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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 [...]
What the Revamped Mortgage Stress Test Means for Toronto Homebuyers
The federal government recently announced big changes to the mortgage stress test. The stress test was originally put in place back in January 2018, ensuring that borrowers would be able [...]
How Much Notice Do Tenants Who Have Experienced Domestic Abuse Have to Give?
Domestic abuse is an extremely difficult subject to tackle, but it’s a situation that landlords may find themselves in the middle of at some point during their career. A number [...]
How Do I Handle Roommate Evictions in Toronto?
Roommate arrangements can be a blessing for many Toronto tenants, splitting the burden of paying the rent and utilities between two or more people. It’s most common for young people [...]
What Happens to a Tenant’s Personal Property After They Move Out?
Tenants come and go - some will last years and others move out unexpectedly or have to be evicted. There are many scenarios where a landlord will discover that the [...]
Protect Your Property from Water Leaks
No property is immune to the possibility of damaging water leaks, though there are many things that landlords and tenants can do to protect their property from leaks. Water leaks [...]
Keeping Your Toronto Rental Property Clean Between Tenants
Your tenant has moved out and you’re getting prepared to host a new one. Before you get the lease agreement signed, there’s one major thing you need to do - [...]
Are Toronto Landlords Responsible for Dealing With Bed Bugs?
Pest infestations are the stuff nightmares of made of, especially when those pests are bed bugs. Bed bugs can greatly impair the daily lives of those that are lucky enough [...]
What Toronto Landlords Need to Know About Discrimination
Discrimination while choosing prospective tenants and dealing with current ones is something that Toronto landlords need to be extremely careful about. Being found to have committed an act of discrimination, [...]
What Toronto Landlords Need to Know About Rental Property Burglaries
In 2016, Statistics Canada recorded 159,119 incidents of crimes involving breaking and entering throughout the country. While these have drastically fallen in recent years (251,361 incidents took place in 2006), [...]
Normal Wear and Tear vs. Damage
As a Toronto landlord, you’re responsible for the regular maintenance of rental properties. Landlords are expected to maintain and replace things like appliances and furniture when they’re broken, or time [...]
Fire Safety for Toronto Landlords
In September, the Ontario Landlords Association officially launched a fire safety campaign to raise awareness about fire safety responsibility in rental properties. There are far too many stories that involve [...]
3 More Rental Scams That Every Toronto Landlord Should Know About
We’ve previously written about common tenant screening scams. From falsifying rental history to inflating income, there’s nothing that bad tenants won’t do to deceive landlords. Unfortunately, there are plenty more [...]
3 Common Tenant Scams That Every Landlord Should Know About
Bad tenants are a problem that no landlord ever wants to have to deal with. They can be extremely frustrating, time consuming, expensive to deal with, and go a long [...]
Should You Rent to Family and Friends?
Renting to friends and family is often a complicated situation, with many seasoned landlords advising against it. If all goes right, you’ll end up with a good tenant who you [...]
Qualities to Look for in a Toronto Investment Property
Real estate investments generate steady supplementary income, and can be a very profitable long-term investment if you’re looking to fund your retirement. The last thing you want is to sign [...]
Big Changes to the Mortgage Stress Test Give Home Buyers More Buying Power
The federal government has announced changes to the mortgage stress test for the first time since its introduction in January 2018. The changes will see home buyers around the country [...]
How Toronto Landlords Should Handle Tenant Air Conditioning
The summer is finally here, bringing with it brutal heat waves, sweaty days and nights, and the almost inevitable introduction of air conditioners in houses and apartments across the city. [...]
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