Monthly Archives: September 2013

Renting to students in Ontario – Toronto London Waterloo Kingston

 

I have been intending to write about this topic for some time. Let me begin with my conclusion.

Renting to students in Ontario can be an excellent way to manage your residential property investment.

It is a little different. It takes a bit of learning. But, it can be very successful!

Okay, now let me explain this a bit more. The first step is to “know your customer”.

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The case for investing in residential #Torontorealestate investment properties

The above tweet references a very interesting article. What is clear is that there continues to be a shortage of quality rental housing in Toronto. As a result, the demand for Toronto rentals has been high – including the demand for rental condominiums. In fact, it has been reported that “bidding wars erupted for the best condominium rentals“. The rapid building of condominium units (many of which are investor owned and become rental units) has masked this problem. The article also notes (quite correctly) that tenants have no “security of tenure” in privately owned condominium units. (This is because the landlord can either move in himself or sell the property. It is true even with the difficulties associated with selling a property with tenants in it.) Furthermore, although this is not widely discussed, rental condominiums put into service after 1991 are NOT subject to Ontario rental controls. That said, in a competitive rental market, landlords must be thoughtful about how to raise residential rents.

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