed Property Management category, delivered through PREP Realty and marketed through UrbanLease. Covers tenant screening, leasing, rent collection, maintenance coordination, inspections, and Alberta RTA compliance for Calgary landlords and out-of-province investors.
Editorial Expertise
Topics I Write About
Every long-form piece on UrbanLease is written on the basis of day-to-day property management practice in Calgary and cited to primary sources (Alberta.ca, CMHC, City of Calgary bylaws, the Real Estate Act) where the reader can verify each claim.
About Vishnu
Background
Vishnu Gabbula is a RECA-licensed Associate Broker at PREP Realty, a fully licensed Alberta brokerage regulated by the Real Estate Council of Alberta. His practice covers four areas of Alberta real estate: residential transactions, commercial transactions, rural properties, and property management. Day-to-day work is anchored in Calgary and extends to Alberta's surrounding communities including Airdrie, Cochrane, Okotoks, Chestermere, and Strathmore.
UrbanLease is a Calgary property management website that Vishnu founded, operated by 14463137 Canada Inc. It exists as the marketing and lead-generation front-door for the property management services PREP Realty delivers under his supervision. Every property management engagement runs through the RECA-licensed brokerage; UrbanLease itself is a website, not a licensed brokerage.
Editorial work on UrbanLease covers Alberta's Residential Tenancies Act (RTA), the Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service (RTDRS), the Alberta Human Rights Act as it applies to tenant screening, CMHC's MLI Select multi-unit financing program, Calgary's blanket rezoning and R-CG small multi-family framework, the City of Calgary Secondary Suite Amnesty Program, and out-of-province investor structuring for Ontario and BC-based buyers who acquire Calgary rental property.
Beyond the brokerage and editorial work, Vishnu runs two of the largest rental-focused communities on Facebook in Western Canada: Calgary House Rentals Group (over 105,000 members) and Edmonton House Rentals Group (over 65,000 members). The two groups together connect more than 170,000 landlords, tenants, and rental market participants across Alberta, and give properties managed through UrbanLease direct reach into a large, engaged, province-specific tenant pool.
Vishnu is also involved with SQRFT (sqrft.ca), a Calgary-built national rental listing platform that launched in 2026 to compete with the established Alberta rental marketplaces. His LinkedIn handle is linkedin.com/in/sqrft.
Work With Vishnu
Property management, residential or commercial transactions, rural property advisory, or out-of-province investor consultations. Response within one business day.
UrbanLease is operated by 14463137 Canada Inc. Property management services are provided by PREP Realty, a RECA-licensed Alberta brokerage (Property Management category).