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Negotiating with Tenants Who Want a Rent Decrease
The last year has seen a rather unique situation in the Toronto real estate market - tenants were seeing a decrease in rent prices brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. [...]
Why are Toronto Landlords Villainized?
While landlords everywhere have always been seen as “villains” in the eyes of some tenants, the playing field has only worsened for landlords since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. [...]
How to Rent Out Your Toronto Condo
No matter how hot the Toronto real estate market might be, renting a property can always present challenges. These challenges present themselves in the form of making the right decision [...]
TRREB Predicts GHTA Home Prices to Exceed $1 Million by the End of 2021
One of the most perplexing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been its impact on the Canadian housing market. Generally the rule of thumb has been that crises cause a [...]
Cleaning Detail: Mitigating COVID Risk Between Renters
A common consideration among Toronto landlords, particularly those offering short-term rentals, is the amount of time and effort involved in cleaning the property between renters. Many rental owners start out [...]
Video Blog: 2020 Real Estate Market Crash Is Coming – Market Analysis and Tips for You
https://youtu.be/uOQVt1UHXUA In the latest post from Jon Maloney, he discusses the impending real estate market crash and what it will mean for real estate investors and really everyone who [...]
Video Blog: How to Find the Best Investment Property
HighGate CEO Jon Maloney offers tips on how to purchase the best Toronto rental property that will help you attract the very best tenants and result in long term success [...]
Video Blog: Ontario Government Stops Rent Increases for 2021
The government has frozen rent increases, and is treating landlords differently from other small businesses during the pandemic. Why are landlords always taking the hits? Jon Maloney explores why. Please [...]
Video Blog: How to Evict a Bad Tenant
In our latest video blog, HighGate CEO Jonathan Maloney discusses how to go about evicting a bad tenant in Toronto, breaking it down step-by-step to ensure that you go about [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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