Best Property Managers in Belleville, ON

Ads, screening, the lease, rent, repairs, inspections and a statement each month. They also serve notices and prepare cases for your province's housing tribunal. That's the Landlord and Tenant Board in Ontario, the RTB in British Columbia and the TAL in Quebec. Ask who speaks for you at a hearing. A hard case may need a lawyer or, in Ontario, a licensed paralegal.

Tax off the top of your rent. When the owner lives outside Canada, the person who collects the rent must hold back non-resident tax on the full amount and send it to the CRA. You and your manager can ask the CRA to let them hold back tax on net rent instead. Then you must file a special return for that year. Skip the withholding and the manager faces interest and penalties.

Your province decides, and the rules are far apart. Ontario bans damage and pet deposits, so a manager can hold only a rent deposit and a key deposit. Quebec lets a landlord ask for just the first month's rent. In British Columbia, a landlord can't keep any of a deposit without the tenant's okay in writing or an order from the RTB. The landlord has fifteen days from the tenancy's end or getting the tenant's address in writing, whichever is later, to return it or file a claim.

It depends on where the rental is. In British Columbia, a rental manager needs a licence from BCFSA and must work under a licensed brokerage. In Alberta, RECA licenses property management as its own field. Ontario licenses condo managers through the CMRAO. Look the firm up on the regulator's public list by name. A trade group logo shows who they pay dues to, not what they're allowed to do.

In Ontario and Quebec, the government's form. Ontario makes most landlords, and the firms that act for them, use the standard lease for new tenancies. If a tenant asks for it in writing and doesn't get it in time, they can hold back a month's rent. Quebec requires the TAL's lease form, and the tenant must get a copy within ten days. In other provinces, read the manager's own lease before a tenant signs it.

No. Condo and strata managers work for the owners as a group and answer to the board. They look after shared areas, budgets, reserve funds and bylaws. The licences differ too. Ontario's condo managers need one from the CMRAO, British Columbia licenses strata managers through BCFSA, and in Alberta, RECA licenses condo managers under a separate brokerage. Ask which licence covers the job you're hiring for.