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What You Need to Know as a Landlord About Ontario’s New Standard Lease Agreements

Starting on April 30, 2018, Ontario landlords have to follow a new standard lease form for all new tenancy agreements. These will be applicable to independent landlords and property management companies throughout the province. The new standard lease form was designed to make lease agreements clearer for all tenants and landlords so that everyone is […]

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How to Correctly Perform a “Personal Use” Eviction in Ontario

There are a variety of reasons why a landlord or Toronto property owner may want to perform a “personal use” or “own use” eviction on their tenants, but few people actually know how to perform them correctly. Performing a “personal use” eviction in the incorrect manner, no matter what the actual purpose, can lead to

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Using a Property Management Company to Effectively Deal with Bad Tenants

Having to go through the process of dealing with a bad tenant can be one of the most exhausting things a landlord will ever go through, with various overseeing bodies to deal with and many guidelines to carefully follow to ensure that you don’t infringe on the rights of your tenant. With that said, dealing

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Bad Tenants and the Role of Property Management: A Cautionary Tale

Bad tenants are something that every landlord will experience and be forced to deal with at least once during their real estate career – and that’s if they’re lucky. A bad tenant can cost landlords thousands of dollars in missed or late payments or damages, hours of valuable personal and professional time, and many headaches

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TREB Market Watch Reveals Favourable Conditions for Toronto Landlords

Earlier this month, the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) released its Market Watch report for February 2018. The report revealed that the price of Toronto homes continued to rise 4.2% over January’s prices, in spite of declining real estate sales. The rise in home prices in February comes after the implementation of stricter mortgage lending

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How to Solve Difficult Problems with Toronto Tenants

Over the course of your career as a landlord, you’re bound to experience at least one serious problem with a tenant. This may be due to rent or utility payment disputes, noise complaints, pest infestations, or a general lack of respect for your property or other tenants. No matter what the problem happens to be

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Getting Ready for Legal Marijuana as a Toronto Landlord

With the legalization of marijuana on the horizon for Canadians, there’s plenty of reason for some to feel apprehensive about the changes that will follow the coming legislation. Many Canadian landlords have expressed concern about the possibility of future tenants growing marijuana within their homes or units, and how landlords are expected to deal with

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Government Taking Heat for GTA Real Estate Sales Drop

The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) have recently issued its monthly market figures, where it was revealed that the total number of Toronto real estate sales in 2017 had fallen quite dramatically in comparison to the record numbers in 2016. TREB has laid the blame on government policy decisions, which it maintains played heavily in influencing

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Lowest Vacancy Rates in Toronto in Years Means Opportunity for Landlords

A number of factors, including the enforcement of strict rent control regulations leading to fewer developments being created, have resulted in Toronto seeing rental vacancy rates being the lowest they have been in 16 years. These record vacancy rates can be looked at as a major opportunity for Toronto real estate investors for a variety

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