I suppose but the government also has put effort into tracking empty homes. They've even gone so far so as to measure electricity use to get a feel for empty homes by neighbourhood.
Vancouver now has an empty homes tax and BC also has a speculation tax, which is effectively an empty homes tax. Since the creation of both those taxes the amount of empty homes has steadily dwindled.
It's not likely that there are a remarkable amount of empty investment condos that is having an impact on rental vacancy. The most likely cause of near zero rental vacancy is that there's not enough rental apartments in existence.
Vancouver now has an empty homes tax and BC also has a speculation tax, which is effectively an empty homes tax. Since the creation of both those taxes the amount of empty homes has steadily dwindled.
It's not likely that there are a remarkable amount of empty investment condos that is having an impact on rental vacancy. The most likely cause of near zero rental vacancy is that there's not enough rental apartments in existence.