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Video Blog: Condo Rentals Down 25% Landlords Are Worried

HighGate CEO Jonathan Maloney reveals that Toronto rental condos are down a staggering 25%, discussing why these problems exist for landlords and what should be done in order to solve them. Get in touch with us today to have HighGate Properties manage every aspect of your rental property, from effective tenant screening and regular maintenance …

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Video Blog: How To Pick The Best Tenants for Your Property – Step by Step Guide

In our second video blog, HighGate CEO Jonathan Maloney discusses how Toronto landlords can choose the best tenants for their rental property, allowing you to mitigate the many risks that come with renting to a bad tenant. Finding the best tenants for your property is all about trusting your gut, detecting subtle red flags, using …

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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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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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11 Important Questions to Ask Your Toronto Property Management Company

If you’ve recently made the decision to hire a property management company, it’s a good idea to sit down and draw up a list of questions you want to ask them before you pull the trigger. Property management companies handle a wide range of different tasks in a variety of different ways, so you’ll want …

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