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Video Blog: Landlord & Tenant Board is Allowing Toronto Tenants to Trash Apartments

Welcome to our first video blog! Our first instalment features our CEO, Jonathan Maloney, discussing how the Landlord & Tenant Board is handing down decisions which allow tenants to not pay rent and cause damage to properties. Tenant screening – the way we do it – is the best defense against having this issue in …

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How to Set Rent Price on a Rental Property

There are many challenges that first-time landlords have to overcome when getting into the rental property market including proper tenant screening, the ins and outs of a lease, property maintenance, and learning how to properly deal with tenants – these challenges will come at different times and each will teach you valuable lessons. One of …

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Prioritizing Rental Property Maintenance Requests

Next to screening tenants, maintenance is the most important task that landlords take care of on a regular basis. Without regular maintenance, rental properties can fall into disarray and tenants can quickly begin feeling neglected and alienated. Not only does maintenance ensure that your tenants are happy and your property in tip top shape, but …

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Can Ontario Tenants Change the Locks to Their Unit?

Too many landlords have been faced with a situation where they’ve arrived at their rental property to conduct an inspection or have maintenance done, and found that their tenant has unexpectedly changed the locks on the unit. This all too common situation can be extremely stressful for landlords, as it can be a difficult thing …

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How to Build Long-Term Rental Relationships

Every landlord dreams of being able to do away with the endless stream of interviews, screening, and inspections that come with short-term renters and bad tenants. The best way of doing this is to foster long-term tenant relationships, encouraging your renters to stay in the same property for years because they’re satisfied with their experience …

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How COVID-19 is Impacting Toronto Real Estate

The COVID-19 pandemic has had far reaching implications around the world, forcing entire nations to lock down in order to slow its spread and free up critical resources. Canada hasn’t been spared from the effects of the pandemic, with businesses and industries everywhere being affected by provincial lockdowns and social distancing measures. With so much …

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Why Aren’t Toronto Landlords Applying for the COVID-19 Rent Subsidy?

In late April, the Ontario provincial government announced that it had partnered with the federal government to implement measures with the goal of assisting small businesses and landlords throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. More than $240 million is being put towards the Ontario-Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program (OCECRA), providing forgivable loans to commercial property owners …

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Showing Your Property to Prospective Tenants in a Post-COVID World

The COVID-19 crisis has impacted the Canadian real estate and rental industry in ways previously thought impossible. Everything from the regular functions of realtors and lawyers to the duties of landlords has been dramatically changed in order to uphold social distancing efforts and work to continue flattening the curve. One of the most significant changes …

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How Toronto Landlords Should Deal with Problem Tenants After the COVID-19 Crisis

As the province of Ontario seeks to return to some semblance of normalcy over the coming months, businesses are expected to begin the slow process of reopening. This means that the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) will slowly begin to ramp up to its usual capacity, and that provincial rules surrounding COVID-19 will gradually begin …

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Your Quarantine Spring Home Maintenance Checklist

With schools and most businesses temporarily closed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and government orders for Canadians to stay home to help flatten the curve, people have found themselves with plenty of time on their hands. Just because you’re confined to your home, doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of opportunities to cross those nagging …

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