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What to Do if Your Toronto Tenant Has Not Paid Their Utilities Bills?
With the long Canadian winter finally over, some Ontario landlords may find that their tenants have not paid their utility bills and may be facing shut off - especially now [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Designing Your Will to Pass on Ontario Property
Leaving a property to your children in Ontario after you pass away is an extremely important part of many people’s wills – your will is drafted to ensure that your [...]
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% [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Buying Property for The Students By Their Adult
With post-secondary school application deadlines quickly closing in, it might be time for parents to start thinking about where their children are going to be living during their first years [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
What the New Mortgage Stress Test Rules Mean for Canadians
First-time homeowners looking to invest in Canadian real estate in the coming year will face new mortgage rules as of January 2018. The new mortgage rules marks the seventh time [...]
Short-Term Rental Rules Could be Coming for Toronto – Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Care
The city of Toronto is considering implementing rules for short-term rentals offered by platforms like Airbnb. The proposed regulations have been anticipated by city officials for some time, focusing on [...]
Dip in Real Estate Means Now is the Time to Buy Investment Property
The Toronto Real Estate Board’s recent Market Watch report held some promising revelations for anybody looking to invest in the city’s real estate market. November saw Toronto-area homes continue to [...]
Financial Tips for First-Time Real Estate Investors
Everybody has to start somewhere – your first real estate investment property can be both an exciting and intimidating prospect. With the right combination of advice from experienced investors and [...]
Better Safe Than Sorry: Running Background Checks on Tenants
Finding the perfect tenant can be difficult for any landlord, no matter how long you’ve been in the game. Tenants can be unpredictable and can’t always be accurately judged based [...]
Meet the Highgate Team: Kyra Milewski
Without somebody to deal with clients directly and respond to day-to-day inquiries and concerns as they arise, HighGate Properties wouldn’t be nearly as successful as it has been. As HighGate’s [...]
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