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Renovating your Toronto Rental Property

Do’s and Don’ts for Renovating Your Toronto Rental Property

Property Renovation and Maintenance in Toronto How much money do you need to sink into renovations before you rent out a property? Some landlords overspend, some landlords barely do anything – but how do you draw the line on your budget?   Keep your goals in mind You have two purposes for renovation – functional […]

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An Ontario Landlord’s Best Practice Guide for Avoiding Bad Tenants

Being a landlord can be risky and currently Ontario law doesn’t favour the landlord. There are numerous examples of tenants “gaming the system” to avoid paying rent for months. Every landlord has a story about a nightmare tenant or knows someone who does. Stories of landlords with garbage and junk removal costs to clean up

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Make Safer Real Estate Investments Through Your Toronto Property Manager

The two conventional ways of investing in real estate and finding investment opportunities, are finding them yourself or hiring a real estate agent for investment. Now there’s a third, and it’s far better option. When you use your property manager as your investment guide, you enjoy services that go far beyond what a real estate

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3 Reasons to Choose Brokerage Services by your Property Management Company

As the real estate market changes and grows, the game changes as well. Brokerage services and property management services used to be treated as entirely different things, and to an extent it was correct. The profession of a property manager requires a different skill set than that of the investment broker, but there is one

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What Sellers Need to Know About the Spring | Houses for Sale in Toronto

Why is Spring 2016 the Best Time to Sell a House in Toronto? Just take a look at historical Toronto Housing Prices for this time of year. It’s hard to believe that February is already over and Spring will be here in just three weeks. Like many Torontonians, Realtors love this time of year, not

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Giving Tenants Notice to Vacate in Ontario — The More Notice, the Better

Ending a Tenancy as a Landlord in Ontario In Ontario, tenancies usually last a year, however, if the lease has ended and the tenant has not given you notice, the tenancy will automatically renew on a month-to-month basis. Legally, a tenant must give at least 60 days notice that he/she will be ending their tenancy.

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Who’s Affected by the Minimum Down Payment Increase?

If you’re buying a house today, brace yourself for the new down payment increase–It’s doubled from five per cent to 10 per cent! The new mortgage rules which were announced in December came into play sooner than anticipated. Finance Minister Bill Morneau states that buyers purchasing any home with a price tag of $500,000 or

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