Seven guides on getting it right the first time.
Start with screening. Almost everything that goes wrong in a tenancy was visible in the application, and it is far cheaper to catch there than at the Landlord and Tenant Board.
Evaluating Tenant Profiles
What to look at, what it actually tells you, and what you are not permitted to consider.
Your Obligations as a Landlord
Maintenance, entry, deposits, and notice: the duties Ontario law puts on you, whether or not the lease mentions them.
Tenant Obligations to You
What a tenant owes you under the Act, and the realistic remedies when they don't deliver.
Ending a Tenancy Properly
The N11, N12 and N13, what each form is actually for, what compensation it triggers, and why the cost of getting this wrong just doubled.
Setting the Rent
Comparables, the guideline, and the exemption that decides whether you can ever raise it meaningfully again.
Raising the Rent
The N1, the twelve-month rule, and the timing errors that make an increase void.
A First-Time Landlord Checklist
The first thirty days, in order, from deciding to rent it out to handing over the keys.
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