Tag: Renters

  • Top 5 Places to look for (or post) your Apartment for Rent – Toronto

    Top 5 Places to look for (or post) your Apartment for Rent – Toronto

    Looking to rent an apartment or house in Toronto can at times be challenging. Traditionally, you would have tried to find a place on MLS or Kijiji. However, there is an ever growing number of websites out there that can help you find your rental. Not all carry the same quality of listings. Here are…

  • Toronto Market Stats – Jan 2021

    Toronto Market Stats – Jan 2021

  • 4 Tips When Managing Your Portfolio (or in a Downturn)

    4 Tips When Managing Your Portfolio (or in a Downturn)

    Is there a correction or crash coming? The CMHC head has repeatedly stated his fear that there is. Conversely, we are equally confident (and putting our money where our mouth is) that values will continue to go up. However optimistic we are though, it is always a good practice to prepare for downturns through strategic…

  • The Revival – November 2020

    The Revival – November 2020

    Greetings Friends, After the most bizarre Halloween I’ve experienced, our first snow fall – yes, SNOW. Already! – and currently we are now in the midst of a heat wave in November! All of which are signals we are either nearing the end of the year or the world. Just kidding but what a year; a deeply,…

  • The Revival – October 2020 Newsletter

    The Revival – October 2020 Newsletter

    Greetings Friends, As most people are getting swept up in Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams and swigging cranberry cocktail, I’ve recently begun watching Game of Thrones. I know, I know, I’m late to the Game. But I’ve never been much of a TV trend follower. In the show there is a common, dread-filled refrain: Winter is coming.  Even though there…

  • Guest Post: Naama Blonder – If we want affordable housing, the numbers must work for everyone

    Guest Post: Naama Blonder – If we want affordable housing, the numbers must work for everyone

    Originally posted here. By Naama Blonder If we want affordable housing, the numbers must work for everyone Earlier this summer, Toronto Mayor John Tory announced the locations for Housing Now’s Phase II sites. They are part of Toronto’s initiative to increase the supply of new affordable rental housing within mixed-income, transit-oriented communities on city-owned lands.…

  • Mandatory Registration for Toronto Short-Term Rental Units

    Mandatory Registration for Toronto Short-Term Rental Units

    Short-term rental operators in Toronto who rent out properties for periods of less than 28 days will have to formally register with the City of Toronto starting September 10, 2020, to keep operating in the city.  The new online registration system is part of a broader effort to better regulate short-term rentals across the city,…

  • City of Toronto – Short Term Rentals (Press Release)

    City of Toronto – Short Term Rentals (Press Release)

    City of Toronto registration of short-term rentals to launch September 10 News Release August 25, 2020 This September, the City of Toronto will launch a new online registration system for short-term rental operators who are renting their homes on a short-term basis for a period of less than 28 consecutive days. Beginning September 10, 2020,…

  • Guest Post – Harry Fine: More on Bill 184…

    Guest Post – Harry Fine: More on Bill 184…

    The Sky is Not Falling – RTA Changes Mostly Benefit Tenants Originally posted here. Tenant advocates will read this post and just scream that landlords butter my bread and that I should be ignored.  But let’s get one thing straight.  I do more work for tenants than for landlords.  I’m in nobody’s boat, unlike FRPO,…

  • Guest Post – Mohammad Adam: Rent protesters mean well, but could make things much worse

    Guest Post – Mohammad Adam: Rent protesters mean well, but could make things much worse

    This article was originally published by The Ottawa Citizen. COVID-19 has ravaged the economy, cost jobs and left many struggling to make ends meet. With little or no income, many Canadians are being forced to choose between food and rent. Inevitably, many tenants are withholding rent in a bid to survive. It’s quite understandable in…