With the new blended sales tax... you`re going to pay an extra 8% on your electricity, your heating, property management, snow plowing etc. The LTB will likely not allow this to be passed on to the tenants. As a single guy I won`t be getting all those checques either because with rental...

In one of my tri-plexes, the appliances are apartment sized, brown-beige and really, REALLY unattractive. Would you say that on re-rental that appliance replacement one of my 1st priorities? You can get a fridge, stove, hood fan in nice, bright white for under 1500$. What`s the general...

I’m likely to move to the Ottawa area in the spring. I would like to buy some more properties there. Ottawa’s prices are somewhat high while the Gatineau side (1km away) are rock bottom low. The ones on the Gatineau cost a third of the prices. Does anyone have any input or experience as to...

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I understand that in Ontario we can only raise the rent once a year and to the amount specified by the board. Let`s say a tenant has been in the apartment 5 years since 2003 and has not had a single rent increase. Fictitious numbers: 500/month Ontario stated increases:(fictitious) 2004 2%...

As we all know, when tenants pay for their own heat and electricity they tend to conserve energy a lot more than when it is included in the rent. We`ve surely all seen the apartments with heat on and windows open. For those of you that have units that heat and electricity are included, what...

Hi everyone, I`m "a new guy" looking to put the ACRE system to work. I`m in the military and looking to get started in real estate to give me a little more leverage on my life. I`m planning on flying down to the Sudbury area in the summer to research the area and visit some family nearby...