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• Can not find a rental what happens next?

  Your best bet is to get an individual landlord to trust you. Most property management companies will ignore someone with a 550 credit rating. They will certainly take the application then ghost you. Yours is very good but the credit trust goes with the income earner. I had a friend who did this whose credit rating was 600 after filing a consumer proposal (similar to bankruptcy for debts), it worked. He viewed... Source: 11 months ago

• Is "university living" for student housing legit?

  The weekly ones or monthly ones - these are condos on strata.ca. You'll likely get a random roommates, might work out, might not. For example the one at 39 Roehampton, a 3 bedroom which charges $295 a week. The landlord gets to rent the whole condo for about $4500. That used to be a better profit than one lease. Alternatively, you could rent a 2 bed and find your own roommate for the same or less today. Source: 12 months ago

• Anyone have any experience with Strata? Is it legit?

  No difference. Realtors get paid the equivalent of one's month's rent for finding a tenant. I tried strata's, good at sending listings, not so good at helping secure a place. Then after trying 3 more realtors, decided to do my own research and just contact the realtor or brokerage related to the property on strata.ca. Realtor's bread and butter is sales, lots more money than helping a renter. So this time of year... Source: 12 months ago

• Client vs Customer with Realtor

  Yes this is normal and happens often. Most looking for rentals search sites like condos.ca, strata.ca then contact the realtor representing the property directly. Source: 12 months ago

• How to budget for toronto?

  The realtor will help you but only with rentals on real estate sites. Not with all rental buildings (there are a few) and not with private landlords on kijiji. The all rental ones are called purpose-built rental buildings here in TO. Realtors get paid the equivalent of one month's rent. Some tend to show you the ones they sold to investors first and promised rent covers expenses. You don't have to be exclusive. ... Source: 12 months ago