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…