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5 Illegal Rentals You Might Be Living in Right Now

By Colleen Kane | Oct 12, 2017 You, holing up in an illegal rental? Never! At least, that's what I thought before I was kicked out of my own illegal rental when I was, oh, about eight months pregnant. Worst of all, I had no idea my cellar…

Do Real Estate Agents Deal With Rental Properties?

By Audrey Ference | Aug 24, 2017 If you're familiar with the struggle that is finding an apartment online, the idea of a real estate agent who can help you in your search might sound like a godsend. We all know real estate agents help…

5 Bad Landlords You Might Meet—and How to Keep Them in Line

  By Matt Christensen | Sep 14, 2017 Landlords wield an awful lot of power over their tenants—and where there's power, it's likely to be abused. We're not saying all landlords are awful, but some sure can get annoying or…

‘My Landlord Is Selling the House I Rent—What Are My Rights?’

By Cathie Ericson | Aug 7, 2017 If "my landlord is selling the house I rent—what are my rights?" is a phrase you've Googled lately, we feel your pain. Since landlords own the property you're living in, they do have the right to sell it…

Don’t Budge: 7 Compromises You Should Never Make When Buying a Home

By Wendy Helfenbaum | Sep 21, 2017 Every successful home search begins with a wish list. Armed with your inventory of must-haves, you'll know how to focus your search and recognize a potential home that isn't worth your time. Still, there's…

How Can I Get Approved to Rent With No Rental History? Honest Answers Ahead

By Jeanne Sager | Sep 1, 2017   "How can I get approved to rent with no rental history?" This is a common chicken-and-egg conundrum for first-time renters, since landlords are often wary of opening their doors to tenants with no…

7 Secret Thoughts Landlords Have About Renters—Revealed

By Audrey Ference | Aug 17, 2017 Whenever you hand over your rent check late (again), do you wonder what your landlord is really thinking? Well, we're here to help you find out! This is important intel for all sorts of reasons. For…

6 Neighborhood Red Flags to Look for When Renting

By Cathie Ericson | Aug 10, 2017 Finding the ideal home or apartment to rent can be tricky. Even though there's less financial commitment than with buying, you're still selecting a place that will be home, sweet home, for what could be years.…

Protect Yourself When Rejecting Applicants

One of the hardest parts of landlord management is having to reject prospective tenants who don’t meet your requirements. Accepting a tenancy is the easy part, assuming of course you’ve done your due diligence throughout the ever-important…

Are You a New Landlord? Don’t Make These Costly Mistakes

Owning a rental property is a very smart move. It can be a reliable source of additional monthly income, not to mention the potentially large payoff when it comes time to sell the property and cash in on it’s equity. But it’s not all fun…

Tenant Customer Service is Paramount

The most successful landlords treat their venture as a business. Like any good business, customer satisfaction must be a priority. Failing to view it as such is a guaranteed way to fail. Customers drive business, period. Like any business, however,…

Selling Your Rental Property? Work with Your Tenants!

There comes a point in every Landlord's career where they decide to cash in on their investment property. Typically, a landlord will rent the property for years, allowing a tenant to pay down the mortgage. Once a good chunk of the mortgage has…

Condo Management: Condo Corporations’ Board of Directors

Landlords in the GTA often choose condominiums as their investment of choice; Condos come at a lower cost comparatively speaking, and generally hold their value/equity quite well. But with the ownership of a Condo comes rules, responsibilities…

Bidding Wars: Dealing with Multiple Offers

If you’re a Realtor in the GTA, you’ve probably noticed an excess of bidding wars over the last few years. It seems like buyers are popping up in the dozens, but sellers are few and far between. This is a simple case of supply and demand.…

Renting vs Buying

In 2017, the age-old dilemma of renting vs buying couldn’t hold any more weight. If you’d asked this question 20 years ago, most would have resoundingly agreed that buying is a far better option; why pay down someone else’s mortgage when…

So, You Want to be a Landlord?

There seem to be many misconceptions relating Landlords. People seem to think it’s a lottery ticket. People seem to think it’s a sure-fire way of having someone else pay down their mortgage. People seem to think it’s an investment. I’m…

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