GeneralRental Property Management in BC: BCFSA Licensing Explained
Who needs a BCFSA licence to manage rentals in BC, the licence levels and exemptions, how licensing works, and the service-agreement and record rules that follow.
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Maintenance & RepairsChoosing Property Management Software in BC
What BC's Residential Tenancy Act and Real Estate Services Rules require of a rental property management brokerage, turned into a checklist for choosing software.
8 min read
Tools & EvaluationsTenon10 vs Buildium: Which Fits Canadian Landlords?
Buildium is excellent software — for a US property management company running 50 to 1,000 doors. If that's you, close this tab and go demo it. But if you're a Canadian landlord with a basement suite, a triplex, or a growing portfolio under 25 units, you'd be paying US-company prices in US dollars for US workflows — and
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Rights & LegalOnboarding New Owner Clients: The First 30 Days That Decide the Next Five Years
Every property management relationship is decided twice — once in the service agreement, and once in the thirty days after it's signed. Onboarding a new owner client is where the custody inventory arrives, the lease files get audited, the deposits get reconciled, the tenants get one calm letter, and the working rhythm
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Rights & LegalProperty Management Service Agreements: The Contract That Decides Everything Before Anything Happens
Every property management relationship runs on one document most people read twice: once before signing, once during a dispute. The service agreement decides who speaks for the owner, what the manager may spend without asking, what the fee schedule actually contains, how many days' notice ends the relationship — and wh
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Finances & BudgetingSetting Property Management Fees in Canada: What to Charge, What to Pay, and How to Read a Quote in 2026
Every property management fee conversation in Canada starts from the same two numbers — 6 to 12 percent of rent collected, with the national average near 8 to 10 — and almost every expensive mistake happens after that sentence ends. The headline percentage isn't the price: leasing fees, renewals, inspections, and maint
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Rights & LegalProperty Management and Real Estate Brokerages in Ontario: When Leasing for Others Means RECO Registration
Ontario has no property management licence — and that sentence misleads more PM founders than any other. Lease units for other people as a business and you're "trading in real estate" under TRESA, which means a RECO-registered brokerage: a broker of record, representation agreements, the Information Guide before you se
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Rights & LegalCo-op Housing and Property Management in Ontario: Members, Not Tenants — and Why That Changes Everything
A housing co-op looks like a rental building and runs like a small democracy: members instead of tenants, occupancy charges instead of rent, by-laws instead of a lease, and a board — not a landlord — in charge. For property managers, that changes the client, the money, and the eviction machinery entirely: the Co-operat
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Maintenance & RepairsModern Property Management: How Canadian PM Firms Run in 2026
The property management firms winning in Canada right now don't look like the ones from 2019. This pillar guide covers how modern PM firms actually operate — the provincial licensing map most people get wrong, owner reporting that retains clients, trust-account discipline, tenant communication at scale, and the tech st
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Market TrendsDuplex vs Condo vs Single-Family: What Rents Best in Each Ontario City
Ask which property type "rents best" and you'll get a confident answer from whoever you ask — condo investors swear by low management, duplex owners by two income streams, single-family holders by stability and appreciation. They're all right, and that's the point: there is no universal winner. What rents best is per-s
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Tools & EvaluationsProperty Management Software Ontario: What to Look for in 2026
Ontario PMs need more than generic software. Here's what to evaluate in 2026 — from LTB form automation and rent increase compliance to Canadian payments, RBAC, and trust accounting.
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