What your unit really rents for
How to read comparable leases in your own building, why the right asking rent beats the optimistic one, and the day-by-day cost of holding out for a number the market won't pay.
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You own a downtown unit. We lease it — at the right rent, to a tenant who checks out, with the LTB and the Residential Tenancies Act handled correctly from the first showing to the signed lease. Whether you live across town or across an ocean, you get one team, one number, and a unit that doesn't sit empty.
Tell us about your unit and we'll send back what it should rent for in today's market — and how fast we'd expect to lease it — based on what comparable units in your building and pocket are actually achieving this week.
An empty unit costs money every day, a bad tenant costs far more, and a paperwork misstep at the LTB can cost you a year. We exist to take all three off your plate — so owning a downtown rental feels like owning an asset again, not running one.
On a $2,000/month unit, every extra 15 days empty is roughly $1,000 gone — rent you never get back. We price to lease quickly to qualified tenants, not to chase a number that leaves your unit dark for a month.
Credit pulled, employment letters and pay stubs verified, prior-landlord references called, and rental history confirmed — within the bounds of the Human Rights Code. You see who applied and exactly why we'd recommend them.
The OREA Standard Lease, the legal last-month's-rent deposit, RTA-compliant terms, and the N-forms if they're ever needed — all handled correctly by us from day one, so a small mistake never becomes an LTB problem.
The instinct is to hold out for top dollar. But on a downtown condo, the cost of an extra few weeks of vacancy usually erases the small premium you were waiting for. A clean, well-priced listing that leases in days to a screened tenant beats a stubborn number that sits. Here's the arithmetic on a typical $2,000/month one-bedroom.
We start with a comparable-based rent evaluation — what units like yours are actually leasing for in your building and pocket this week, not last quarter. Then light prep: a tidy, photographed, move-in-ready unit that justifies the asking rent.
Professional photos, an accurate MLS listing, our own renter audience, and the lease-only search — your unit in front of qualified tenants fast. We book, coordinate elevator and amenity access, and run every showing ourselves.
Credit, employment, income, prior-landlord references and rental history — verified, and Human-Rights-Code compliant. You see the full applicant picture and our recommendation; the final call on the tenant is always yours.
The OREA Standard Lease drawn correctly, the legal last-month's-rent deposit collected, key dates and terms RTA-compliant from signing. If the building needs a status or rules acknowledgement, we handle that too.
Keys exchanged and a clean file handed back — or, if you'd rather stay hands-off, ongoing management: rent collection, renewals at the lawful guideline, maintenance coordination, and the N-forms if ever needed. You choose.
One agreement covers everything below. No surprise add-ons, no partner referrals taking a cut — the work that gets your condo leased to the right tenant, done by one team.
A comparable-based read on what your unit should rent for and how fast — grounded in real building and neighbourhood leases, refreshed for current market conditions.
Professional photos and an accurate, well-written MLS listing that frames the unit and the building the way a qualified renter should first see it.
MLS, our renter audience, and the lease-only search — plus every showing booked, building access coordinated, and run by us in person.
Credit, income, employment, and prior-landlord references verified within Human-Rights-Code bounds, with a clear recommendation you can act on.
The OREA Standard Lease prepared correctly, last-month's-rent collected lawfully, and RTA-compliant terms — the compliance backbone handled.
If you want to stay fully hands-off: rent collection, lawful renewals, maintenance coordination, and LTB paperwork managed on your behalf.
Free, genuinely useful reading for downtown owners and investors — written by the team that leases these units every week. Each links into our landlord guides hub.
How to read comparable leases in your own building, why the right asking rent beats the optimistic one, and the day-by-day cost of holding out for a number the market won't pay.
Read the guideCredit, income, employment and references — what we verify, the thresholds we use, and what you legally cannot ask under the Human Rights Code when screening applicants.
Read the guideThe compliance backbone: the 2026 guideline increase (2.1%), the post-Nov-2018 rent-control exemption, non-payment under Bill 60, and own-use and renovation notices — what each form is and when it applies.
Read the guideRental income, the deductions that apply, and the CCA (depreciation) trade-off most owners get wrong — informational, not advice, but enough to ask your accountant the right questions.
Read the guideAn owner-occupied unit policy rarely covers a tenanted one. What landlord insurance actually protects, how it interacts with the building's master policy, and what to require of your tenant.
Read the guideShowings and 24-hour notice, your options around vacant possession versus assuming the tenant, and where an N12 does — and doesn't — legitimately apply when a buyer wants the unit.
Read the guide"We bought the condo as an investment from overseas. We've never seen it. They leased it in eight days, screened the tenant, handled the lease — and we've never once worried about it."
Start with a free rent evaluation — a comparable-based range and an honest read on how fast we'd expect to lease it. No cost, no obligation, and the fastest way to see what hands-off leasing with our team looks like.