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4 Ways to Avoid A “Professional Tenant” Nightmare for a Luxury Rental Property

Anyone who owns a luxury rental property in Toronto or has been thinking about buying one has probably been following the not-so-illustrious career of “professional tenant” James Regan. In case you haven’t been, here is the sordid tale. Regan has rented three high-end Toronto properties and in each case, has nefariously used legal loopholes to …

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Meet The Highgate Team – Jonathan Maloney

Meet the Team / By highgate

Jonathan Maloney, CEO & Acting President, Highgate Property Investments We’re switching things up a bit by introducing you to various members of the Highgate team over the next few months. Each month, we’ll be doing an article about a member of our staff so you can get a sense of what the people behind Highgate’s …

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Condos Gone Wild – Toronto & GTA Condominium Sales Heat Up in October

Buyers, Condo Market, TREB Market Watch / By highgate

With the new mortgage rules which effectively knock down the price of entry to the real estate market for first home buyers or home buyers on a limited budget, it isn’t surprising that condominiums saw the highest growth rates of any property type in October. The Toronto Real Estate Board’s October Market Watch was full …

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Insurance Options for Ontario Landlords

Rental Market, Residential property, Toronto Tenant/Landlord Relations / By highgate

Regular homeowners insurance does not cover rented property. To have proper insurance on your rental property, you need to purchase a product tailored to your specific needs. There are additional concerns for liability, property damage and other risks when renting a property. While your insurance broker can help you find the right product for your …

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How a Property Management Company Can Increase Profits

Toronto Tenant/Landlord Relations / By highgate

For many property owners, the last thing they want to consider is hiring someone to manage their rental properties, fearing that doing so will slice into their profits.

Tech Tools for Toronto Landlords

Rental Market, Toronto Tenant/Landlord Relations / By highgate

There are a number of websites, software-as-a-service solutions, and apps out there that can be very handy for landlords. But we all know the frustrating feeling when we read about something really cool and find out that we can’t use it because we’re Canadian. We’ve curated a list of tech tools that Canadian landlords …

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How New Mortgage Rules Affect Landlords in Toronto and the GTA

Buyers, Condo Market, Interest Rates, Rental Market, Residential property, Toronto Tenant/Landlord Relations / By highgate

New rules on mortgages were just introduced by the federal government October 17th to make sure that new homebuyers are not taking on more debt than they can afford with a potential rise in interest rates.

Upward Pressure on Price Due to Declining Inventory: TREB

Buyers, Condo Market, Interest Rates, Residential property, TREB Market Watch / By highgate

September’s Toronto and GTA real estate market continued upward trends both in price and number of sales, with double-digit gains happening on price and sales in nearly every category. Also on-trend were the categories where significant gains were not realized. Detached and semi-detached home sales in Toronto posted a 4.7% increase and a -3.5% …

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Will Being a Landlord in Toronto Make Me Rich?

Buyers, Rental Market, Residential property, Toronto Tenant/Landlord Relations / By highgate

Being a landlord won’t make you rich, but if managed properly as a business venture, it can certainly make you money. Anyone spreading the idea of rental properties as a get-rich-quick scheme is selling exactly that: a scheme. Owning Ontario rental properties offers a solid long-term return in slow building of equity in a property. …

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7 Tips for Marketing Your Toronto Rental Listing

Toronto Tenant/Landlord Relations / By highgate

So you’ve renovated, refreshed and staged your Toronto rental property to be viewed by prospective tenants. After all that investment, how are you marketing it?

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